The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-03-14
THE VOICE OF SOCIALISM =
ANTI-cATHoLlc PRESS is AN
OLD ENEMY UNDER A NEW
NAME, SAYS LEADING
WESTERN DAILY.
zone Of These Gays a Great Many
People Throughout the Country
Will Learn How Completely
They Have Been
Hoaxed."

WIN 1S0TU TOW NOUpISISy
They Have Been
Hoaxed."
In an editorial entitled THE Voice
of Socialism" the LOS Angeles
Times" leading Western daily,
says:
An old enemy under a new name
is making its noisome presence known
throughout the country. For years
a publication issued at Girard, Kan,
under the misnomer of THE Appeal
to Reason" ranted at all opponents
of Socialism. Revelation of graft,
hypocrisy and insincerity on the part
of the management effectively crum-
pied the paper, and though it is not
dead, its influence has been nullified.
But the cold-blooded, money making
management was skilled in making
capital out Of venomous attacks on
established institutions, and under a
different guise lent it's support to
"The Menace" a.weekly published at
Aurora, NO., the avowed purpose Of
which is to do as much harm as pos
sible, with the use of whatever mis-.
representation and lies seen suitable,
to the Catholic Church.
The reason for its animus is trans
parent. The Catholic Church is one
of the most influential and substantial
opponents of Socialism in the world.
If the authority of the Catholic
Church were crushed the Socialists
would find many avenues opened that
are now closed to their proselyters.
The Church is fundamentally opposed
to the principles of Socialism, and the
whole Of its powerful organization
has been put into operation to check
and drive back the disciples of Marx
and Engels.
The Socialists have long been fu.
rious at this masterful opposition, and
they. have been helpless against it.
But "The Menace" came to lead a
flank attack on the Church. That pa.
per has made an effort to conceal its
Socialistic atfiliation, but authoritative
information from the inner circle
reveals the machinery, and shows
that the leading lights of the THE Ap
peal to Reason" are aiding 1.-THE
Menace"-but keeping themselves un.
der a bushel, as it were.
"The Menace" publishes anything
regardless of truth, that directly or
indirectly may reflect discredit on the
Catholic Church. The testimony OF
defrocked priests is given circulation;
the widest stories are told in the vel.
lowest language-as for instance that
the Knights of Columbus are Cath.
Ollie militia, armed, drilled and ready
to attempt to seize the United States
any time the Pope issues the order
What rot! "The Menace" charges that
the Catholic Church dominates the
Federal Government, that the purpose
Of the Church is to ultimately seize
and destroy the United States, and in.
Inmates that all Professionals will be
converted or burned.
The Socialists are making the
same sort of attack against the
Church 81 they make against all who
oppose them. In every political cam.
paign it is seen that they make any
charges, irrespective of any truth,
that will seem to discredit their op.
ponents. And in this campaign the
vileness Of their charges is restrained
only by the postal laws, for every.
thing vicious that can be sent through
the mails has been and is being pub.
lished. THE Menace" knowing the
class to which it caters is concerned
with sensations and not with facts,
never takes the trouble to verify or
prove any of its statements. Any
communicated Catholic, any priest
who has been sent from the Church,
anybody who has a wild tale to tell
is Immediately accepted as indubitable
authority and put forward as com.
petent witness to impeach the Roman
Catholic Church, Pope, Cardinals,
Bishops. priests, converts and lay
men.
1.-THE Menace" is frank enough to
admit that 1t finds its business profit
able, although it is I'm the work fol-
love Of the country" It may run on
for years-and then, as with "The Ap
peal to Reason" one of these days
somebody connected with the manage
ment will put a revolver to his head
rather than bear the exposure Of graf,
and hypocrisy. and q great many
people throughout the country viii
learn how completely they have beer
hoaxed.