The Irish standard., 1904-12-24
On His Way to the Far East He Stopped and
Visited in This Country at Many
Places of Interest.
At Reception rendered Him by the Students
of Nore Dame He Delivers an
Interesting Talk.

Again he laid stress on the peaceful
nature Of his mission in describing his
parting interview with the Holy
Father
when came from the Holy Father,
when l asked him-what am to do?
He said: Go on, continue what you
have been doing in Rome for the last
ten years; devote yourself to the good
of souls, try and help them to become
better subjects-loyal subjects Of the
present government These were his
encouraging words: Go not as a poll
tician but as an APOSTLE"
Mgr. Agius related in very anus
ing way his experiences Immediately
OH arriving in this country.
AS soon as I landed at New York
| was surrounded by three reporters,
one of them a very little fellow. l felt
sick and i'll after my ten days voyage,
which for me were very unhappy days.
(Still in them l learned something:
learned that l have got the power
of fasting; l can fast ten days at q
Timely
'Wcll, this little reporter wanted to
know what was my impression Of
America ! was taken by surprise:
had Just landed, and had seen nothing
but Sandy Hook, and naturally could
not tell him anything of my Impress
ions of America. Have you no special
mcssagcY he said. and, think he even
looked down my sleeve to see il lie
could find ii. I said. il you would
only just leave me alone for a short
timc.-lIc said: 4 have come here,
sir, you will understand especially for
my paper, and must take something
back. What is your message: are you
going to see the president" 1 said,
hope so. We'll, what are you going
to say" | have got to make up my
mind, said !. He snid-'Is the Holy
Father sending anything special to
him" | said Yes; he is sending
me. And he ran Off and put that in
the paper"
In the address on behalf of the stu
dents, mention had been made of the
recent visit of Dom Gasquet to the
University. In reply the Delegate
quoted some words of private letter
he had received from his confrere in
which the great historian expressed
his admiration for the Catholic col
| lcgcS, scminaries and academies lie had
seen in America. Then speaking of
Dom Gasqucts historical work he said:
Gas to the Abbot Gasquet 1 will say
| that what he has done here in a little
! way, he has done in England: that is
to say, he has made the Catholic
church known; his books have been
of great service to us all, and he has
rul down prejudice. People have
learned from his books to look on Cath
olics as they ought to be looked on.
| There was time when to name a Ro-
| man Catholic was to name a bogy:
they knew nothing about the Roman
Catholic; or they knew only as much
| about them as they knew about fish
| in the midland counties of England.
Before the time when fish was sent by
express and by railroads throughout
the country, it was almost unknown in
the midland counties. On one occa-
sion there was fisherman going
through midland county village with
| Il basket of fish on his back. A crab
fell out. The villagers came out and
saw this awful thing creeping back
wards and forwards. They turned and
looked and wondered, and no one could
make out what the monster was.
| Whcreupon the schoolmaster was call
ed out to give his opinion. TIe looked
and studied. Yes he said, L can tell
you what that thing is-that is n
Roman Catholic" And the villagers
were quite satisfied they had heard
what Roman Catholic was, and now
they had seen one!
! "Well, the Abbot Gasquet with his
work has taught the people-the in
telligent pubic-that Roman Catholics
are not crabs: thy are something bet
ter, and they can hold their own"