The Irish standard., 1899-07-01
PUBLIC PULSATIONS.
Awful Deeds in the Philippines.

To the Editor OF the Irish Standard.
The war that was instigatcd by the
preachers to get even with Spain for all
they had learnt about its brutalities,-
from anti-Popery tracts,-and to open a
door to the Gospel and Protestant civil
cation, keeps on harmoniously with its
start. The Minneapolis Times OF June
Goth tells how there may be seen at 4I2
Nicolet avenue, a Filipino bishops silk
vest1nents richly embroidered with at
least $500 worth of gold, worked in
countless designs, the entire FIVE gar
tnents, including the mitre, being esti-
mated to be worth from ST 900 to ST 500.
The sacerdotal robes are now the prop
erty of B. T. Drake to whom they were
sent by DR.. w. M. Beck of Company l.,
18th Minnesota, who found them in a
church after the taking of Calumpit.
Only that Catholics, under Protestant
Anglo-Saxon civilization, are not prop
erly persons at all, and have only very
qualified property rights, Mr.. Drake
would be prosecuted for holding
stolen property and DR.. Beck for
burglary. But this is only one
of the minor Gospel liberties.
Twas at the taking OF these vestments,
or on like occasion that priest try
ing to protect his peoples property was
shot dead. Says another letter: "We
are quartered in a fine big church up in
the hills,-an old monastery. I bet it
never saw such sight before-thous-
ands OF candles burning-men all gam
bling, swearing,-lots dressed in priests
clothes" Little better was the use
made Of the Caloocan church, as told by
Mr.. McCutcheon, of the Chicago Rec
ord, and which only stopped short OF
stabling the horses. con the altar where
the Filipino was accustomed to witness
what he believed to be the immolation
OF the Sacred Host telegraph instru-
nlent clicks, and the cf,ancel rail where
at he was wont to receive what he be-
lieved to be the Body and Blood Of
his Savior is rack for saddles and
BRIDES William Shugart OF Monta-
ma regiment sends home fine cane
made OF mahogany from the pipe organ
OF one OF the churches. Numbers Of
volunteers writing home describe most
exultingly, the vandalism which finds its
richest booty in the cathedrals, and takes
off to send home as mementos and
curios. images and sacred adornments,
vestmcnts and vessels, without the
slightest conjunction. eve are camp
ing on Aguinaldo's lawn" writes Harry
H. Kerr, OF Battery L., grid U. S. Artil-
lery "by the ruins of the church which
he took time to burn" The work OF
our late ally, the villainous Aguinaldo,
the new convert to Professionalism, is
suitably continued by Our own knights
and heralds of american and Protestant
civilization" Naturally, the priests re-
ceive most particular attention. Break
ing through fringe OF underground"
writes Sergeant Major Lemon, 1st
Washington Volunteers, I'VE caught a
priest in the act OF trying to don his
robe. No palavcr was wasted on him
the body had 20 bullet holes" Writes l..
Grant Hinklc OF the same company: AT
one place there were II men lying
around a priest who had been killed with
them. 1t is presumed that they urge their
followers, and assist them on the field
by their presence" The fools, had they
learned the duties as Christian ministers
and as patriots in an Orange, or an A.
P. A. lodge, or even in an Evangelical
Seminary they would have been safely
away coffce-cooling. or pleasantly earn
ing their chaplain's salary at the pastime
of regimental postmaster!
Twas never the simple. honest, in
dustrious Catholic Filipinos that
through years Of toll and sacrifice built
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