The menace., 1916-07-22
Those P9pist MiIitiamen

-IE border furry and mobilization
of the National Guard have not
Ib yet consumed much powder. but
Ih. they have surely touched on the
- fireworks Of Tnpist prcachmcnt
and blArnihod buncombc.
Il -ccms that there are papist mem.
hers u the militia who didn't run away
when ealkd out; bot, a. everybody ex'
pectcd, went 10 their several arnorics,
got their guns and swords aud pistols,
mounted the troop trains IN waiting, and
rode dutifully away 70 distant camps on
the Rio Grande.
And, 80 far as we have been able 10
discover, these boys have not suffered
any undue excitement. They have simply
taken their new calling a. a matter Of
course, and are going TO Il with faith N
themselves and hope for the happy com
pletion OF what may be q disagreeable
job.
But the papist "home guard" is
wrought 10 a pitch Of excitement bor'
dering on brainstorm. BY that we mean
those papist pifflers, mostly Of the
black.robed fraternity, some Of them
talking and some Of them writing, who
have gone into Mysteries over the few
papists in the National Guard and are
equally alarmed over the millions Of pa.
tTiots who are not.
The pope's Boston Pilot wants the
whole world 10 know that the papists in
the National Guard % Massachusetts
actually went 20 the front, and is max.
ing enough noise over this most extra.
ordinary fact 50 II may not be oyet.
looked in connection with that other fact
that for erery papiSt IN the Mdssdehu.
setis militia there are four MdSsdchH.
seits Americans Of uHhyPheRatod ale
glance.
According TO this organ Of Cardinal
0'Connell, as many as l,lOO out Of
something more than 5000 militiamen
m the Massachusetts, state camp, went 20
mass before they went TO Texas. And
these l,l00 are cited As proof Of papist
superiority in the matter OF patriotism.
Tho other 1000 do not seem 20 count
in papist estimates and arc very care.
fully ignored.
Worried About Guardians
OF like purport is the Characteristic
cry Of Priest Foley in his querelous
Quincy sheet, the Western Catholic.
Foley goes into his customary TRADE
against General Miles and demands in.
formation as to whether the Guardians
Of Liberty are going 70 enlist. He will
probably find out when he, himself, en-.
lists; for there are thousands Of them
among the regular and volunteer troops
now in active service.
And yet another, the pope's Western
WdtchmdH, Of st. Louis, demands that
the patriotic societies "get up n military
organization of their own "to 90 and
fight with Funston; but is quite sure
that il can't be done since all the
soldierly qualities in the United States
are monopolized by the "children Of
the only true faith"
We might remark that patriots arc
not so given TO getting up military or
ganizations Of neir oUH. They are con
tent 10 serve in the American Brigade
either In peace o. war. Speaking OF
separate militia .uuisations, w
haven Z yet heard 80 rl.. n HIghtS Of Co
hmbHs m0rI'J a.d Tcyds. Whai
part Of 'r Ei-iluug battle line is e
be hrl.. o., the nibcrnians, the Militi;
Of Christ, and the Catholic Knights
They also seem TO be part Of the HON,
guard and engaged in shooting fire
crackers.
One Priest Phelan, Of some Massa
chusetts parish, is quoted by a worccs
ter paper as nervously demanding
Where are the readers Of THE MEN
ACE and the Guardians of Libertyp
Had his feverish gaze not been so firmly
tiNei ON those noble l,l00 Romans at
tending mass, he might have found thi
readers Of THE MENACE and Guardian
among the insignificant 1000 Uhom \,
overlooked. Says he: "Do you read o.
them going TO the defense Of their coun
try in its hour of needi" No, yol
don't read about it; for it is regdrde,
as matter Of course, not so uheTpecte,
as 10 cause ReUspdper comment an,
priestly Prdttle. One usually reads wha
the patriots do after the war is over
History reveals the part of Genera
Miles and his kind in the military annal
Of America; and what they have done !
Of greater general interest than wha
someone else is about to get ready to dc
Curtin Lecture
Another Priest Curtin, of Waterbury
Conn, gets into the New Haven paper
with similar screed, whilo throughou
the length and breadth of the nation
wherever popery is busy trying to max
an appearance Of mcontestible loyalty
the ''home guard" is shouting itsel
hoarse with protestations Of papistic pa
triotism.
While Roman Catholic militismen ar
calmly consuming beans on the paeih
side Of the boundary, and their magni
fers are 80 agitated over the situation
let us look into this matter which the
seem 70 consider Of such transeendan
Importance. One might infer from $
much fuss and fury that the Nations
Guard is composed wholly Of Roma
Catholics, and that all other elements o
the population are skulking az home.
| There are, 10 eur certain knowledgl