Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19

VIII, because of their disregard for
the higher law, because thew have
ulsnonorably set aside their treaties
ana their obligations, go down in his
tory in obloquy.
Admires German yaIor.
But l have the most ardant "a
hllratlon for the valor of the Ger
man soldiers, and especially for the
1efhaan officers. And let me call
your attention to the reason that the
German army is such a good lighting
machine 1t Is because the officers
themselves are brave. They are nat
arlstocrats. ~"
Il am not decrying the American
soldier or the English soldier Thev
are OF different makeup. They are
soferheo Inherently and live in an
olher atmosphere altogether An
eiheilcah soldier and the officers of
the American army get out OF their
informs as soon as they are through
Win their duty. This, too, applies to
the rs soldiers of the British army.
m, ms is not true of the Germans.
t A.sef UNIFORM Is with them all of the
time, and with the officers II is
mark of distinction. In Germany IL
Is the army and not the people thar
u IL, me army officer is paramount"
ne truce of God" spoken of nv
sne arehoishop, marks one of TN,
tnosl glorious epochs of the Catholi,,
church. 1t came in the ninth cor
Jury, wnen the feudal laws were ex
islenl, Then 1t was that In the wars
.nat the petty monarch of the day
MoIhed great oppression upon the
, "i.oie people and especially on the
very poor.
Rome. then the only ecclesiastjcal
authority. and in many ways the
great temporal authority of fine
world, stepped In and demanded that
at certain periods all strife must
cease. Encyclopedia Britannica saws
that at this time the church -
recognizing the impossibillty of alb
soiutely stopping all feudal warfare,
strove TO limit it," This limitation.
plaeed on all civil and military au-
thorities, was finally agreed to by
them and was bound by writings and
oaths. 1t grew in influence and final
~ became known as THE Truce Of
600. 1t was in the eleventh century
that this name came, and 1t lasted
through the twelfth. In this century
the church's influence became SO
great that 1t was able to protect the
laporers In the field SO that they IRE
not disturbed at their work.
hliOW IHdI the Germans have
been studying and preparing for this
war for fifty years. Why then did
they not so prepare themselves that
they could have avoided the dishonor
that has come to them?" continued
Monsignor Seton.
I believe that the army of Ger
many Is a menace to civilization The
government of the world by an army
Is bound to be menace What we
need Is that the whole world shnlJ
resolve itself into an educated, dis
ciplined democracy
Germany, too. menaces our Mon
roe Doctrine. At the island of st.
| Thomas, the North German Lloyd
and the Hamburg companies leased
4 property as coaling stations. This
/ island Is very near to our Panama
canal. man who was there told me
that the coal that Is piled up there
rises higher than the dome of st.
Peters. There Is such a thing as
peaceful aggression. "
The archbishop also told of taking
part in benediction for an Irish reg
iment of the guards. assisting Cardi-
nal Bourne, at Westminster, in Lon
don. After that the archbishop made
his way by stages to this country.