The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-21
Anti-CathOliC Crusade
In the Philippines
Especial Correspondence New Yor
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Especial Correspondence New York Free
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Manila, June /, 1900" tbs sweet to
die for ones country" sang the poet Of
old, and manv an American soldier in
the Philippines claims that those who
have died in defense of the Stars and
Stripes are much better off than they
who lived to see the result of victory.
Liberty" is proclaimed in every city of
Luzon, her insignia is seen floating on
every imDrovised school house. but
where, oh where, does she dwell? Never
in the worlds history has there been a
baser fraud Dracticed on a conquered
people than upon the Malay inhabitants
of the Philippine Archipelago. Either
Washington mischOse a WatchWord or
Webster was wrong in his definition, if
the Mckinley idea is a true interpreted
ton.
What is the American idea of relig-
ious liberty?" is a question often put TO
American soldiers by these "beniShted'
people. The natives today would 4
thousand times rather suffer the per
secutions" of the Spanish regime than
live under the blatant, bOmbastic auto
cracy and military desDotism of the
Republican henchmcn.
M'KINLEYIZED CATHOLICS.
1t is edifying for the American people
in Manila and surrounding country to
read in the American press that the
policy of the Nero of Guam was lauded
by the present administration because,
being a Catholic" he could not have
been Drejudiced to the religion of the
island; it is equally gratifying to the
"a ir. 1, 7 I'll IL.
here that there are sufficient 'Leary
Catholics in the army to prevent any
outburst of Indignation from this end
l am = Catholic in native lingo. is
oIten used by rascal to win favor
from an unsuspecting native, and the
confidence thus gained has been the
cause of more hatred against our coun-
try and flag than all the bullets ever
fired from Springfield or Krag. Episco-
palian Catholics have used this bait to
draw natives to services on Sunday in
which Communion in Spanish" CD is
the principal feature; the Learyftes
have used it to win admission to homes
only to outrage wives and daughters,
and thousands of Our soldiers and
American Adventures have sunk to
lower depths of degradation than were
the natives of Luzon its the sixteenth
century. Yes, Liberty" Do the people
of the United States know how many
crimes are committed in thy name?
NO CATHOLICS ON MKINLEY'S
COMMISSIONS.
But the hardest nut to crack is the
new commission. Were there no Catho-
lies in the United States capable of a
place thereon? The fact of McKinIey's
choice is being used by the Katipunan
Tor native MasOns) to incite another in
surrections, and the English papers in
Manila are adroitly throwing the blame
on the Friars-Who. by the way, are
justly Disguised with the piecrust
Treaty of Paris Religious liberty"
is a wholesome yell for politicians; zone
religion is as good as another is nice
prattleS in military circles and society.
but as the defunct New York million
aire said of the people, so does the
regime of TODAY regard the Church,
and the cry of Ito hell with Catholic
ism is so visible in their every act that
among the opponents of American re
ligious liberty IngersOll would seem
to have halo of sanctity. Protestant
ism is hand-in-hand with Infidelity and
secret-chamber hypocrites in trying to
wipe out the traces of Christianity in
the Orient? Will they succeed?
AMERICANS INSULT FILIPINO
CATHOLICS.
AS an example of the inconsistency Of
the Potter adherents: The month of
May is time of religious carnival
among the children here-a beautiful
pageant commemorative of the early
martyrs for the faith. AS night comes
on the girls, wreathed and yelled, pro-
coed to 2 given point in each barrio:
tapers are lighted and Illuminated pa
per figures and images of the martyrs
are borne through the street, accom-
panied with string music and song;
Christians bound with paper chains are
lied to martyrdOm" by warriors, paint
ed as were their forefathers in battle.
Last Sunday in the Walled City a
beautiful mestiza was the victim, while
her caDtors were natives of full blood.
and the executioner was a tot of 2
years, carrying a paper AK. Behind the
captive came native angels" bearing
the palm of martyrdom, while aIoft
before her eyes-deYoutly raised there
the image of her Redemmer
crucified In passing, natives reverent-
ly uncovered heads, while American
pectators-women, officers and men
filled the air with coarse and ribald
iests about superstition" and 'relig-
ious fanaticiSm,' with even worse re-
marks about the principal figures in
the PROCESSION. buL on D6COrdIlOQ Ody
an American fiesta was held by order
of the Military Governor. The Pro-
testant press every other day in the
year rants against the Catholic custom
Of praying for the dead, but today, with
solemn tread our men march under a
scorching sun to where our comrades
were once buried, and there a long ora
ton is made anent the sacred ground
EVEN "FAVORITE" CATHOLIC
CHAPLAINS IGNORED.
Our honored dead have all been taken
from this troDical clime-not one re-
mains in the National cemetery where
the services were held. The natives are
asking: Why does the American nation
urge to emulate the heroic deeds of
martial men and laugh at them for
nonor1ng spiritual heroes? But perhaps