Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1909-12-18
AUSTRALIA
And Its Cardinal Subjects For
the FaciIe Pen OF Irish
Leader.
Able Archbishop OF Sydney Has
Advanced Caused of
Home Rule.
PrOtestants as Well as Catholics
Revre Patrich Francis
Moran.
ADDRESSES ARE. LITERARY gems

Joseph Devlin. NJ p, one of the
staunchest members of the Irish party
in Parliament, gives an interesting de-
scription of His Eminence Cardinal
Moran. Archbishop of Sydney, Aus
tralia. Mr. Devlin says no man of his
generation, whether lay or ecclesiastic,
has done more by voice and pen and
purse to sustain the Irish party and to
bring home rule within reasonable dis
lance. His love of Ireland is that of
a child for its mother. and it has be-
come deeper and tenderer with ad-
vancing years.
Cardinal Moran's contributions to
Irish history and archaeology will en-
title him to permanent place in Irish
literature; his name will be imperish-
ably associated with the rise of the
Catholic church in the great free Com
monwealth of Australia; and his cour-
age and zeal in the cause of democ-
racy and progress will be an inspira-
ton for generations to come in the
land of his adoption. The story of the
rise of the Catholic church in Austria
liza is one of the romances of history
1t began with the victims of British
misrule in Ireland, some of them
priests. in the troubled period of 1913
At present the Catholics, nearly all
Irish, number more than one-fourth
of the phole population of the Com
monwealth. In no country in the
world is the evidence of Catholic ac-
tivity more remarkable. Churches,
colleges, converts. monasteries and
schools have sprung up as if by magic,
and the advance of the Catholic com
munity in wealth and influence has
been astonishing
If ever there was a country which
gave the lie to the assertion that Cath
Ollie ideals are incompatible with so
cial and democratic progress and the
widest extension of well-ordered and
enlightened liberty, that country is
Australia. There is no more progress
i've or democratic country in the world.
There are no millionaires and no
warehouses;. Wealth is fairly distrib-
uted, the bulk of the people are WE'LL
to-do, and poverty is rare So demo-
cratic is the country that on two oc-
casions within the last seven years a
Labor party has been in power. and
popular legislation there is far in adj
vance of what has yet been attempted
or achieved in this or any other Eu-
ropean country
The Cardinal is a delightful conven-
sationalist a good listener. can enjoy
joke, and is the personification of
tenderness and sweetness of DISPOSE
ton. One can feel perfectly at home
with him, and soon grow to- regard
him not only with esteem and reyer-
ence, but with affection. AS a public
speaker he has few equals. His
speeches are literary gems. He han
dies the most difficult subjects with
the ease of master, and can make
them ineligible to all intellects.
When he drives out he wears the Car
dinals hat and robes, and his fine hg-
ure displays them to perfection.
Protestants and Catholics alike salute
him. All know and admire his cour-
age and sincerity and honesty. Such a
man, in these countries, devoting him
self to politics, would take rank with
Gladstone. As churchman he stands
in the front rank, member of the
Sacred College, of whom Ireland has
reason to be proud
AT home he is man of tireless in
dustry. The work of the Archbishopric
must be enormous and yet he is able
to find time for social engagements
and literary work, which in itself
would be enough to tax the energies
of any other man. The secret of the
Cardinals achievement is work
Cardinal Moran was born at Lech-
County Kildare, Ireland, on
II, 1880. and was pro-
claimed Cardinal on July ~, 1885.