The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-01-08
A Matter of veraeity


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sermons urgiag thsir parshioners 70 70
lsi against ths CoustitutioaAlist.. Cab
ohe priests N MorcliA, stats Of MieAoa'
car, have lately bccn giving the carrAnEa
authorities much trouble. Two priests
have eocn srrcsted, Il s reported to-day,
and chArgcd WITH rcditoa-
The disPoutiou q the Catholic elsrgy
IN many other parit q the country 20
''meddle" IN politics h causing the De
facto Government muek oonocrn.-ker
yorf F0rie, Dec. 10, isiS.
The above cable dispatch 10 the
World aroused the ire Of one
Thomas r. Woodlock, who is eyi-
dently a Catholic and may, in fact,
be q priest Of the Roman Catholic
church, though hiding his identity
in an assumed name II such is the
case. Following the appearance Of
the news from Morelia the pceyed
perf<n took exceptions 10 the mat
ter IN true papist style by address
ing a letter to the Peoples Forum
column in the World in which he
called attention TO certain portions
Of the dispatch and stated that the
Worlds correspondent is deceived
and is unwittingly deceiving his
editor and his readers. The peeved
reader continued his TRADE as fol-
lows:
''He is helping TO give currency
to a lie, and a lie, moreover, most
deliberate in character.
"The American people, thanks
very largely 10 Mr.. Wilson, have
been made fools Of by the slimieSt
collection Of cowardly blackguards
masquerading as apostles Of democ-
racy and liberty that ever disgraced
the human race. II is not credit
able 10 our intelligence"
Immediately following the above
outburst Of Romish hatred against
our president and against a legiti-
mate and interesting bit Of news
which the Roman Catholic church
has abundantly prepared the ground
for, and in the same column of the
same issue the World told the de-
fender Of Rome's infamous system
Of peonage and oppression, illiteracy
and crime, Just where it stood in
these words:
"The Worlds experienced corre-
spondent in Mexico City certainly
knows more about conditions in.
Mexico than anybody in New York
knows. We have had in the past
abundant reason for trusting his re-
ports, and no reason whatever for
distrusting them.-Ed. World"
The people Of this nation have
been so viciously betrayed by the
powers Of the papacy and have their
newspapers so highly colored with
Romish CUFF and misrepresentation
that it is q welcome innovation TO
find one paper that will defend its
tried and trusted correspondents
against the vilifcations and VEN
omous hatred of Rome's infamous
influence.
Let the truth be told. II Rome
is one-tenth as bad as she has been
painted, in Mexico, humiliation is
not too severe a punishment. II
she is rotten, and cruel, and oppres-
sive in Mexico, she is so in the
United States, though she hides the
shells with greater care and uses
more subtle methods to achieve her
nefarious ends.
II priests preach sedition in Mex
leo, then they can and will preach
sedition here. II they can and do
seek TO overthrow the government
in one place they win in another.
IL the confessional needs abolishing
in Mexico, there should be no room
for it on United States soil. What
is morally wrong there is morally
wrong here and Rome is as rotten
as conditions will permit her to be
wherever she is permitted to find a
foothold. Her arrogant despotism
and infamous treachery are scaled
according to her requirements in
securing control Of affairs.
Let the Woodlocks rant and rave
the hypocrisy Of Rome is BIAS
phemous and merits unmerciful
exposure.