The Irish standard., 1910-04-09
the foregoing diatribe he prepared the

following reply for publication:
1.-THE message received from Bishop
Mcintyre is beneath my notice. He,
need not trouble himself about de-
bate with me on his arrival in ST.
Paul. stand upright straight before
men who deal in facts or arguments.
l run away from mud singers.
From what I now learn of Bishop
Mcintyre and what have long known
Of Methodist methods in Rome, 1 am
! ready to say that he would be at home
preaching in the Methodist hall on Via
| Nazionale or editing the Methodist
Roman organ, the Evangelista, and it's
| recognized ally, the Asino, much more
so than lecturing in temples, Meth
odist or nom Methodist, in America.
"Methodists in America are usually
very excellent people, but 1 cannot pay
the same compliment to some of their
representatives in the foreign mission
airy field. OF these, Rev. Mr.. Triple,
now in Rome, is a fair exemplar.
Bishop Mcintyre ought to go to
Rome. Judging from his present mes
sage he is an expert in the lingo Of
the Roman Methodist preacher. 1t is
just such low, insulting words, sad-
dressed to Catholics in Rome, as those
now addressed to me by Bishop Nc
Intyre that arraign decent people in
Rome against the Methodist propa-
ganda."
| The statement that Bishop Mcintyre
would be at home editing
the Methodist Roman organ, the Evan
gelista and it's recognized ally, the
Asino," is given special import taken
in connection with an interview with
the archbishop the day before in which
he called the Asino the ''flthiest Of
publications" That part of the in
terview dealing with the two news
papers mentioned, follows:
| Il give an instance of the warfare
carried on by the Methodists in Rome
against the Catholic church. 1 quote
from the Roman journal, II Bastone.
In its number of February -, 1910, the
Bastone says: Under the caption
"Protestants and LAsino," the Asino,
edited by Guido Podrecca, reproduces
in its last number an article from the
IEvangelista, the organ of the Meth
odists in Rome, in which the Aslno is
loudly lauded and declared worthy of
the support of the Methodists. Among
other expressions of cordial fraterniza-
ton with the Asino, this occurs in the
article of the Evangelista: There are
fields of common activity upon which
we extend to this journal fraternal
hand in its holy war against the here
sizes and the obscurantism of Roman
ISM "A further demonstration is here
given continues the Bastone, If fur
Their demonstrations were needed, for
the manner in which Professionalism in
Italy joins in it's propagandism with
the most constituencies enemies of re-
ligion in their attempts to demolish in
the souls of our people >faith and
morals
Few Americans know what the Ash
no is and purports to be. 1t is the
f1lthiest of publications. It's articles
TEEN with obscenity. Decent people
turn quickly away when at some street
Icorner kiosk, their eyes light upon the
lurid Illustrations. OF course, with
and pencil is the Catholic church; its
doglnas and precepts which it mis-
represents and ridicules; it's priests
and prelates, whom 1t bellies and carl
catures: it's supreme pontiff, for whom
it finds no epithet sufficiently vile. This
is the merit of the Asino in the eyes
of the Evangelista and its owners and
ireaders-the Methodists of Rome
Their fraternal alliance with the Asinc
makes plain the vileness of their prop
agandism and of the methods to which
it resorts. ..,-,. .....,
|
, the Fairbanks Islander" is probably
) the following part of an interview Civ.
en- by Archbishop Ireland to the Asso.
ciated Press in Chicago. Feb. 8:
American Methodists in Rome are
, active and-I may readily say-perni.
) cious proselyters. The Methodist as.
ISOLATION is not in Rome to serve anG
, meet Methodists, but to pervert from
the Cathonc faith all those upon whom
they can bring influence to. bear,
IA public address by a former vice
president of the United States before
the Methodist association can have M
other meaning in the eyes of the Ro.
man public than the approval of Amer.
lea Of the propaganda Of the Metho.
dist association"