The Irish standard., 1899-10-28
THE CHURCH TO THE RESCUE.

Under the above caption the North
Western Catholic says it is apparent that
President Mckinley is trying to utilize
the Catholic Church in restoring peace
in the Philippine Islands. 1t arrives at
that conclusion after reading the recent
interview with Archbishop Chapellc. the
apostolic delegate to the Philippines,
who said: Il shall attempt to accom-
plish the pacitication OF the islands +"
Commenting on the quoted words OF
the archbishop, our esteemed conten1po-
rary says:
The government Of the United S1att5
will probably adhere to its demand Tor
unconditional surrender: SO that ii peace
is secured by church agencies, it will
mean the subjugation oil the Fill
pinos and The permanent establishment
OF the colonial empire, Such Z result
might be highly advantageous to the
Church. because the Church best flour
ishcs under firmly established and or
derly governments; but it would be a
disastrous blow to the right OF self
government, and would tend to revive
the ancient SANDER that it is maxim
OF the Church that the end justifes the
means.
From the tone OF some OF our Cath
olic contemporaries VIC are convinced
that the n. w. Catholic is justified in
its remarks. The Western Watclman
CT St. Louis, the official organ OF Arch
bishop Kahn, who favors the expansion
policy. said last week: The Church in
the Philippines will be given all that
belongs to her, and will be permitted to
do with il whatever she plcases This
is liberty she never knew before the
Stars and Stripes tloated over Manila"
The Church News, OF Washington,
D. c., is in sympathy with the "bcnev-
olcnt policy" Of the administration, and
OF course would wish Godspccd to the
apostolic delegate in paciiying the ISL
ands. The Catholic Transcript, the
official organ OF Bishop Tierncy, OF
Hartford, Conn, has the following to
say on the subject:
Archbishop Chapcllc has been COM
mssioned to go to the Philippines. His
official appointment comes from Rome,
but he has seen the President, and has
come to an understanding with him. 1t
seems that the United States govern
lrcnt will not object to anything that
his grace may do in the way OF estab-
fishing peace The same journal says
his grace is good historian who knows
something OF the moral power OF the
ambassador OF Christ, with deeply re-
ligious people. From the foregoing
extracts it is evident that Mckinley will
utilize the apostolic delegate in getting
the Filipinos to lay down their arms
Internationally, and then in his mag
nanimity give them any form OF gov
ernment he pleases.
After all that has been said by the
Western Watchman we still believe that
the Church OF Leo XIII in the Philip
pines under the Mckinley adminstra-
ton will fare no better than the Mo-
hammedan church of the Sultan of the
Sulu islands. Do our Catholic contem-
poraries remember the words Of Daniel
O'Connell during the days OF the repeal
agitation? He solcmnly declared that
he would prefer the national indcpend-
ence of his country with parliament
Of native Protestants to Catholic eman-
cipation under government of foreign
ers. No church in the Philippines or
elsewhere can be absolutely free if the
native inhabitants are enslaved, and en-
shaved the Filipinos will be politically
if Archbishop Chapelle, as the agent Of
President Mckinley, succeeds in paci.
flying the islands. We hope he will sue.
coed no better than the peace commits.