Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-12-26
Secretary Tumulty Criticized by Two
Prominent Catholics for the 0utrages
Committed by the Carranza Troops

CHICAGO. Dec. 20 statements IN
reply to the recent letter i'm which
| Joseph l.. Tumulty secretary To Pres
idcnt Wilson, explained from am ad-
ministration viewpoint the situation
i'm Mexico, as regards the Roman
Catholic church, are made public
here. one is by Manager Francis
c. Kelley president Of the Catholic
Church Extension society and the
other by the Rev. r. H. 1icrucy, ed
itor of the Catholic weekly Amer
ica," and both renew criticism of
President Wilson i'm recognizing the
Caranza government under which.
says Manager Kelley religious lib
crty is being denied to the people ~
Mexico
The statement by Manager Kelley
follows:
OutragcS and Honors.
If the files of the department Of
state are without official records To-
prove the "dastardly crime of out
RACES committed upon nuns by Mex
/ lean revolutionists, there are official
/ records in other places, copies Of
which have been offered to the de-
partment Of state. ! happen to have
4 some of them myself given under
oath. ] have one in particular that
/ has never seen the light of day. But
/ is Mr.. Tumulty perfectly safe i'm try
/ ing to dsprOve all the Outragcs
| against religion through denying one?
! Even if we grant all his contentious.
| there still remains a great burden Of
crime absolutely unexplained. one
thing, however he may be certain of:
/ the worst of the affidavits will never
/ be given out, for 1t stands to reason
that no names are going TO be men
| toned; not for the revOlutiOnists'
sake, or for Mr. Tumulty's sake, but
rather for the sake of the poor vic
Tins. The murders, the looting, the
stealing, the closing Of churches. etc.
have been admitted over and over
again by the reVolutiOnists them
selves. 1t is most extraordinary that
Mr.. Tumulty could make the state
ment seriously that the officers of
the American army never heard a
single report of outrage having been
committed" The fact of the matter
is that the story first came TO my
| knowledge through one who received
lii from officers Of both the army
and navy. | afterwards cOnversed
with one Of these officers, and ne
not only corroborated what / had
IltdI W. bhl BdN = lllt duulllOlldl IdtIS.
However, his case is about the same
as that Of the nuns. While l have
his name and his signature, | do not
propose to have him dismissed from
the army or have his life made a
burden by revealing It. Mr. Tumulty
may not perhaps have heard that
nuns were forcibly taken from trains
and sent into the revolutionist army
The number Of nuns who reached
Cuba or the United States safely is
negligible. How many Of them will
never be heard from?
About Canon Paroles.
A rather strange thing K is that
Mr.. Tumulty should use as an au-
thorty 'the Rev. Antonio J. Parcde
Roman Catholic vicar general, the
archbishopric Of Mexico City" When
Mr.. Bryan was secretary Of state hc
communicated to me copy Of the
statement of Canon Paroles, and in
formed me that he was going TO give
it to the press. Through Dudley
Field Malone of New York ! CAV,
Mr.. Bryan information as to who this
Antonio j Paroles was. / told hin
that he was vicar-g general OF Mexico
City only because he had been ap.
pointed by Carranza to that office, de.
spite the fact that the constitution Of
Mexico proclaims that there is NJ
union in that country between
church and state The venerable
archbishop of Mexico city, however
as Father Tierney says, In order I,
avoid further scandal. allowed Parede,
to act; but, as a matter Of fact. yer,
few Of the clergy Of Mexico city pay
any attention to him. but recogniz,
the authority Of another Nicar-gen