The Red Cloud chief., 1899-03-17
NUNS EXPELLED FROM CUBA.
Archbishop Chapelie Does Not want
American sisters In Cuba.


American sisters In Cuba.
BALTIMORE, Nd. March Is Five
sisters Of the American order Of the
Sacred Heart have, according to a dis
patch from Pinar del Rio, been or.
dercd away from Cuba by Archbishop
Chapel.e, the papal representative re-.
Gently appointed to investigate the
affairs Of the Catholic church in that
island. The news was received by
cable in this city by General James r.
O'Bierne of New York, who is regis
tered at the Hotel Rennert. The mes
sage came from the Rev. James +.
Craft. an Indian missionary priest,
who founded the American Order OF
the Sis' IS, aud went to Cuba last
November with the five nuns, who arc
all daughters of Indian chiefs. Tho
cab'egrain, which camo in Latin, was
thus translated by General O'Bierne:
Archbishop Chapelle orders us to
get away from here on account of tho
old hatred against the Indian) sisters.
l have written you1about it,"
Father Crafts reference to the old
hatred against the Indian sisters
means just this" said the general.
The order Is purely American, and
was established near Fort Pierre on
the Dakota border about six a ago.
The Cahcnsly element in the church,
or, those who are in favor Of the Euro
pean idea in the management of orders
and church affairs, antagonizcd Father
Crafts work In establishing this new
order and he met with much opposi-
tion. He won't bravely on with his
undertaking, however, and when the
war with Spain broke out offered the
services Of a number Of the Indian
sisters to the government. An old
friend OF the missionary priest,
l went to the Secretary Of War
and succeeded in getting the sisters
sent to the hospitals at Tampa and
Huntsville. Later m, owing to the
excellent work they did and the fact
that they were considered immune
from yellow fever, five of the sisters
were sent to Cuba and were located
with the First division hospital Of tho
Seventh army corps at Pinar del Rio
All through the yellow fever epidem.
" Ia u Suohh CdIlDS III blSJtT0
worked admirably, and to my own
knowledge were complimented by the
department for their excellent work.
They were all the time under the di-
rection of Father Craft, who accom-.
panied them. lie had met with con-.
siderable hostility from the unamer-
lean element In the church and the op
position to the new American order Of
sisters became very marked. Nothing
like the present movement was, how.
ever, expected.
II caunot account for it. The ex-
pulsion of this order OF sisters from
Cuba by the papal representative looks
like n victory for the opponents of
Americanism and coming at this par
ticular time, 1t will BE- painful news
to those who believed that the vatican
was in full sympathy with real Amer
icanism. / hope that IN explanation
will be furnished which will quiet tho
fears of those who dread the condi-
tions that might result il the anti.
Americanism element should get the
upper hand"
Speaking OF Father Craft, he said:
81 have known him for many years.
He is by far the greatest Sioux scholar
known in tho Northwest, where he
has labored among the Indians for
many years. He comes from an old
Pennsylvania Dutch family and is
president of the Order of the Sons Of
the American Revolution. He Is one
of the most devoted and Jealous priests
Of the church"