The Irish standard., 1906-06-23
TRIBUTE TO THE NUNS.
Remarkable Editorial Utterance Eli
cited Bv Freemason's Threat.

Remarkable Editorial Utterance Eli.
cited BY Freemason's Threat.
The following is translation of Il
remarkable editorial that appeared in
La Republique Francais" of April.
The editor of that paper is NJ. Meine
former Prime Minister of France His
of France.
AT the close of the Masonic confer
ence Brother Bonnet uttered Il phrase
that. in impudence. surpasses all the
rest of his impudent address. He said
that the next step in the work of eman-
cipation now going on in France should
be the compulsory ending of the 'ex-
ploitation Of public charity by members
Of Catholic Congregations
Yes! Exploiters! that is how this
Freemason treats our dmirable Sis
ters of Charity. our little Sisters of the
Poor and all the miraculous legions of
earthly angels. which it would be suffi-
cient to mention, to make Il directory of
all human miseres-for there is not
one of these miserics however terrible
however repulsive. which has not called
forth the infinite treasures of Catholic
charity!
"Exploiter, thou, the most beloved
the most cherished of thy fathers
house; thou. enough wealthy, enough
kind. enough beautiful. to be able to
put into thy dream all the joys and the
ing from that dream thine pure eyes,
made the voluntary sacrifice of all the
affections and joys offered to thee, and
are today consuming all thine days and
nights among the poor wrecks of this
world in whom are concentrated all
the miseries and the flnlties of MAN.
kind!
Angel of charity, thou art an ex-
ploiter. for thou exploits for thine in
terest these miseries. these wrecks,
these infirmities! Thou, of whom DR..
Desprez, free thinker, but a man with
q human heart, said amidst the plaudits
of thousands of workinemen: She is
placed above all women. she is an i'm
personal being; her name no one
knows, and under her white 'coronctte'
she needs but one 'Sister'-thou ex-
ploits for $40 per year our hospitals,
our prisons and our barracks!
and who says this? a Freemason. a
chief the official spokesman of that
sect which has sworn to withdraw
thee also from the post of devotion.
where thy faith and thy great heart
daughter of France, out of France to
travel all thy life upon the sorrowful
roads of exile still wet from the tears
of those who have preceded thee.
"a Freemason? And what has he
done, that man, to outrage with his in
science the sublime charity of our
Catholic feliow-citizcHs? What has his
sect ever done? Where are it's works
of disintercsted and generous charity?
Where has the Masonic Sister Of Char
ity ever been seen? Where the Broth
er Of st. John of God. crossing himself
with the triangle? when have they
given of their persons and of their
money to tighten a misery. to dry a
single tear?
Let them produce their works. All
yes. it is true, they have an orphan
| asylum. a single one in the whole OF
| France. And il is exclusively for the
natural born children of the sect that
this asylum opens its doors! No room
within it's walls for the orphans Oi
the people. And they are not even able
| TO support themselves their only insti-
10000 francs from the treasury of tho
city Of Paris is necessary to keep i,
open.
These. readers, are the usurers. tho
| 'pingrcs. the without heart who are
TO-DAY ruling our country from the dark
ness of their lodge rooms and insulting
unblushingly the charity Of the major.
| ity Of our people.
"And, when they shall have succeed.
ed in driving all the beloved Sister:
out Of France, what will they do? They
will replace them by apostles Of Tho
big salary. Such is their highest ideal
"Why, this insane substitution? Fol
acts-the hatred Of God. in the name o.
whom these angels Of charity make the