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with the aid of German and English
auxiliaries and thus obtained, in 1870
che treaty of St. German which was
very favorable to the Huguenots. The
fact that Coligny called in foreign
auxiliaries, and his constant endeav
ors to enlist the aid of Germany, Eng
land and Switzerland against his king
may have, even at this early date,
prompted the widowed Queen Cathar-
inc of Medici to consider the posi-
bility of getting rid of this powerful
opponent by murder.
Political Murder-vioient Death Of the
Duke of CAUSE.-THE Massacre.
political murder was at that time
made use Of extensively, by the HUI
guenots as we'll as by others. A HUI
guenot fanatic, Poltrot, assassinated
and killed Duke Francis Guise in
1868, after having attempted to kill
him by shooting once before. Whether
and to what extent Coligny was inn
plicated in this murder, has never be-
come known. The assassin named
Coligny and the Calvinistic theologian
Beza as the men who had melted him
to his deed, but this statement was
elected under torture. Both denied
the accusation, but Coligny added
that he considered the death of the
duke blessing for France and the
Church of God. Catharine thereupon
lulled the Huguenots in feeling OF
security, and even espoused her
daughter Margaret to the Calvinistic
aspirant to the throne, Henry of Bour-
bon; thus she induced the leaders of
the Huguenots to come to Paris, and
there caused them to be murdered in
great numbers during st. Bartholo-
news night, Aug. "a, 1872. The first
victim was the Admiral, whom assas-
sins had already unsuccessfully at
tempted to shoot in the street. Prob
ably the wholesale murder of st.
Bartholomew night was an act of
despair, prompted by the desire to an
ticipate Huguenot revenge for the I'M
successful attack on Coligny. At any
rate, the crime was not blessed by
any good effects, either for the court.
or France, or for the Church. The
deeds of violence committed during
St. Bartholomew night originated
entirely in political causes and were
inspired entirely and exclusively by
the court; possibly the family of the
duke of Guise may have been i'm
plicated, but neither the Pope nor the
Jesuits are guilty in any degree; this
has been known for decades past, and
no respectable historian would dare
endanger his reputation by denying it..
Consequently the Muenchener Eel
tung is right when it maintains: St.
Bartholomew night was blot in
the history of absolute monarchy
rather than stain on Christianity"
Huguenot Atrocities-Enmity to the
King.
Thus DR.. Jaeger briefly but logically
provides the setting for the massacre
and it's understanding. And his con
tention is matter of history, not OF
subjective statements. The viciously
anti-Catholic English historian Buckle
even vouches for a number of Hugue-
not attacks upon Catholics (of which
Menace, Watson & Co. never speak,
previous to Aug. "a, 1872. The Hugue-
nots had disturbed and violently pre-
vented Catholic church services in
many instances, had murdered thou
sands of priests and religious in the
most brutal manner and incidentally
had been guilty of all other possible
atrocities, all of which was done in the
service of the pure Gospel" AS a
matter of fact, the Huguenots in
France not only sought to destroy the
Catholic Church, in that country, but
also to overthrow the monarchy, in
sisting upon treating with the king
as an equal military power. This state
of affairs they themselves aggravated
by calling in English allies against
their own king).
All of this-and we beg to empha-
size the face that reputable non-Cath-
Ollie historians present the facts thus
should suffice to prove the political ma
ture of the massacre and it's political
reasons and setting. Granted it's pc.
litical character, and the non-implica-
tion of the Church being proven and
admitted by fair-minded writer's, this
incident, shameful and reprehensible,
should no longer furnish an argument
against the Catholic Church. The
fact that it is still being used for this
purpose, and that by men posing as
religious and political leaders (Watson
has been candidate for President of
the U. SD shows malice, poor judg.
ment and lack of better argument and
proof against the Catholic Church.
A Rebuke to 6igotry.
Cleveland, Ohios first city, gave a
ringing and claimant rah,1Lo IN h;ootr,