The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-10
Attacks
on Catholic
Church.

vera TYNE The contents of these papers
in the main seem to be daily attacks
upon the Catholic church and its priests.
And yet these two editors and their as
sociates were the recipients OF the Ut
most charity and consideration from the
Archbishop and the heads OF the clergy
venture to predict that these two scoun-
drels would turn against their American
amigos at the slightest provocauon. Thelr
past character is proof of such q pre-
diction | have never seen such filthy and
outrageous matter in print as mas ap-
peared in the columns of these papers;
and when the paper Libertas. conducted
by the Dominican fathers attacked them
in turn they went like Sinking ours to
the censor to complain.
While writing upon this theme, IL may
be opportune to state that the trouble
after this revolt is ended will be of re-
ligious character There are number
of godly men in our midst, some of them
chaplains of the volunteers and of the
army. who have endeavored to win over
the natives from Catholicism, by hook or
by crook by holding out various prom
Uses Of their power TO obtain positions
in the United States service for those
who embrace their views and place them
selves under the wing of these ministers
of the gospel They have. in view of the
fact that Spanish laws prevail here,
placed themselves, according TO the opn-
ion of the legal light attached to the
provost marshals office, in jeopardy of
being brought before a court of justice.
Not content to administer the rights Of
| matrimony to the ignorant Filipinos
(whose idea of marital obligation is in the
main but vague) in a private manner
they openly announce through the papers
that on such a day a Filipino wedding
will take place, the performance to be
gone through under the auspices of Pas
tor Prautch Ca commission agent mis-
sionary), to which ceremony all are in
vited, including Archbishop Nozaleda and
a number of Catholic priests. All liberal
minded men here are disguised with this
missionary crowd, who seem to deny the
right of the Catholic church to remain
in these islands. and being perverse and
ignorant of general matters as mission
aries generally are, are bigoted in the ex-
IRENE.
AS a sequel to this religious war sus-
tanned in the papers edited by Filiplnos
and the Dominicans. the Spanish resi-
dents are sore against the American au-
thorities for allowing such scandalous at
tac1s on their church. For, while they
have no love for the rule exercised over
! the islands in the past by the Friars
! they have respect and veneration fol-
the tenets of their religion-and. also, il
must be remembered that in this Eighth
Army Corps there are also a number OF
men who are Catholics. The two pa.
pers printed in English are also mixed VI
! in the controversy and print the most pal
pable lies anent the Catholic church i'm
! aginable.
! Two days ago the Manila Times, from
! information given to it's editor by Pardc
| de Tavera and his co-edtor of the Filipino
Libre, Here's Burgos, published the story
| that at the request of these two worthless
! Otis had ordered the suppression of the
! Dominican paper Libertas. This, as as
| certained was a lie. The Freedom print
ed yarn that big. open-hearted, liberia
] Captain Dick Leary, one of the idols Of
the American navy, had expelled the
Friars from Guam when he arrived there
to assume the office Of Governor. AS g
matter of fact there was only one priest
there and he was the recipient of letter
! from Governor Leary rendering him q