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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-07-12
This Editor Isn't Scared

II there is anything on earth TO be
admired u is n country editor with n
spinal column about the sire OF n
stove pipe. There are several In the
country. and almost every week We
ind a new one. This week We locate
one In far away Montana, in the BALL.
wick OF Wisdom. The name OF his
paper is the Big Hole Basin News, and
here's his opening editorial May his
tribe increase:
Why does the Roman Catholic church
seek 20 exclude the Menace from the
United states mails7 The Menace Il
but a small paper. only a column larger
than the News. IL contains a subscrip-
tion list OF 629,7si, and advocates the
taxation OF all church property-whieh
10 right.
Why, then. should the wealthy and
powerful Catholic church seek its an
nihilation7 Is the little weekly pub
lished way down I'm old Missouri cor
rectly named7 IL Il really n menace
TO the church OF Romef Does that
mighty sect seek. as the Menace as
serts, TO take part, as n sect, In man
ming the ship of state7
These questions answered in the af-
hrmative, IL II possible that the church
IL unable 20 refute the argument and
must needs throttle the press7 Mr.
Burleson is not the frst postmaster
general 20 be importuned In regard 20
suppressing this little old seven-column
folio. and II really does seem that a
"cullud pusson" may be lingering In the
woodplle.
God Almighty will defend His own.
depend upon itl When His adherents
pray 20 federal appointees 20 aid them
IL denotes weakness. II nothing else,
Church and state cannot be Joined In
this free land OF ours Who would force
union there Is an enemy OF freedom
and his heart Is elsewhere, even though
he is a beneficiary OF the best govern
ment on earth.
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18th. and the Pittsburgh Catholic. OF
Nay 18th. all Of which quote Il from
Brann's lconoclast:
"The Menace Editor 10 Surely . Great
Liar.
"As I write, there lies before me n
great pile OF Walkers paper. the Men.
nee. reeking with slime. slander and
falsehood." says tho editor OF Brann's
lconoclast. They are filled with lies
about priests, lies about homes OF the
Good Shepherd. lies about the knights
OF Columbus, lies about nuns, lies about
tho Little Sisters OF the Poor. lies
about bishops, lies about arch.hishops,
cardinals and popes, lies about Catho-
lies in general and Catholic politicians
IN particular. Big lies, little lies, fool.
ish lies, insane hes-lies livid with
malice-lies besllmed by ignorance
lies shameful and shameless-lies
black. blue, green and speckled-rot.
ten lies - barefaced lies - single,
double and triple jointed lies-lies dis
torted and twisted lies-old and new
adulterated and unadulterated lies
lies born OF hate, prejudice and bigotry
domestic and imported lies-lies Dor.
rowed. stolen, invented and created by
the genius Of mendacity, together with
every other species of damnable lies
ever known on earth or in hell, and
all employed by Walker for the pur.
pose OF deceiying honest Protestants
and making them hate their Catholic
n2ighbors and friends"
Altogether, II must be estimated
that the Menace is about forty.two
different kinds OF a liar. And IL We
reckon on the basis OF the double and
triple lies, the proverblal "ffty-seyen
varieties" may be found.
Now. wouldn't that Just make the
Menace feel sick? But l don't see
any doctors gig standing before the
Menace door. And the Menace is out
at play this week, Just about as lively
as usual. can tell you much more
about the Menace and all our anti.pa-
pal friends, for they are a mischieyous
lot And Romulus. who hates TO be
called names. even by his right name,
just loves TO call names to others.
Listenl "The Menace, shown 10 be a
journalistic. venomous reptile. The
polecat OF the press, the foul
thing called the Menace, that obscene
sheet. the filthy. crawling Menace"
etc, etc. Now, Brother Menace, will
you be good?
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-07-12

put up Snblens and statues In their
schooia
IN the COPY % the ten eomnAnd.
monis issued By the board the word
Image" has bsen taken out Of the
second commandment. and they have
removed the whole of the words:
Thou shalt not bow down 20 them .
While this action Of theirs makes Il
quite clear that RomAnism 10 idolatrous.
Protestant Parents are naturally IN.
dlEnaut at the mutilation q the ten
commandments. They ray for the up
keep Of these schools and yet they
cannot control them. nor can they get
justice from the Roman Catholic man.
aEcrG
Arain. our Irish Protestant friend
says that u this sort of thing happens
under the present system Of govern
ment. What win happen under a Ro-
man Catholic parliament or course.
he sees that the Bible win he a for.
bitdon book.
Then he signs the covenant and
snys; we viii not have home rule, "
and means Il, too.
The above four points explain the
following:
U) The general assembly OF the
Presbyterian church Of ireland has 10.
Gently declared by s2i votes 90 % that
it will not have home rule. Nearly coo
Of these were ministers.
90 Several oonslgnments ~ rifles
and bayonets have been stopped BY the
officials recently. which were intend.
ed for Belfast.
t0 ! vas present At an Irish con.
ference OF rrotestants IN London on
June "a when I heard Colonel Leiroy
state that II tho homo rule bin Is pass.
cd there would be the most appalling
civil war over known.
think Il can be proved that tho
Jesuits are az the bottom OF this busl.
ness.
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Liar! Liar!! Liar y!

Rev. W. Russell Collins, ID. D.. In the
Converted Catholic.
Calling names is childish. But there
is wisdom in the child's retort:
sticks and stones may break my
bones,
But words can never hurt me-
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Menace, has been a very naughty boy.
He has been Switching on Brother Rom.
ulus. And Brother Romulus is-oh.
so madl! He can't do anything but
Just dance up and down and shake his
hands, and snivel and cry, Liar!
Liar!! Liarl!!"
Yes; the Menace has been telling
things about priests and monks and
nuns, and sisters, and Houses OF the
Good Shepherd, and knights and poll.
ticlans, and all the little tricks and Sc.
crcts of Romulus. And they are not
nice things. They ought not TO be told.
Deed mott They don't sound nice"
They sometimes make the Menace
look like a "dirty sheet" But
IL they ought not TO be told In
polite hearing, then they ought not TO
De AZ al. OuBul tney! ana the NOrsl
part OF this Menace tattling is, that
the Menace has the proof, and Romu.
lus can't deny II. About all Romulus
can do Is TO shake his fist and say.
Just wait till get you out Of school"
For | notice that Romulus is not say.
ing or doing anything while the courts
are open. Nor is he accepting any
challenge before the bench. But when
school Is out he hides behind a fenos
and yells, "Liarl Liarll Lari!l" Ant
he will do other sneaky things, too,
and worse, when he gets a chance. But
he proves nothing. And the naughty
Menace and his whole Protestant
crowd are costing Romulus a lot Of
money here and there. with all this tat.
tletale business, by cutting on his
graft whenever the eyes OF the people
are opened. Now, just listen to Romu-
lus crying ''liar" without one word Of
proof or argument. It appears In a
number Of the papers that Romulus
puts out, and / reproduce Il from the
Catholic news. OF May l7th. and the
Catholic Standard and Times OF May
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tics q every cltiren Who ia not q
mcmbcr of the Roman Catholic church.
can rrctcnd that Il Il patriotic. Here
ne tnd q society which expressly Do
Mica that religion is = private matter
and takes the stand that u a a matter
exclusively % the Roman Catholic
church. The doctrine that no ono
has a riEht 20 worship God excepting
AZ be shall Be 4 member % the Ro-
man Catholic church. until very re-
cCntly vas IN full nower IN spain.
Liberalism. however. has made such
hcadway even In Spain. that the Ro.
man church has been obliged 10 con
ccdc that Protestant and Jews may
hold public worship. but they must
enter their church Cdihcca from rear
doors and are forbidden 20 Indicate
their rclirious uscs ty any outward
sirn. ln Peru, under clerical domi-
nation of state the constitution pro
yiiCa that no religion excepting the
Roman Catholic shall be tolerated.
II 10 thus seen that tho Militia Of
Christ has its work cut ont for lt
There Was n time when in an ui
Europe, save that part in which the
eastern or Greek church was cstah.
llEhCd. no religion whatever was per.
mlttcd excepting the Roman Catho,
lic religion. But despite the rack and
the thumbscrew and tho stake. which
we're brought 20 rs support It's power
over the state has been destroyed 90
that today there 10 no country IN
Europe. where Il has been dominant,
not even IN Rome itself, In which the
right OF every man 20 worship God IN
his own way is denied.
n there Is anything that Is essen.
TALLY American. u is the institution
OF religious freedom, which this pa.
trlotic" society frankly announces It's
purpose 20 subyert. We can under,
stand how the Rev. Peter Diotz can
engage In such an enterprise. lie Is
bound by the very oath OF his oifico
TO seek TO extirnate all other religions
but how John Mitchell. Peter McArdlO
and other Irish-Catholio labor lead.
era who have subscribed 70 the con,
stitution OF the order OF the Militia OF
| Christ can look their fellow workers
OF Protestant and non-Cathollo belief
| In the eye without feeling the shame
OF Judas. is a mystery which may be
revealed when the workers that they
are seeking 20 betray into the hands
OF their enemies, come 10 reallze the
full extent OF their perfdy.-The Mil.
waukee Leader.
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The Militia Of Christ

"lHE Militia Of Christ is an or
uU ganizatlon which has It's legal
IL domicile in Milwaukee. II Is
frankly designed to separate
organized labor on religious lines and
bring existing unions under the domi.
nation Of the Roman Catholic HE
rarchy.
In Europe there are Catholic unions
and they serve the purpose of strike
breakers whenever their priostly di.
rectors have been moved to come TO
the support OF their capitalist allies.
The organizers Of the Militia OF
Christ tolerate, Il is true, mixed
unions" IL they shall be permitted 70
bring them under their control, but in
evitably thoy will be forced, inasmuch
as they represent a minority, TO or.
ganize separate unions when the non.
Catholic workers In the unions shall
refuse to be led to the block for sac
rifce by the clerical leaders OF the
Militia OF Christ
The Rev. Peter z. Dietz, who is
executive secretary OF the order, re-
ports that its constitution and charter
laws provide:
Aut AAAAAAAA 0A NuNAhA was lOunQt0 nN
band OF ardent Catholic trade union
leaders, temporary organization was
effected In the course OF the American
Federation OF Labor convention at To-
ronto In 1903. The organization was
perfected and made permanent at St
Louis on November 2i. 1910. The pur-
pose Ia personal service In the cause OF
Christ on earth In the face OF non
Catholic endeayors toward the sub
version OF the Christian structure Of
society.
The Militia OF Christ Is religious.
patriotic and unloulst fraternity: "a
advocates a live policy OF social reg
lamation and expansion on the basis
OF religion. democracy and unionlsm; Il
champions cO-ordinutes and unihes the
legitimate interests OF ali classes Of
society as against the teachings OF
class hatred and the attempts to de-
grade religion 60 tAc insignldrant pro-
portions OF n mere private matsers "a re-
CARDS the Christian family as the basis
Of the Christian state and the Catholic
church aH the mistress and nrbIter OF
civilization.
II is difficult to understand how an
order which seeks to subyert the Hber-
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Hear the Beast Roar

Protestants think that 70 is possible
for an honest man 70 change his re-
ligion. Catholics believe 40 also, pro-
vided the change is from one Protest.
ant sect TO another, or from n Protest.
ant sect TO the Catholic church. But
Catholics not only believe but know,
with knowledge as firm as the
rock OF Gibraltar. that the man who
Rpostatizes from the Catholic church
is an unmitlgated scoundrel. a rene
gade to every honest and honorable
principle. People may call that blgotry.
IL matters not what 10 Is called; there
Is not Catholic in the world who would
not prefer 20 see his mother or sister
dead than turned Protestant. Speaking
for ourselves, we would rather see q
relation OF ours hanged than q rene
Eado from his religion. Many de.
cent man has been hanged. Many a
culprit has died a holy death on the
scaffold. But a Catholic apostats, II he
dies in his apostasy. IL damned As sure
as Dives or Judas was damneds--wsst-
tern Waterman (Roman catholic). oc-
tober IL. 1909.
Just think Of teaching children such
Intolerance. Think Of a school teacher
In our public schools with such . be-
lief. Think OF a minister with such
a spirit OF the devil
No wonder the Bible calls Roman
ism the anti-Chrlst.
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The general intention ordered by
the pope for the month Of June was
''the spread OF daily communion" The
True Voice says: There are many
people in almost every parish In the
land who do not seem TO have given
the slightest heed 10 the decree OF his
holiness! The enemy of our souls Is
most anxious TO hinder the spirit OF
daily communion. He is suggesting
all sorts Of vain fears and preiudlces.
He knows what immense profit is de.
rived from receiving the body and
blood of Christ as our daily food. 90
he uses the parents to keep back their
children and he strives to lessen the
zeal of confessors and preachers who
have been ordered by the holy father
to urge upon the faithful the practice
OF daily communion.% Are Rome's
shepherds straying from their sheebl
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Good People Demand Justice

0elwein, Iowa, Is little, n any, diff.
ferent from other towns OF the size and
kind throughout the country, and the
fear OF assassination, arson and the
Roman boycott prevents the local cit.
liens from taking the active part they
would like to take In a demand for
justice In the courts, nevertheless they
are aroused and Il Is very likely that
the state authorities will take action
II II develops that the county attorney
does not have the courage and the In
tegrity to do his duty. Every citizen
OF the state Of Iowa who respects law
and order and who desires 70 see Jus.
tice done In all cases should take this
matter up with the governor OF the
state and the states attorney at once.
Some Of them are doing this already
as you will observe from the follow
ing letter which Ia only one OF many
others:
Guthrie Centre Iowa. June 81. 1913.
To the Honorable George W. Clarke.
Governor OF Iowa
My Dear SIR
I greet you this morning Of the eTth
day OF June. 1913, as FIRST OF all a pa
triotic American citizen OF this United
States OF America and Of the state Of
Iowa. and as a regularly ordained min
lister % the Gospel OF Jesus Christ our
Lord. king OF Kings and Lord OF
Lords" ! assure you. Honored Sir. that
Il Is not with a trivial or inconsiderab BILE
feeling that I would dare to address
you. one whose time and energy is sup
posed 20 be employed with matters OF
the deepest concern and well-being OF
our beloved state and people. but on
the contrary. l believe and feel that
what am TO say In this message 10 you
Is ofivery vital and profound interest.
i feel that you would in every case re-
gard as perilous and alarming every
concerted attempt at the threatening OF
our state and national liberties. and
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inE attitsds toward anY and an such
srcfuarhmsnts. Z wuuid as q ritiHfn.
rsmcustrats ant rirs Yuu an acouuut -
~ feelings in ttia respect and call %
year attsntion. M ID tsf not ALREADY
bsrn. ana even NJ 10 has. uuuid add
these uorda citing yea % ths moi rio-
lrncu frrurtsd 20 - a tlnod-thirrty
Eanr % noman Catholics uron an hon.
orei cititsn % thin rsputiic. a. oriucin.
love. ThurrfaF evening. June ~. 1914
-ths Rev. Jeremiah = Crowley. author.
lecturer ard pubiic servant % liberty
ana freedom % speech. press and siu-
catiVs lnHtitutiuna This honorcd Citi.
ntn ana Hon "a liberty uan maitrcated
aud Crucliy beaten Coz maintaining our
liberties In thiu beloved state. and a.
an honest. aYmnathFtlc servant % the
public good ! ash that you Immediately
Investigate thia matter and aa q wise
Judiciary cause O. b. made such arrest
aud convtction % Haid participants IN
this bold and uunatriotlc and inhuman
assault, for I feel that this should b.
dealt HtrcuuoutlY with. AZ a wise and
advance prccaution against further
criminal patronage. I should b. very
GLAD 90 have a short note % reply.
Thanking you tn advance Cor the
same. ana believing tn your sincerity.
honesty and loyalty. I remain.
Yours rtspcctfuiiy.
JOHN o. HINER
Pastor wesleyan Mrthodlat Church
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Papal Policy In Ireland
BY ERNEST PHILLIPPS
Our English Correspondent

TECENT events In ireland have
/" had the effect OF strengthening
N the opposition OF Protestants
TO the setting up OF a Roman
Catholic parliament there. These OBJ
jections fall easily under four heads:
ID Papal Supremacy. At the re-
cent annual outing of the juvenile Grip
pies Of Belfast, motor cars we're en-
ployed 10 take these afflicted children
10 the residence OF Lord and Lady Lon.
donberry. One car was decorated
with two Union Jacks which greatly
offended a party OF nationalists who
attacked the car and tore them up, and
violently assaulted a gentleman In
charge. Now, II the car had carried
the papal flag, IL would have escaped
molestation.
An incident like this makes loyal
subject think, for he argues 10 himself
that should he ever live 20 see a na-
tionalist parliament In Ireland, he
must hide his Union Jack and fly the
papal flag II he wants 20 live unmo-
Tested, or clear out Of the country.
(2) Press Censorship. According
10 the Catholic Herald OF May cath,
Father Cullen, a Jesuit priest, said at
meeting OF the Dublin Vigilance
Committee that "he trusted that under
the Irish parliament. which he hoped
would be shortly established, there
would be a press censorship which
would prevent the circulation of evil
literature" The Romanlsts present ap-
plauded this statement, Of course, for
they hate all Protestant literature like
poison.
Here again we have something TO
make people think. for II the press is
controlled by Rome's ecclesiastics, the
truth viii never be allowed to appear
in print, and all the evil doings OF the
monastic orders and the hierarchy will
be suppressed.
Again. as soon as the press comes
under papal censorship. its columns
are filled with twadfle and medieval
fiction and Egyptian darkness covers
the land. A country without q free
press Is country without civil or re-
lislous liberty.
(3) Papal offieiallsm. A nun has
recently been appointed as matrOn to
Cavan County lnfirmnry In spite OF
protest by Lord Faraham. Now as
this sort OF thing is going on all over
Ireland In the various Offices under
local government boards. a Protestant
naturally argues that n under the
grant Of autonomy In local Affairs. Ro-
manists are getting appointments TO
nearly all the Offices that under an
Irish parliament the last safeguard for
his personal liberty vii be gone. This
makes him think furiously and oppose
furiously the present government bill.
a pledge was given IN 1898 by the
nationalist leader on bohalf OF the ma
tionclists that the Minority would be
treated generously In the matter OF
local government appointments, should
the bill be passed. Nov as that pledge
has never been kept d is useless for
AIr. Redmond to make any more prom
ises or give any more assurances, be-
cause the matter Is out OF his hands
when the bin becomes law.
t4 Religious Biaotry. Tie CON-
missioners OF National Education IN
Ireland have recentis refused TO al
low Protestant managers 70 put up in
the national schools e correct copy OF
the ten commandments, and yet they
permit Roman Catholic managers to
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Another bunch OF nuns have been ex.
PEELED from their convent in Lyons.
France. Romish editors predict that
the convent which had been "sancti-
fed by prayer and sacrifice will be con.
verted into a temple OF destruction. Z"
That is Just what 1t was-a temple Of
destruction. II never encouraged in.
tellect Now II win be fumigated: the
high walls surrounding Il. holding its
victims in, will be pulled down and
the sunlight be allowed 20 strike in its
darkest places. after which II will be
converted into n schoolhouse that the
God-giyen intellect Of children may ex.
pand and grow as nature intended!
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Was the Act Premeditated?

When all the evidence in the case
OF The mob which undertook 10 take the
life OF Mr. Crowley Is Ia. Il will be the
unanimous verdict OF all who have
studied the case thoroughly that the
attack was premeditated and that
there was method In their madness.
For the Information OF those who
may not know Il, We might state that
Mr.. Crowley has a new book In press
entitled, "The Pope, Chief Of White
SiaVers, High Priest Of Intrigue" The
startling revelations OF this new book
constitute a searchllght upon the ma,
tional and international intrigues OF
this age-long enemy OF civil and re.
ligious liberty, and shows Romanism
to be the demoralizer OF youth Of both
sexes, the wrecker Of homes, the de.
stroyer OF pure womanhood-in a
word, a gigantic system OF intrigue
and white slavery, the most wide.
spread, stupendous and appalling man.
kind has ever known.
That the hierarchy Is aware OF this
fact no one doubts, for their system
OF espionage enables them 10 keep
close watch upon friend and foe alike,
and IN you think for an instant that
they do not know every move OF Mr.
Crowley II Is because you do not know
the man.
In the light OF these facts, the
friends of Mr.. Crowley allege that the
hierarchy was determined that this
latest arraignment Of the papal system
should not go 10 press, and that IL was
their opinion that the most effective
way 70 stop IL would be 20 murder the
author and then suppress the publica,
ton.
Mr.. Crowley, however, is wise to the
game OF Rome, and before making the
visit TO Oelwein had secured extra
proofs Of his new book and had placed
them In safekeeping, and had the mob
been successful In their attempt "a
take his life, they would not have been
so successful in suppressing the pub.
lication OF the new book.