The menace., 1914-09-05
by D. J. REYNOLDS. National Presi
dent Of American Federation OF
Patriotic societlea

Human experience for the last 1900
years has taught us whenever n presi.
lent, king, emperor or other distin.
guished parsonage has been fouly as.
assinated, or some great mysterious
,rime, connagration or property disaster
has occurred, 10 instinetively east about
Tor a bunch Of Jcsuits and the "fine
Italian hand" We find that effort In
his direction, ninety-nine times out Of
hundred, is found 20 be the point Of
least resistance and usually results in
boating the "eolored man in the wood
pile" In the light Of the above thesis,
et ms apply the same yRrd-stick 10 this
terrible European war disaster, and ask
Tou 10 consider the following points in
Justification Of our idea.
The cath Of last June, the Curia Of
ne "holy" Roman Catholic church met
N Austria and formulated and signed
4 eoneordat, establishing Catholicism as
he state religion Of servia, Just the
nme identical trick that they are prom.
sing us, over their own signatures, In
he United States Of America when they
consider the time ripe for such a ooup
ie efdf. Imagine how the feelings OF
he Servians were outraged. knowing
that their powerful neighbor, Austria,
n the north, the last remaining power,
By the way, Of popery, in all Europe,
Ens right on the ground 20 enforce this
law and, under the circumstance also
hat in AL Servia there was only s.435
Roman Catholics as against 2,902.qio
Protestants and Of other religions. The
ludacity and injustice Of this act was
enough 20 provoke the resentment OF
even the Servians, who for generations
have been hardened and accustomed "a
All kinds Of indeseribable abuses at the
hands Of monarchies and despotie rule.
Il was well known TO the Servians that
this arch duke, Ferdinand, and his wife
were the most bigoted papists, and large.
ly instrumental In this legislation. Thi,
same Ferdinand, heir 10 the ducal crown
preparatory 20 his ascension 20 ths
throne, avowedly expected TO restore. IN
Servia, popery in all its oppressivenes.
and hideousness Of the dark aRea j,
was a master stroke Of his royal hieh.
ness, backed up by the Austrian gov.
ernment and the pope, 10 put this
official act Of the Curia over on IN,
kingdom Of Servia. II IL not 70 Be won.
dered at that their resentment knew
almost no bounds, and that they wanted
10 do something that would contribute
toward making those well-laid Jesuitical
schemes, miscarTy. They felt justifed
in self.defense, as q partial expression
Of their outraged feelings, 20 remov,
said areh-duke, Ferdinand, which they
did. This gave Austria the opportunity
she wanted 10 make q thorough Job Of L
BY using her superior numbers and mill
taIy prowess 10 force Servia 70 aeoepl
the eoneordat and Roman Catholieisu
~ tksir Official religion, notuithstand
ing the Roman Catholics had les thar
one per cent Of the entire population
This Is clearly the hrst cause and Be
ginning Of this terrible European wAr
II would take a great deal Of space
even II IL were deemed desirable ans
pertinent 10 deal with the Subsequent
declarations Of war consequent upon thii
real starting Of the trouble. II seem,
quite clear, however, that Germany VA
glad 10 take advantage Of any eircum
stance that might ofer an szeuss fol