The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-04-29

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constitution.
Failing in the attempt 10 lynch
DR.. Leyden, the mob further ex-
hibited its hatred Of the funda-
mental law Of the nation and state,
and its contempt for the municipal
ity Of Hayerhill, by destroying pub
lie and private property and crimi-
nally assaulting Protestant citizens.
But one thing remained TO be
done to give the finishing touch to
this picture.
One instructive act on the part Of
the mob that would epitomize the
true spirit Of this Old World power
that is warning on our democracy,
an, this finishing touch was not
wanting, as will be seen from the
following words Of an eye witness
as reported in the Hayerhill Ga
ssite Of April 4th.
"An etigy At one O'Clock was strung
up on the telephone wires and burned.
A plaeard on the ehigy read FREE
SPEECH shouts from the crowd,
'Dova ~ith free speech were heard
frequently"
With what startling fidelity did
this mob inStinctiUely reflect The
spirit Of the pdpdey throughout the
rdniShsd centuries, nay more, nth
phdt pirid realism did q here giUs
en- phdsiS 10 that notable get char
dcteristie exhibition Of intolerance
phich ledped from The lips Of BeHe-
dict Ky, on Nouember 81, 1915,
when, according to the authorized
Rome correspondent Of the Boston
Pilot, Cardinal 0'ConnelPs official
organ, the present pope described
the distinguished American scholars
and God fearing ministers who are
representing the Methodist, Pres
byterian, Baptist and Lutheran
churches and schools in Rome as
"EMISSARIES OF SATAN and
THIEVES WHO WITH FULL,
! HANDS SCATTER BROADCAST
LIES AND CALUMNIES."
: This characterization Il taken from th'
i verbatim report Of Pope Benedict's words a.
given By this authorized correspondent OF ths
Pilot, written from Rome under date OF
: November q. and published In the Pilot Of
December Is, 1915.
The efigy Of free speech in
! flames and the bowling mob like
, dancing dervishes shouting dorm
: nth free speech" was not only il
harmony with the intolerance which
: Pope Benedict voiced last Novem
n Der, not only an eloquent exhibition
of the Roman Catholic brand o.
loyalty to our flag and constitution
but it was also a perfect echo Of tn,
d voice Of Rome, sounding down tn,
e ages.
n As we read the newspaper stor,
e of this twentieth century instinctiU
q uoicing Of the pdpaey Of yesterdG!
and today, another scene Of Rom
, IN action rose like a stately bu
e tragic dream before us.
We we're standing again in tn
= presence Of papal thought in action
not now, however, a conglomerat
!, mass Of knights and other props o
!, y the hierarchy" in laWleSs riOtinS
z no, we we're in the presence of
general council of the church o
Rome, the Council Of Constance.
fo The pope and emperor had give
a solemn guarantee of safe conduct I
W and from the council, TO John Hust
"a one of the most illustrious profe'
A. sors Of the University of Pragu,
s. and one of the purest and mo:
~ lofty Christian thinkers known I
the ages. BE had been summone
n- to answer the charge Of heresy. o
~ arriving at the council, he was a
N rested as q felon, condemned an
n burned to death. His noble and il
"a spring books were also given to Il
" flames.
or Here we behold the Roman Catl
a. olic church in supreme counci
lie adding the crime Of perfdy to h,