The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-05

harm than other grafters." So. far from denying, you endorse the accusa- ton: only you think that some other people are just as bad as the mission aries. I do not intend to argue the matter; but this I wish to say. Cath ollie missionaries have been in Alaska many years; the first to plant cross
 on the Yukon shore came in 1862: if 1 lowed him you can find one that ever sent Outside even one single skin for trading purpose. and if you can prove to me that any of our missionaries ever attended to personal interests, instead of spending their life and wealth for
 the welfare of others. as I claim they have all done. you are welcome to show me what has been their profit in the graft and I will repay you the amount.
 One word more: you say that Cath olcs hate Protestants: what proof have you of it? That we hold diff ferent beliefs? But then is Catho- lie bound to hate all the Jews. Ma | sons. Frrethinkers. infidels and many l more with whom he may not agree? What an awful man he must be. Hap oily it is evident that your assertion is false in fact: I may say that numbers of men from out of my own church have helped me considerably in my work at Fairbanks. Let me name only MT. Dan Jonas who was the first to request me to build St. Josephs hospital and brought me sl,5o0 to start the work For all l these gentlemen and I
 have only the kindest feelings; and many men could testify that myself never looked at the badge before em- nloying a man, or giving contract. Again your assertion is false in prin- Ciple: The gospel of our Master is not a gospel of hatred but of love: and if Catholics believe that we have kept His teaching more faith
 fully. we hold also ourselves bound to follow you more perfectly
 That some people, as you say. de- spise us. and hate us, truly we may he sorry for them: otherwise we may rejoice that His word be realized with us: You shall be hated for my names sake"
 Yours truly
 F. MONROE s. J. (Father Monroe has failed to grasp the real purport of this editorial he mentions For while it may appear
 to him that it is slam on mission aries. the real object of the editorial was directly the opposite We were 0ridng ourselves being the lone voice crying out against the public denunciations until Father Monroe's letter came in.
 The third paragraph of the edto- rial ought to establish our position on the matter. What followed this
 was simply a brief outline of the opinions a percentage of the public Nolds in regard to missionaries As to the use of the word graft" if employed in the manner in which it is commonly used by those who sneak of institutions in whose work they have no sympathy.
 That the Catholics hate the Prot estants may sound little raw to some. but it does not necessarily mean that they hate them personally. The meaning intended to be conveyed was. that these three mind elements are not in working accord with each other. An attempt was made to show up these conflicting opinions, to show them from the angle of the man about town. Lest the spirit of the editorial should be misconstrued, a sentence was added at the close which was thought would make our position clear. If we failed, it was the fault of our vocabulary and not of our intentions-Editor)