The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-02
NATIONAL DEFENSE

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Self preservation Is Ii. first law Of nature. \
is law hat applies TO nations as ven .. TO indi-
yiduAls And, ss the wise individual strives con
tinuouSly 70 strengthen the weak places In his
character and in his body, 90 does the wisely
governed state revise its policies and strengthen
its defenses
Just now, a. q result Of war in other lands
much is being said concerning the need Of
stronger army and navy. Battleships and bat
talions are earnestly demanded so that when some
maraudng monarch comes down like wolf ON
the fold we can meet him at the coast and push
him back into the sea.
There are those who object to this enlarge.
ment Of the military defense through fear OF its
being oyerdone They point out the facility with
which strong defensive force can be utilized for
offensive purposes; and how the possession Of big
guns is a constant temptation 10 their possessors
to grow aggressive and become bullies in search
Of trouble
Without discussing that phase Of the question.
there is another point in the matter Of national
defense that is Of equal or greater Importance but
is largely overlooked and persistently ignored An
efficient army and navy is demanded 70 use against
a possible inroad Of foreign soldiers and lombard
ment by foreign sailors But how about the de-
fense against the less militant but dangerous
invasion Of foreign force that is going on every
dsyi
Il is not on the coasts OF frontier that the
/ Italian popes army Of invasion appears. They do
not come in serried ranks with bayonets cleaning
and flags flying. They are not sounding defiance
by means Of trumpets and drums that challenge
armed resistance Their methods strategy aud
tactics are of another kind; but their declared in
tention Of making America Catholic, and the
means of attaining that object, are even more
threatening than the obvious and overt acts of q
hostile army
Their chief commander is the pope Of Rome,
an ecclesiastical and political monarch whose au-
kaa e. Nkok
recognized il. His predecessors have for centuries
exercised temporal power not only in the so-caled
papal states but in every nation where the ad-
herents Of popery were numerous or influential
enough to effectively support papal pretentions.
In short, this invasion is commanded by Eu.
ropean monarch whose only essential difference
from other European monarchs lies in the assump.
tion Of an extraordinary divine right. He is a
monarch more despotic and dangerous than ali
the potentates of Europe; for, TO their sway which
they justify with the obsolete "divine right of
kings" theory, he has added an "infallibility" de.
rived from the same source and a dominion over
all the earth.
The predecessors of the present pope have ex.
ercsed that monarchial Office to the limit of their
powers and not one of them has ever repudiated
or abdicated their oft asserted right Of supreme
sovereignty. II is the purpose and plan Of the
present pope, and of all popes past and future, 70
g conquer the world and bring all its people under
the sway of the papal system. II historical facts
and current events do not bear out that assertion
4 and prove it to be literal fact, then history has
$ no meaning whatever.
4 The invading army of this ecclesiastical mon
arch, the pope, is officered and under the imme
diate command of certain princes Of the church
called cardinals, and subordinate officers known as
: bishops and priests. All of them wear the uni
form and insignia of their Italian monarch. Then
regalia and trappings professedly religious, NOR,
! resemble the gaudy raiment Of a war lord thar
: the modest garb befttinR a genuine teacher al
real religion.
: They have their secret service Of monks and
Jesuits who have carried their invasion far into
the heart of American institutions as to even oc
cupy Protestant pulpits and there preach the
denominations which calculated to allay sus
picion and suppress alarm.
The officers commanding the popes invasion
wear no swords. Subtle sophistry is mightier thar
the sword especially when mixed with hypocrisy
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