The guild system of the Middle Ages, long the object of ridicule as old-fashioned and" unpractical, today claims the admiration of many who would like to see it restored in some modern form. Naturally, present condition differ widely from those of centuries ago, and the constitution of such a system would have to be adjusted to suit them. But the Christian principles of justice and the moral law remain the same. God Who created the world can also govern the world. It is only when men have taken things into their own hands, hàve rejected His administration and swept aside His laws that chaos and confusion have resulted, "It is necessary," "wrote Pope Leo XIII, "for the world to return to what should have never been abandoned. Not only individ als, but society as a whole must return to Him Who alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life."
It may be said that the Catholic Church like Christ goes through the centuries doing good to all There would be neither socialism nor laic-words, ism in the world today if the rulers Rome, Jan. 21.
"The battle for autarchy will be continued with the energy we have displayed. in war as in peace, to make Sure of bread and good arms for the Italian people," Signor Mussolini declared here today in a speech delivered at the prize-giving ceremony in honour of the winners of the National Wheat Contest.
Ti Duce said the wheat crop for 1939 was very satisfactory and stressed the importance of avoiding poor crops which are tantamount to lost battles. The nation should produce 90,000,000 quintals annually instead of the present. 80,000,000.—Havas.
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