The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-13
FOR THE POPE AND ROOSEVELT.
BIsHOP RFAUL TO THE KNIGHTS
or COLUMBUS AT TRENTON.
Hardly Any President h Bishop Says,
''Even washington, Is So Beloved by
the Mass OF the People'-ReactiOn
Against French Government Pred lcted.

TRENTON, N. j., Dec. l2.-Bishop James
A. McFaul of the Catholic diocese Of Tren-
ton received many tributes at a dinner
given in his honor tonight by the Trenton
Council Of the Knights Of Columbus. Gov.
Stokes, responding to the toast Patriot
ISM took occasion to express his high
regard for the Bishop and the work he has
accomplished in connection with the federa-
ton of Catholic societies. Former United
States Senator James Smith, Jr., talked on
The influence Of the hierarchy Of this
country
He was followed by Mayor Frederick W.
Gnichtel OF Trenton, William d. Pendergast
Of New York, senator Thomas j. Hillery
Of Morristown, Edward l.. Hearn Of New
Haven, supreme knight OF the order, and
others.
Bishop McFaul, responding TO the toast
The Holy Father and the President
spoke of his recent visit to the Vatican,
paid a tribute to President Roosevelt and
commented ny ION the present situation in
France. He said the French Government
has gone mad, but predicted that there
would be a reaction. However Indifferent
French people may appear" said the Bishop,
they cannot forget that the glory of their
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tianity. Besides. the time will come when
God himself will intervene and declares:
Thus far shalt thou go and no further
The Bishop drew a parallel between the
present crisis in France and the occasion
when Napoleon, flushed with victory, inn
prisoned the Pope and when excommuni-
Gated said: Does that weak, totterlng
old man think he can make the arms fall
from the hands of my soldlersI" Then he
traced the reverses that followed Napoleon
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and remarked upon the end OF the En-
peror.
On his last visit to the Vatican, about
six weeks ago, Bishop McFaul said the
Pope, speaking OF the French SITUATION,
said. IF the Government would only grant
a real separation of Church and state the
condition would not be 80 intOlerable. But
il cries out for separation, while grasping
after the property of the Church.
1T is not separation, il is destruction.
How | wish that the Church enjoyed the
SAN liberty in the rest of the world as IL
does in the tnitel States. There the state
! attends 10 It's own concerns and allows the
Church freedom % carry out her divine
mission
In expressing his opinion OF President
Roosevelt Bishop McFaul said: There
are now three prominent rulers in the
world. King Edward of England. William
of Germany and Theodore Roosevelt.
And Mr.. Roosevelt, TO my mind, is the
. EItdNtNN l1dtblN MY >-~'
Washington himself, is more beloved by
the mass of the people. He has. of course,
made enemies; no man who realizes ms
duties and obligations and performs them
can fail to meet with opposition and create
cnmity. Often we love him all the more
because he has enemies.
Il behold several great Characteristic
in Mr.. Roosevelt. First of all, he desires
10 give every man a square deal. He Will
not knowingly do an injustice. The plain
,a,rla Of fhtc country "A ra convinced of fhl9
II is remarkable what a strong influence
his personality has eXerted. North, south,
East, West he is admired, and in Europe he
is almost as well known as in the United
States.
lie is q believer in God and in the ways
of God. This il wholesome in the head OF
| the nation, for his example is Tar reaching:
He never fails to point out the necessity or
a clean, pure home. He declares that the
family is the unit Of society, and that on
the strength Of that unit depends society
and the perpetuity Of the nation. He there
fore detests divorce, he pleads in behalf OF
motherhood, lauds the joyful mother OF
children and the home filed with the inno-
cent laughter OF childhood.
He is the determined enemy Of socialism
because il seeks to lead the masses away
from their true basic principles by harp
ing continually on the strained existing
relation between capital and labor. And
he is right. The man for whom this Gov
eminent is not good enough does not know
how to appreciate government nor the
struggles or our fathers TO found it.
I'VE nave no patience with these theories
or the man who would destroy the Govern
ment, deny the right of ownership and pull
down the American home by establishing
free love and temporary marriage. Gentle
men, mindful of the qualities Of these two
great rulers OF Church and State, Plus Y
and Theodore Roosevelt, l propose theil
health. Long may they live and prosper
for the benefit Of mankind"