The Washington times., 1916-08-27

whose Forbears Fought for
America In Every War We Had,
Except the Spanish American
War--Including Two Against Eng.
land-Takes Vigorous Exception to
Certain Pronunciamentos Of the
Recent Catholic Federation Meet
ing in New York.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The time has arrived when loyal Am
ericans. Of whatever class. calling. re-
lision or racial origin. ought not and
can not longer submit In nilence to the
continued Misrepresentation Of their
true attitude toward their country,
their government and their social in
stitutions, by foreign and disloyai ele-
ments OF our citizenship. .'
Recently there has been held In New
York convention" OF THE American
Federation Of Catholic Societies." made
up largely Of diverse varieties of
"bunds' 'vereins" Of Germans and
Austrians and Of "orders" and so
cieties' OF Hibernians. Celts. etc.
The Delf-constituted delegates to
this so-calied convention pretended to
represent the Roman Catholics Of the
United Staten. Doubtless the great ma
Jority Of our nom Catholic people have
been mlsled by the pretense. Had this
aggregation OF private religious socie-
ties limited Its activities to its proper
functions. namely, the spiritual and
moral betterment Of its membership. no
Que would have right or reason to COM
plain. But II has assumed to inter-
meddle In national and international po-
litical and social affairs. and concern
ing such matters has falsely pretended
to speak for American Catholics at
large.
In so falsely assuming and pretending
Il deserves, and It's actions deserve and
will receive. the contempt Of and repu-
diation by all loyal Americans. Catholic
and otherwise.
Quotes Press Reports.
The following paragraphs are quoted
from press dispatches published In the
Washington newspapers during the past
few days:
New York. Aug. IA resolution
demanding that at the end Of the world
war the Pope be heard In the council
Of the nations for the securing and ce-
menting OF q permanent peace was
adopted by the American Federation Of
Catholic Societies last night"
Bishop Joseph schrembs Of Toied ..
chairman of the federation's committee
on resolutions, said today that the state
ments contained In the resolutions con-
cerning Mexico. represented no back
down from the anti Wilson stand taken
BY National Secretary Matre. In his re-
port to the convention Monday
Bishop Joseph schrembs OF Toledo.
Ohio, declared that the true Catholic
may be known a0one whose Catholicity
dominates his business. his society. and
his politics
A Mr.. Brennan said:
THE question OF religious prejudice
Is more important than the question Of
the hyphenate. Unless II Ia considered
and It's influences counteracted, religious
prejudice will do more damage to this
Catholic voters throughout the United
States were urged. at mass meeting
OF the German Roman Catholic Central
Verein here last night. to unite and
cast their influence at the polls where
It will best subserve the high and holy
principle for which Catholics stand.
James Zipf. president OF the Gonzago
Union OF St. Louis. who made the appeal,
declared there were at least 100000
Catholic voters In the country quite
a force he said, for the bringing
"'o.' .. ps''
New York. Aug. a.-President Will
son was attacked last night by the
German Roman Catholic Central verein
in the final session Of its convention In
the Park Avenue HotS'. The resolu-
tions condemning the President for the
structures on German-Amertcans In his
message to Congress were not acted
upon until after warm debate on the
propriety of religious organize tion
entering into political fields. but when
the vote was taken a chorus Of JAN
drawned the few 'Nein.
This is the resolution. which was
presented to the verein by committee
headed by Joseph Matt. Of ST. Paul.
Mimi
without precedent in the history of
our country. we find the President OF
the United States publicly-in his Of
fcial message - Heferring charges
against n part Of our citizenship who
tion Of unauestioned loyalty and pa
1--WE regret this utterance and deplore
It's effects. especially in view Of its gen.
eral character: without substantiating
facts. as such utterances coming from
fasten unfounded suspicion and mistrust
OF large element Of our American
people and imperil the contamination
Of a program Of social efficiency in
our. country:
In his recent work. entitled Their
True Faith and Allegiance" Ia book
which ought to be read by every Ameri-
CAM. Gustavus Ohlinger has laid bare
the startling facts concerning the wide
spread conspiracy existing In the United
States both before and during the Euro
pean war among a certain class of
Germans within and without this coun-
try (aided and abetted more recently
by a certain class of Irish). aimed at
the destruction OF 30o-year-old American
institutions. Fortunately. the efforts of
these conspirators have been rendered
abortive, not by our blind and compla-
cent selves. but by the decadent, effete
and perfidious English. the perverted
and degenerate French. the barbanc
hordes Of Russia. and the treacherous.
knife-in-tke-back Italians.
Are Not Representative.
II may be said In passing that the
subsidized Germans and the profess
sional Irish of whom Mr.. Ohlinger
writes no more represent all our citl-
gems of German and Irish birth and ex-
traction than the recent convention"