The sun., 1916-12-21
SAYS POPE'S PEACE
VIEW Is LIKE ALLIES

a consequent totaiity OF results whic

a consequent totaiity OF results which
finally led To the present war.
Or. Mcmahon next spoke OF the part OF
the priests Of France. called to the colors
as the result of an ant clerical measure
which In a~nte-bellum days ordained that
priests as we'll as lawyers. doctors. ply
sicians and other professional men must
he spoke Of the law passed by the
French enemies Of the church which
abolished chaplains In the French navy.
France was always Catholic" aid
Or. Mcmahon. Therefore when french
men leave the Church they leave Il
not through Indifference. They leave 1t
hating II. II has been said by a cynical
writer. There are no Frenchmen In
purgatory-they're either In heaven or
In hell. tLaughter.1
when the call for mobilization came
n wonderful thing happened. Thirty
thousand priests-the first time In the
history Of the world that ministers Of
the Prince Of Peace dropped his work
TO ensage In the work Of killing their
fellows-hocked toward the colors. From
the tinted States, from China. India,
from all the world they FASTENED TO
France 10 serve their country.
10000 on FIsing Line.
'"Thc wonderful thing was that In
stead OF the few chaplairs the French
army might have had under law the
men In the trenches now had 1000
active chapla!ns. not back In the base
hospitals but right On the firing line.
The Holy See rave these priests wonder
fu, spiritual faculties-they were per-
mitted to absolve whole battaliors going
INTO action without particular confession.
Thu Pope ave them the extraordinary
privilege for the first time OF admins
tering the Holy Communion TO the
soldiers as a viaticum."
Thereupon. said the lecturer, those
who had been fighting the church saw a
new menace To combat the new
awakening OF religion the anti-clcr,cs
began a vi%tuperative campaign-s,ill in
existence. as any one may see who looks
at French religious publications-during
which they la accused the French
priests OF collecting money for the Ger
mans. to mention but one Of the many
charges.
Twenty thousand Of those French
priests In the trenches still are alive
said Or. Mcmahon In answering the anti
! clerical charges. Exact figures show
hat l.I65 Of them have died In battle
not to mention the wounded and miss.
ing Also 1851 have been decorated by
France for bravery. Nevertheless even
to-day one can turn the page OF scarcely
a French paper without coming upon
the calumnies that still persist.
while preparing this lecture | read q
great deal OF German literature AM
while doing SO ! was astounded to iint
that the German Bishops. priests, lay
men were entirely " of many
things which We take for granted every
body must know. As a result OF theil
ignorance the German Catholic writer,
have in mind proceed along e%ntirel.
false premises.
Their ignorance Is due TO censorship
We In this country have had a TASTE
OF censorship--during the late fasco II
Mexico. But In reading German publ
cations one can't help hut see that thu
German hierarchy II the Catholic
party are not In full possession of th'
facts OF the war. Therefore 1t is fool
hardy. one might say criminal to blame
Catholics for the attitude they take. w
should Judge them by the knowledge
they possess. not by the knowledge ",
think they should possess. When tn,
facts come to us from the Central Powers
! am sure We win md that the Ger
mans | have In mind are acting accord
Ing to the dictates OF their conscience
pr. Mcmahon instanccd ~ zone of th'
most significant expressions II the war
a letter he had seen recently in An En-.
lish paper from a British soldier VIII,
had Just returned from the front. L.
that paper. said the speaker, the soldie
had expressed his amazement at IN
spirit Of hate. OF the civilian desire 4
crush Germany, which lie had encoun
tered upon his homecoming. Their
s- H.. 49,. q. al hna Ia IA
trenches Or. Mcmahon quoted the re
turned soldier as writing to the Englis'
piper. Therein WAS the note ~ ,ru'
charity among the fighters, said tn
speaker. Only those not taking par, a.
~combatants hated.
Revival Of Religion.
Dr. Mcmahon spoke OF the great re
vival IN religion In France since the wal
which led him To dwell upon the empt,
churches OF France when he left Their
in 1914 ard OF the religious celebration
now when late arrivals fnd II impossibl
u wedge their way into the cdi'ices.
: In England, he said regretful,y. ther
has not been the same religious W
heaval, largely because, in Dr. Nc
Mahon's opinion. the Anglican Churc
had not been so successful In gcttln
close to the English masses. Tn
Anglican Church now has IA great +,
vival movement under way, however
which. together with the work Of IN
salvation Army, DIR. Mcmahon said. W.
leading toward much good,
Critics Of the Pope. he said In conclr
, sion, had arisen IN many countries. os
peoially in the United states, aud ht
deplored the Popc's failure to ccnsur