Dec. 27.
Of all the Christmas utterances which have been made this year in such difficult cumstances, that of His Holiness the Pope 1s probably the most striking. Coming as they do from the head of the largest church in Christendom the forthright " condemnation of aggression by powerful countries against their weaker neighbours, the invocation of Divine retribution upon' these who attack civilians, the welcome of Mr. Miron Taylor 'a8 President Roosevelt's personal representa~ tive at the Vatican, and the outlining of five points upon which peace could be based form a formidable indictment of the forces of evil on the one side and sound advice as to the direction in which peace should be sought on the other. While Pope Pius XIf specifically referred to the Russian invasion of Finland which he denounced in no uncertain terms, the general effect of his condemnation applies with equal force to Herr Hitler's Government, which has not hesitated also to attack weaker nations, and when he
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