The Irish standard., 1912-12-07
BY Rev. Bernard A. Vaughan, S. j.,
at Majestic Theatre. Jersey City,
on Recent Occasion.
Somewhat Different From His Talk
on the Same Subject to People
of Vancouver, B. c.
Audience of 1000 Rose and Cheered
the Eloquent Englishman as he
Started to Speak.

Not On to Socialism, but Back
to Christi" was Rev. Father Bernard
A. Vaushans answer to Socialists in
an address which he delivered to an
audience of nearly two thousand per-
sons in the Majestic Thcater Of Jer.
scy City, N. j., recently.
Rev. Joseph Mulry, S. j., President
Of the local ST. Peters college, introx
duccl the orator and in SO doing
spoke Of him as ono who had by his
influence and uratory moulded public
opinion. He was, Father Mulry stated,
of Il family OF which there were thir-
teen. and Of them five daughters had
gone to the convent and consecrated
their lives to- God. while six of the
sons had become priests. three Of
them bishops, ana one of them an
Arrllbishnp Il introduce TO YOU" he
said. -" lover of the poor II man who
has made the world better for his liv-
inI.
iit illNti'Ht' rose ANA tnrtTcu tHlU~
cr Vaughan Tor Il full minute as he
started to speak, His address run as
follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen. | am going
To speak to you OF Socialism. not
about any Socialism, but about the
Socialism that is now in the air, the
Snri.,1igno which
call our own make | don't want to
misrcprcsent them; we are under a
great debt Of gratitude to the Social
lists. and for two reasons. In the first
place they have opened the eyes Of
the public to realize the state of things
in our midst. They have told the
world what the working man is suf.
ferng from. They have diagnosed his
case, and they have revealed to the
world what it is to live a life or an
existence under the sweatcd wage;
the problem seemed impossible. We
are indebted to the Socialists most es-
pecially for having told US on both
sides of the Atlantic the needs Of our
poor brothers and sisters. They have
not been alone in telling us this story.
There are men and women innumer-
able who are not Socialists in any
sense OF the word. who also have been
at pains to tell us what their discov-
cry is in the sumdons of our Yreat
scething cities.
Il thank God that have had the
opportunity Of bringing before the
public the state of things in my own
country. In London, where there is
no room except in the churches, ono
man in every five is underfed, under
clothed, underpaid and overcrowded. I
have been living amongst those who
are in want and have learned to love
and appreciate them for their poor
ness and their sufferings and their
charity under trials They are ready
to part with the last crust they have
to help any one who is in a worse
condition than themselves. We have
all come to realize that unless things
are mendcd. the present state of things
shall be ended. We are thankful to
the comrades for having set us the
example of how to go to work in the
cause we have at heart. They are oh.
jcct lessons to us in their spirit of
self-sacrifice, in their tremendous
carnestness, in their propaganda, in
their trust, and in their method Of
showing lis that their cause is right
at the root of their hearts. We who
believe We have better cause than
theirs, may learn good lessons from
them in how to be in dead earnest.
Ladies and gentlemen am indebted
to the comrades. They have set me
an example, which 1 will follow, but
first turning right about face and
walking off in the opposite direction.
Because having learned my lesson
from them l can no longer call them
comrades, because l do not believe in
these methods. l believe that they
believe III them, but I do not know
that in a free country am bound to
follow them. They do not seem bound
to follow me and I should not be