The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-16
How the Roman Priests WEiD
Patriotic Catholics Into
SlavisEa Submission.


1'he Western Watchme01o, Of St. Louis. Mo
It's editor, D. S. Phelan, was educated
under the direction Of Pope Leo XIII in
the godly theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
One OF the corner-stOnes of the godly
Thomas Of Aquinas is the comfortable doc
trine that it is lawful to kill every PIG headed
blped who refuses to join the Roman Catho-
lie church
The comfortable teaching Of Saint Tom
may Abraham's bosom have room enough for
INN has been the cause Of much oodly perso-
cutlon, imprisonment, roasting, rackmg and
murder in this world where there are 50
many pig-headed persons who cannot believe
that God always chooses an Italian to be His
personal Superintendent of this mundane
sphere.
But D. S. Phelan believes in Saint Tom;
and he wrote to me, D. S. did, that the ItaE
IAN church had a perfect right to kill all
human plg-heads who could not see that it
was q nlerltorjous thing TO believe in the Ital-
ian pope and to kiss his big TO-. or words
to that effect.
In the July 8, 1914 issue of Phelan'5 paper,
The Western Waterman, I learn how It is
that the Italians whip the other f00t-kisseIs
into obedience.
It is little bit lengthy, but it will repay
your careful reading:
When Plus x wrote his famous encyc1ica1 on the
quarter centenary of Charles Borron7eo he stirred
up veritablo hornets nest in the Germany Cen
ire There was nothing in that document that could
give any Catholic offense and if the Holy Father
said anything less about Luther and the heads
of the Reformation he would have proved want
ing to history and Catholic truth. He despised
Luther as knaVe and graceless renegade, and
all the leaders Of the Reformation as goddess and
laWless men But the weakened politicians Of
the Centre dfsapproved the bold utterances OF
the Sovereign PontiH. His Encyclical had made
enemies for Catholics all over Germany, and they
had already all the enemies they could take care
OF. To speak diaparagingly of Luther and the
rest OF the goddess crew was inlprudent, impoltic
and uncalled for. The letter Of the Pope was
not read from any pulpit in Germany. But Plus
had words Of explanation or apology to
OFFER and the verdict of the Catholic world was
that if danounciRg the apostate monk Of Witten-
berg was the cause Of trouble, then let trouble
come; and the sooner the better
Within the past few years there has been much
discussion over the policy of cooperation among
Catholics and the friends of order among Pro-
testants Rome has volunteered it's advice, which
has not always been taken in good grace. The
leaders Of the Centre have grown FESTIVE under
what they consider papal domination. Murmur-
ings Of discomfort were audible in all the great
centres Of Catholic activity in Germany The leader
of the Baden Centre, Herr Wacker, took the
stump against this new form of papal aggression.
He was sent down to Essen to speak to the
Catholic workingmen of that great manufacture
ing city. 1t seems he thought the occasion oppor-
tune TO give vent TO his antl-papal sentiments.
His speech created great sensation, and he was
encouraged to publish it. A copy reached Rome.
The Cardinals Of the Congregation of the Index
were called together, and the printed speech was
put under the church's ban. The congregation
never gives reason for condemning any book
or pamphlet; but the reasons not far to seek.
Herr Wacker told the Holy Father that he could
not impose his politics his social policies
the German people; the centre Catholic, but
the members were not clericals and owned
civil allegiance to bishop or Pope. Rome did not
stop at condemning the disloyal pamphlet; the
Holy Father in his alocution at the late public
consistory, told the world what he thought of
those Catholics who would Danish the Pope from