The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-05-02
FEARS Of GUARDIANS
pF LIBERTY
Declare That Pope was Asked to
Use lnfluenoth Behalf
Of Mexico
A. P. A. orsanizatpa Used Every
Means to Obtains Hearing from
Secretary of State
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This circular was sent recently by
the Guardians of Liberty to the pa
pers of the secret societies in the
United States:
NATIONAL COURT
of the
GUARDIANS oF9L1BERTY
Lieut.-General NelsoA: A. Miles, c. G.
Rear-Admiral G. w.;Baird. c. A.
P. Corning Edwards g. R.
VIM. F. schoenfeldsC. G.
8. Stern, c. v. D.
Masonic Hall. so lsWest Twenty
Fourth Street.
New York, March II. 1914.
Dear Sir:
We beg to call ySur attention to
the enclosed open letter to Secretary
of State, William Jennings Bryan.
We would greatly appreciate the
courtesy Of your NEWS columns for
the publication of this letter which
will prove of vital interest to your
readers.
Yours very truly.
P. s. BROWN,
Sec. of the Executive Committee.
PSB-JB
(SEAL)
With this was the following letter
to Secretary of steteeRryan:
NATIONAL COURT
of the
GUARDIANS OF LIBERTY
Lieut., General Nelson A. Miles. G. G.
Rear-Admiral G.. w. Baird. c. A.
P. Corning Edwards, G. R.
VIM. F. Schoenfield, G. G.
S. Stern, G. v. "a.
Masonic Hall, so West Twenty
Fourth Street
New York, March 16, 1914.
Hon. VIM. Jennings Bryan,
Secretary of State, Washington,
D. G.
Dear Sir: On December 10th we
wrote to you relative to matter
which we consider of vital import
ance to citizens of the United States,
and received on DECEMBER 18th,
through your private secretary, Mr..
Manton M. Wyvell, an acknowledge
ment of the letter and the state
ment that it would be brought to
your attention as soon as possible.
Nothing being heard from you we
wrote to your secretary on January
3rd and then wrote again to you on
February 9th, and finally wired you
on March 18th. Our inability to OBJ
tain reply from you on this very
important matter now leads us to
place it before the citizens of the
United States through the medium of
the public press. Our letter of De-,
cember 10th, to which reference is
made, was as follows: "In the New
York Times of November 29th, there
appeared special cable from Rome
dealing with the attempt made by
Mexican Roman Catholics to have
the Pope use his influence in behalf
of Mexico and the reported stated as
follows: The suggestion was made
that even If the vatican did not wish
to commit itself to any action which
would make it appear as If siding
with Mexico, its influence might be
exercised in Washington enough
through the Apostolic delegate, Mgr.
Bonzano, or through one of the
American Cardinals, this step being
in accord with the teachings of the
Church in favor Of peace and con-
cord, so as to render the suggestion
acceptable. 1t has been asserted that
overtures of this kind would be fav-
0rably received. =" We have
underlined the more important pas
sages and would appreciate informa-
tion especially on the last sentence.
Is there any real warrant for the
assertion that such overtures coming
from the source or through the chan
nels indicated would be favorably re-
ceived at Washington? To us it Is
inconceivable that our government
or its organs would entertain any
overtures from a religious body, or
any religious body as such, on mat
ter purely political. We are quite
sure that the United States does not
recognize the secular claims of the
Roman Hierarchy and under the
Constitutional Principle Of Complete
Separation Of Church and State can
not allow any official status in mat