Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-06-23
Divided Allegiance
What Rome Is Doing in The 6uise Of ReIigi.
on 10 Make America Catholic.

"When the question is really
faced and looked at in business
sense, after all, why should We, in
any event, be embroiled in Eu-
iopean affairs? If these United
States should DO attacked, shat ia
a very different feature; then we
fight, and the result no man need
doubt j But because any one ma
tion in Europe picks quarrel or
| fights with another il no affair of
ours, save in the frat instance We
r.gret ths slaughter of humanity,
ard in the next instance, we
would do ell we fairly could to
bring about peace.
So says the Cstholic Union and
Times, and SO say we. But that
Is not all the papal organ says
with special prominence i'll
double.column article on Its edl.
torisl page. Answering it's own
question, "What 10 the United
States of America?' our pspist
contemporary Q gces on to say:
1T is a country IN no sense, either
affirmstively or negatively, direos,
~ or indirectly ill fact, in deed,
in word or sct, bound to any for.
sign prince or potentate or pow.
er."
We wish that the latter state.
ment were as true az the first;
but must emphatically, as we'll as
regrettully, say that it isn't.
This country is peculiarly bound
to a potentate known as the Pope
of Rome. While the subjects of
secular princes, on coming to this
country, readily and naturally
break away from the power and
influence of their former allegi-
gian.e, this particular power, of
which the p 'pe is the head. does
not relax or release its hold upon
subjsots of the papal crown.
On the contrary, the papal pow.
or maintsins = royal contingent
of prince cardinals on American
soll to preserve the allegiance of
papal subjects and to prevent it's
complete transfer to American
governments. Pope Benedict has
his Prince Gibbons. Prince Far
Icy, aud Prince 0'Connsll, in ad-
ditIon to al Apostolic Delegate
aud an army of lesser agents. to
preserve and stimulate the allie.
glance owed him by evsry Roman
Catholic in the United States.
No other European potentate
has the assurance aud effrontery
to send, or create princes to reside
in this country for the express
purpose of herding his subjects
into parishes and keeping them
separate from American influence.
No other European ruler attempts
to maintain scdools on American
soil calculated principally to teach
allegiance to himself and corrupt
alike the thought of immigrant
and native born perverts to mon.
archial allegiance.
Suppose the Gear of Russia we're
to send over q number of grand
dukes, setting them up in palaces
in Boston, New York and Balti.
more; and should commission
them to Russianlzs this country
with the aid of Numerous Greek
priests. Suppose we were to di-
vide this country into Russian
provinces. just as the pope has
divided it into Roman provinces,
and we're to establish its schools,
| Just az Rome has established its
schools; and all for the purpose
of making America Russian, just
as R, me is trying to make Ameri-
ca Roman Catholic. If such we're
done you would have the precise
equivalent of what the pope of
Rome is doing.
Suppose the Gear of the Rus
sias were to 60 further and es-
ia blish military orders in this
country, just as the pope has
done. Suppose he were to orga-
rize Russianized Americans into
military companies. just a. the
pope has organized Romsnlzed
Americana into Knights of Colum.
bus, Hibernlans, etc. Suppose
he were to send q delegate to
Washington. fp. Q.sstos originate
and pre- mote Rnssla q legislation,