The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-28

Nuns leave the islands, so that pro-
testant missionaries would be left alone
in their glory, He SAYS that the Arch
bishop of Manila should have with
drawn when the Spanish officials did .
Much fault is found with General
Otis because of his friendship for the
Archbishop. Now, it is this friendship
| which shows precisely the wisdom of
the commanding general of the Ameri-
can army, for who is better qualified, in
the Philippines, to help bring about a
condition OF peace than the head of the
church in that country?
1t would seem that a sane writer
could not reach a larger state of ASST
ninity than has this writer in the In
! dependent, on the matters thus far re-
ferred to. But listen. He says:
| AS further Illustration of the effects
| Of politics, priestcraft md incompetent
and biased mllitarisn, note the follow
! ing straws:
Catholic Chaplains are being sent to
the islands in disproportionate num-
bers, some leaving the posts to which
! they are assigned in this country, post
chaplains,' and spending their time
AcSt S5Cly IN 4he4lilcbs Id lillo Initial
Dlon1acc'?"
Really it is intolerable that an intel
ligent public should be subjected to
such rot. 1t is and has been motor
iously true that the proportion of Cath
Ollie Chaplains TO the number of Cath
olics i'll the army is far less than the
number to which Catholic soldiers are
entitled. But listen to this sweet NOR
sci:
Father Hart. post chaplain at Fort
Smelling, Minneapolis, who went out
on the same ship with the writer, was,
in May celebrating Mass for the
troops, in the cathedral, every Sunday
morning at 1890, and preaching in
English" This seems inoffensive
enough, and highly proper; the Cath
olic soldiers in the city should have
services, no doubt. But why in the
cathedral? And what if the writer,
an American and a clergyman, had
sought the same place, government
property, in which to hold meeting
for Protestant soldiers? The bare sug-
gestion shows how far from religious
equality we are Yet why not a Prot
estant service there?
Herein the claim is advanced that
religious equality should be based on
a. community of goods; in other words,
that the fruit of the toll of Catholic
missionaries for three centuries should
be abandoned in favor of a so-Called |
VINO remained for the long |
period OF seven weeks in Manila.
Fault is also found with Father Nc |
because he was early appoint |
ed Superintendent of Schools and |
Cemeteries" in Manila.
What pity that some one like Har- |
rin1an was not appointed,
In conclusion, Mr.. Hartman asks: |
Does military diplomacy demand that |
the school system of the islands be
1t is obvious that military diplom-
acy" is not the paramount consideration
n this matter.
If the Catholic people of Luzon who
are the only people there, demand a
system of education that is Catholic,
hen Catholic it shall be- In spite of
Hartman and all his tribe. Just as in
he states of the Union, the people of
ne respective states decide what sys-
EN- is desirable, so will the people in
he Philippine islands decide when the
proper time comes.
The federal government has no more
light To determine a system of educa-
ion for the citizens of Manila than it
las for the citizens of New York.
Again we say, let us not be hood
vinked by the groundlese charges os-
ensibly made to di5credit the military
,bility of General Otis, but whose real
asis is the desire of a few missionary :
arlots to be rid Of him, that creature !
f their own may be installed in his :
lace.
General Otis is not a Catholic, nor is
e connected in any way with any :
atholic family. He stands for justice
nd right to all men, and he should not :
e removed at the behest of religious
anatics.