he explanation of the "American
Constitution" to foreigners? It is an open challenge to radicalism.
To educate a citizen in the chart that governs his country, in the
right use of his franchise, is an act of real patriotism and real
Catholicism. Picture to yourself the results of the Ruthenian vote on
an issue in which the Church is involved. Eventually time will bring
such issues.

We would say to our laity what the editor of the 'Columbiad' wrote in
the October number: "The vista of the glory of service that opens
before the mind musing on the power for good within our grip is
sublime. To each the image rises. An army, a host of faces keen with
knowledge, calm with contentment, eager with honest ambition looks up.
Men, women, boys, girls--humanity gazes at the beholder. The eye does
not glimpse the last face, far out beyond the faint horizon of the
panorama. . . . The vista is unending."

Yes, the apostolate among the Ruthenians is, we claim, a necessity of
the hour; its possibilities are beyond realization. Procrastination in
this matter is nothing short of treason and will prove a disaster to
the Ruthenians, and to the Church. Turning to the Knights of Columbus
in Canada and pointing to the feverish and unceasing activities of
other agents among this our people I say: _Go and do likewise_.

* * * * * *

Our conclusion is obvious. The Ruthenian Question stands to-day as a
religious problem to solve and a national duty to fulfill. Church and
Country present a united and pressing claim for our co-operation. This
appeal to the two strongest feelings of the human heart should awaken
patriotic sympathies and quicken Catholic conscience into action. The
issue is serious and far reaching in its consequences. Only organized
opinion with united and determined action can successfully meet it.

[1] This chapter was the matter of a series of articles in the "North
West Review," of Winnipeg. The Editor prefaced them with the following
remarks, to give emphasis to the importance of this Problem:

"We wish to draw the attention of our readers to a series of
authoritative articles now appearing in the Northwest Review on 'The
Ruthenian Problem.'

"The writer is one of our foremost educationalists and knows his
subject thoroughly. Furthermore his manuscript has passed through the
hands of Bishop Budka and other members of the Hierarchy of the West
who have given it their warm