The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-23
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Cardinal Gibbons, the Baltimore
war horse Of the pSPaey, is dream.
ing dreams again This time he
has visions Of a vatican az Washing
ton, ID. c., and circumstances indi-
cate that he has been building vel
his foundation for such a dream.
The horrors Of war have invested
the seven hills Of Rome with a new
terror and the pope trembles while
he makes long prayers for peace
and looks toward the United States
with weary eyes and wonders IL
Cardinal Gibbons is getting the
house in order. The papal plans
10 make America Catholic have
been drafted and the site selected.
IL remains now 10 salve the public
mind 10 the application Of fact and
the work is finished.
A subtle influence has been felt
in all the fields Of publicity. The
press has seen the Romish hand and
listened 10 the soft insinuating
vile Of Jesuit minds with the result
that Rome has been paraded before
the public ss the personifcation Of
piety, the chaste form Of charity
and the last word in educational
effort With much brayado and
arrogant assumption and with ex-
ceeding great hypocrisy and despi-
cable design Rome has set innumer-
able snares along the paths Of hu-
man endeavor and soothed the sus-
picious watchers with an outward
appearance Of sanctity with treach-
erous vile.
But with all her cunning, deter
mination and finely organized sys-
tenn Of encroachment and conquest,
there have been barriers laid in her
path which hindered and angered
her until she has shown her mur-
derous spirit. So we see the hier-
srchy whipping the obedient chill
dren into line for more determined
onslaught. ROME is DETER
MINED TO MAKE AMERICA
CATHOLIC.
Having been forced out Of Eu-
rope by her own despotic campaign
of oppression and suppression she
is turning now to America with
desperation TO make her last stand.
Here she would build a new vatican
and seek to force her iron rule upon
a people who have known freedom
and who viii not submit to the
power that has reduced Spain to
illiteracy and penury, that has made
the Portuguese a benighted and
oppressed people and brought Mex
leo down through four centuries Of
degradation TO the depths Of de-
spair. The people who have builded
free institutions and a worthy civil
ization upon sturdy strength and
righteous principles are now men
aced with the forces Of destruction
in the hands Of Rome.
Through the years past the pa
pacy has been quietly but effectively
preparing the ground for active
effort and determined conquest BY
rearing institutions under the
shadow Of the Romish cross in
which TO train those destined TO
WELD the power Of Romish infu-
ence; institutions in which might
be housed and hidden the victims
selected to be robbed of existing
wealth or those who might be
ground by toll and made to yield
tribute to the Romish system. So
are the funds raised with which to
hasten the building Of the new vat
lean; with which to subsidize the
press, pulpit and platform; with
which to defeat legislation adverse
to Catholic interests and force leg
islation favorable to Rome.
Pushed out of power in Europe,
the papacy turned to America with
avaricious soul and mind and has
flooded this country with the scum
Of Europe. Catholic hordes Of ig-
norant dupes are dumped into the
American melting pot, not to be-
come loyal citizens Of free coun-
Try, but to remain the obedient and
loyal subjects Of a foreign potentate,
to be used by Rome in the perni-
ciOus practice of swinging elections
in the cities and doing the bloody
work of intimidation where more
subtle methods will not avail.
THE MENACE has seen the des-
picable doings of the papacy and
bss exposed the game. It has
forced Rome to come from cover
in many instances and fight in the
open, but while this was being done
the influence of Rome has been
! insinuated with vicious venom into
new channels with the result that
we are now burdened with a sub