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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28

is opposed to the words of the New
Testament and contradicted by all &C.
clesiastical history and tradition. More
over, the official title of none of them
is ''the Catholic Church. It is Gas
in the Coronation formula) "The Pro-
testant Religion as by Law Estab-
iished;" or "The Church of Scotlond;"
or "The Free Church of Scotland;"
or 1.-The Protestant Episcopal Church,"
or "The Methodist Church," or The
Freew;ll Baptists:' and so on. In the
ordinary and long-fxed usage of the
words, the overwhelming body Of
Christian people understand by the
designation, "Catholic Church. the
Church of Rome and no other. The
word Roman" is not used as an iden-
tifying prefix, and therefore, outside
legal formalities. it's use is unneces.
sary. When Catholics employ the su-
perf1uous word Roman" in reference
20 themselves, they do so either in
accordance with official requirements.
Or merely to emphasize the Roman
headship Of the Church. People out.
side our fold sometimes use the term
Roman" i'll this connection by way
of denial that the Church in commun-
ion with the Pope is the one and only
Church. Apart. therefore.
from Legal requirements, Catholics
should ever call their church by her
unique and long-consecrated title, THE
Catholic Church," and should avoid
bestowirg unon her designation
which is not Of our creation and
which IS nowhere recognized in her
official formula.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28
AN l. w w. BISHOP.

If Catholic clergyman had been guilty of using the
language attributed to Rev. Charles David Williams,
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, in
preached at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine New
York. would be awful stir raised about the mat
the press Of the country The Bishop is credited
with this opportune outburst of patriotic sentiments
''Why should many of toilng fight for our
country? What has the country done for them? Are they
struggling against practically the financial
they struggled against in their countres
The situation demands equitable division of
erty by social legislation"
The Bishop further vouchsafes the opinion that the spirit
organization will triumph matter which side
wins the war; sentiment which will find sympathetic
among the Goldbergs, the Berkmans and the w.
WIS throughout the land We suspect that the learned
digntary be obsessed with the notion of breaking
the regardless of the cost to his personal
reputation and the dignity of his church The rantings
Socialists and Anarchists infinitely less harm
than this unpatrotic and untimey criticism of the
policies of the national Happily, the tong
masses the Bishop refers to have better conception Of
rights and duties in the present than the
Bishops notion of the obligations of citizenship. He is
monopoly of this unique brand of patriotism
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28
BUILD UP THE c. Y. M. A.

The movement to establish national Catholic Young
Mems Association which has happily taken tangible
should receive the prompt support of the Catholic
clergy and ay is to be modelled along the lines of the
Young Mems Christian Association organization
which has done vast amount Of good for the youth of
the world in the of educational social and industrial
development 1t will not be denied that Catholic boys
OF the formative period between the of fourteen and
twenty-five yearshe boys of the mills, shops mines and
factories have not been provided with the facilities for
developments and advancement that have been open
their nonCatholic companions. Much has been done in
individual parishes by progressive pastors to these
needs But there has always been lacking the
continuity and coordination of this different
cities OF the country so that of study indus
trial instruction interrupted broken Off by removal
from place to another In parishes nothing what
is being done attempted the working
boys from the lure of the billiard halls
oang Places into which they often drift for the of
better place for social recreation.
will readily conceded there dire need for
systemzation of efforts along these lines and Father
Garesche who has bent his energies the solution
of the problem, will have created worthy monument to
his life work he shall succeed in reaching the goal his
ambition-the establishment of society for Catholics
which shall be analogous in it's detectives that the
Y NJ c. A. is true that have existing organizations
that have accomplished great in this direction
of them the full requirements of the sua
ton Some too expensive, others too exclusive
Others still organized for special purposes which
their entire attention. The need is of organza
snail ne as universal wherein
the boy of the shop factory will feel much at home
the of the millionaire the democracy of
the school and the athletic field shall have full and free
scope action crosssection of whole Catholic
body
To up such institution requires persistent
and enthusiastic support of the leaders in business and
professional life we'll the initiative of the pastors if
to make affirmative to the question Am
my brothers keeper? We Catholic bankers
lawyers DOCTORS teachers and business will respond
heartily to this call have their Catholic brethren
of the Y. NJ G. A. if the opportunity is afforded them,
the laity will respond generously in
tributions for this movement
During the month of August the plans for the CONSOLE
dation of four fraernal bodies with combined member
ship of thousands will be considered their annual
conventions. 1t is foregone conclusion that these
CARNATIONS constitute the of the associa
tion The opportunity therefore, is for the
organization of units everywhere for the entry of
existing clubs societies into the membership Of the
organization.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28
BACK UP THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

The noble project knights Columbus-to raise
million dollars for the material social and religious well
of the of the army and particularly those
who to be quartered at the several environments
throughout the country, should and will doubtless receive
hearty support cooperation of the Catholic
body Preliminary reports indicate that the amount will
oversubscrbed but the will be needed
for maintenance of the great work being initiated
is gratifying to know that the Knights-the Churchs
decima ego-have received official recognition at the
hands of the Government and have been assigned the
the Y M. c. A. This step taken in acknow
edgmen of the splendid work that has been done for the
troops while the Mexican border
The Knights themselves have set the by levying
assessment of two dollars each of it's 100000
that the mlion-doar goal will have been about
ourffths achieved by their efforts It is foregone
conclusion that remaining 100000 will be easily
raised from among the general Catholic membership.
is proposed expend this in providing
for the large body of Catholic soldiers who
will be assembled at the several cantonments the es-
mated number of whom will be from 5000 to 10000 at
each of these centers.
The recreationa which the Knights of Colum
contemplate would keep Catholics within
the boundaries of the city, they would be furnished
with abundance of good reading with music moving
pictures, with lectures, and the buildings would be
equipped with all the requirements for fitting celebra
tion of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass The Knights also
expect from this fund for the maintenance of the
volunteer chapans for the support of whom there is
provision made by the War Department itself. The
furnishing Catholic chapans and soldiers at the
WnaC is necessary the OF
Sacramento, etc. would be likewise met with the money
raised
To emphasize the need of such work. it be stated
that of the force board of the u warship
Minnesota showed that of the hotal number of 1900
board 800 Catholic gratifying demonstration
of Catholic patriotism.
The hierarchy and priests have cordially approved of
great campaign We have already observed that
bishops made individual contributions of five
hundred the fund many Catholic laymen
responding with equally offerings u.s. of
hoped that the fund will be much oversubscrbed
thus enabling enlargement of the scope of
the undertaking.
Let all, therefore, participate in degree in the
project of the Knights, who CALAMITY leading the
great drive.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28

While the Center Party of the Rechstag, one
of the leaders of which is Dr. Erzheber party
which most of the Catholic members belong, it is
take that be productive Of desg-
it the Catholic Party
we'll Catholics. This is composed of those
who the hand reject the principles the radical
Socalistic element, and the other opposed
theories and practices of the auocratic unker element
They constitute the approach democratic
bnaton that is the German system gov
ernment but they not banded together Catholics
is their membership restricted any denomination.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28
Saturday, July %, 1917

Glass; take possession the earth the machinery or
production and abolish the wage system. 1t is
the historic mission of the working class to do with
capitalism The organization differs from Syndicalsm in
that great stress is laid having form of organiza
ton to correspond cell for CELL tissue for tissue, with
capitalist industry ITSELF and also because seeks to
build union revolutionary lines rather than to
attempt to change the reactonary and out of
date craft reunions"
1t will be that these gentry therefore, are not after
work. but wealth without the condition precedent of labor
Industry They conceive it to be their right to grab
whatever they regardless of the rights of property
lean brigands willing to fight for the privilege of
oong their neighbors goods, but the w. w. are too
lazy for this bit of exertion.
What is to be the result of the agitation and
of this peripatec band of hoboes? Some kind of
tton of the Bsbee incident fear wherein the people
in desperation took the law into their hands and
these malodorous skunks out of town. It is to
sincerely hoped that there shall be provoked such
lawessness characterized the East St. Louis incident
the Government should take immediate steps to
ply the of prevention in the of the W. VS.
Will New Ulm be the first American community to defy
openly the authority of the Government? is announced
that public meeting is to be held in that strongly Teu-
tonic town protest against the sending of United States
Europe fight troops German Kaiser
New Ulm is almost exclusively German community.
Taking it's the ancient German city of Ulm-
the ultima farhest point of the Roman Empire AS be-
tween the notorety achieved by East St. Louis and that
of New Ulm, Americans will differ to which of these
has earned the lower degree of contempt
and abasement is to be hoped that there will be
further of disgrace communities that
possibly would resent being called un-Amercan.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28

area therefore, it will be that Ireland is larger
than the majority of them, while in population it now
stands fifth rank having from 100000 in 1S45 to about
four half million in 1917a loss of SO cent in
that period of it's four provnces-Munster is about
equal Belgium Ireland is about three times the
size Belgium, whose population is and half times
as large claimed that Ireland however, is more fer
tile than Belgium richer in natural In
point historical status Ireland antedates Roumania Bull
gara, Portugal Serbia, Switzerland Denmark Holland
and Belgium while Greece recovered her independence
after lapse 1000 of subugation. If America is
be of the future of Ireland it should not be
forgotten Mr. O. Kelly points out, that she has done
infinitely all these countries put together for the
and maintenance of American ideals and
practices.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28

The protest against the reduction of the number of
Catholic chaplans in the United States army has resulted
adjustment which satisfactory The
allotment is made the basis of church membership
of 1661304 which apporons the total number of Catho
lie chaplainares 49, So of which in the regular
army 1913 in the national army The entire
Der of chaplans is 1914 OF the appointments assigned
to the Catholics there about hundred yet to be
filled. There will be difficulty, however, in supplying
this number priests everywhere to be found who
accept the patriotic SERVICE subject to the
call their bishops The storm of protesting kilograms,
letters petitions and articles convinced the
department that the church not slumberng its
rights
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28

Whoever devised the slogan Give till hurts for
Red Cross collection ought to try again. Giving nickel
hurts of rich old crsy curmudgeons than
does the newsboy. 1t is evident that of
weathest citizens began squeal before they
hurt and stopped giving when they began squea They
anticipated the actual hurt by good wide safe margin
the light of history experience and truth, therefore,
move that the aforesaid slogan be scrapped.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28

the knights of Columbus all the glory-or
workof raising that million dollars In this instance
knights stand for the whole church body They have
their prodigious task with the confidence that
their will be backed up by the whole Catholic men,
bership, and they will not be disappointed.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28

Anton Lang, Chrstus the Oberammergau Passion
Play two decades has been called to the German
thus afordng proof OF improperly necessity
the part of the Kaiser
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-07-28
IRELAND COMPARED WITH OTHER
SMALL EUROPEAN NATIONS

For the purpose showing how Ireland with
the other small nations of Europe in and population
the following table been compiled by Raphael oKey
in article in America"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27
SPENTEARNINGS
Of WHOLE YEAR
FOR MEDICINES
Nothing helped wife until
she took Tanlac-Gains
eighteen pounds.

oIy wife and / both believe that
IanlGc saved her life" said w. F.
Mlnton, an expert machinist living on
White Oak Road. North ChattanooCa.
Tennessee. recently.
After she suffered for a whole
year with stomach trouble. and 1
spent nearly every dollar I made FOR
treatments and medicines. we almost
gave up hope. for nothing relieved
her She had awful pains through the
pit OF her stomach and in the small
OF her back and she would suffer for
hours after meal because OF gas
that would form In her stomach. She
had other troubles too. that helped
wreck her health. and she kept on
losing weight and strength daily.
IT'S wonderful that anything could
nave helped her like Tanlac has. for
before she finished the third bottle.
she had gained eighteen pounds and
vas feeling fine. she has taken five
Eottles now and she hasn't a pain
In her body. She can eat anything she
wants without any trouble and we
are both as happy as can be over her
remarkable recovery"
Ianlac is sold in FL Pas0 by Kelly
d Pollard Company. Inc. and Peo-
pies Drug Store. under the personal Z
direction OF = special Tanlac repre- .
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27
FRENCH DRIVE At Li0N WINS;
GERMANS APPEAR DEM0RALIZED

VTlTH THE Ell FRENCH ARMIES
ever great may be the praise
bestowed on the French troops FOR
the brnliance Of their victory over the
Germans north OF the Aisne this week.
&c IS too small an appreciation Of their
.herculea1 efforts in the face OF one Of
the most difficult tasks Of the war.
This IS the opinion. not only OF their
immediate chiefs, but OF all who have
seen them atswork- Fronting them
were the finest divisions OF the Ger
man crown princes army occupying
positions that were strongly fortified
and having the keenest appreciation
Of their value.
Notwithstanding this. the French
not only succeeded in attaining every
objective set them but exceeded the
hopes or the most sanguiue and ad-
vanced beyond the appointed places
More than 1900 prisoners already
have been counted and sent TO the
rear. Others are coming in and large
groups still are hiding in subterran-
can shelters AMI their fate can only
be capture.
TrOOpe Show Enormous Endurance.
AAH # EA4IA AAAlF AlM AAAG a4NLE AAAt
southern side OF the Aisne-Oise canal
without a break from westward or
the AuXaillon 20 rgny-Filane while
the town Of Filane has been complete
y dominated The correspondent to-
day watched the French infantrymeu.
who. after four days OF almost unin
terrupted fighting. were buslly en-
plOyed digging themselves in along
the new front Their extraordinary
ezerions had not extiuguished their
good humor and willingness. Not
outstanding privations and suffering
from Heather conditions. with Icy cold
transforms drenchinE them at inter
walls. they worked with pick and
shovel as energetically as they had
done with rifle and grenade during
the furious battle
Shell Wounds In Minority.
The German artillery which showed
activity last evening. was quieter to-
day because the French batteries had
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27

-ordiuE 20 the needs Of its own coun-
Try or course the French commits
sion has the most needs. France is
an invaded country It also is the
seat of war. Furthermore: il is the
headquarters Of the American army
So the French commission actually
Is the most highly organized of our
European branches Of the Red Cross
though its activities differ in breadth
and scope rather than in kind from
the activities OF the other Red Cross
commissions These activities are
divided IN the French commission
broadly between work for soldiers
and work for ciFilian relief
In France each division Of activi-
ties Is busy; In England, where Amer
lean Red Cross work is concerned
chiefly with American soldiers eros
sing the island. the civilian relief IS
ueEligi 3lei and in Russia where the
American Red Cross Is vitality Inter
ested in doing its bit to help the Rus
SLAMS understand our institutions and
establish such parallel institutions
as Russian life and traditions may
require, obviously the department Of
military relief might be secondary.
though in italy where the esta blish-.
ment OF recreation camps for Italian
soldiers might be Americas chief
service. and where the demand Tor
tuel among the civil population in
dicates the point OF our most i'm
pOrtanr service, the work Of the Amer.
lean commission in Italy might be
equally divided, and yet not a heavy
burden at all
Men and Women Work without Pay.
Vow under each commissioner in f
each European country in which the
American Red Cross has a branch
establishment from five to two hum
dred persons are working and so far
as the heads OF she department are
concerned, they are working without
salary and are paying their own ex-l
penses- Hundreds Of American bust
ness and professional men and women.
too old for military service or unable
20 qualify for il are enlisted I'm the
Red Cross. doing their bit giving
splendid talents freely TO the cause.
Of course a few paid employees are
needed under each commission: but
most Of the executive work and much
Of the hard administrative work Is
done by men who serve for the jOyi
lf 80 And the thing they are con-
-rlDutinE to the cause Of humanity
is the gift peculiar 10 Americans.
the gift Of organization, the knacB
1f doing team work.
Americans Great Organizers.
II three Americans were falling out.
1f balloon they would choose a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-27

president, - secretary and a treasurer
as they went down and land with an
executive committee. The French do
not feel the need Of organization and
Capitalization Of endeavor as we do:
they begin doing a thing and when
they have got IL wei in hand they
( organize. But they don't centralize.
The 600 French societies working IN
der the French National Aid society
do 500 different things. one for
instance, Is organized TO provide
shoes for soldiers families: another
10 provide fuel; stiQ another TO pro-
vide food: fourth TO disburse furni-
ture, a fifth 10 look after medical aid
and so on. To Americans this seems
sad lack Of team work: but the
French get results from their system:
and results only are important Yet
the American Red Cross. organized
into the relief work OF each country
carefully and with painstaking sys-
TEN
Again let US turn 20 France for an
example OF the Red Cross work fn
Europe because the needs OF France
have called forth the greatest devel-
opment of Red Cross activities a
mere list OF the undertakiug-each of
which should have a story OF its own
indicates the comprehensive extent
Of our winters program Let US be-
gin with the work in the department
Of military affairs. Recreation camps
are to be established for American
soldiers in the French Alps. Paris
Is Paris. and few American boys VIII
be allowed TO 90 to Paris on leave
OF thousands 20 these great recreation
camps.
The medical branch OF the Amer
lean army will be supplied through
the Red Cross with hospital fixtures.
Instruments bandages and medicines.
III
surgical supports as devised by the
needs OF the army is being established.
Research laboratories are being
cons -ructed where army medical
problems may be worked out BY
doctors who haYe special aptitude for
valescents in American army hospi-I
tails. moving pictures. concerts, Leo
lures, amateur theatrIcals; and phOn-l
ograph5 by the score are being pro-
vided-
Bunk Houses for Soldiers.
Bunk houses for soldiers going
home on leave Of absence, or going
20 recreation camps. are being es-
taolished at the principal railroad
crossings Of northern France Here
tofore hundreds OF soldiers on leave
might be turned out at a dreary rail- z
road junction 20 sleep on the ground
and without food for a day or al
night, as the train service is disor- J
canned al over Europe Inc keu 4
Cross bunk houses will furnish beds, Z
meals. hot baths, q dis.nfection TO the 4
nomegoing soldiers for a few pennies. +
Emergency hospitals OF few beds /
each viii be established along the
railroads most frequented by Amer /
lean soldiers going from the sea
coast towns 10 the American front 3
A dispensary for the prevention Of
venereal Infection has been esta llIshed I
for American soldiers IN Paris and
similar stations viii be put else
where, II they are needed. Rest homes
for nurses in the American army will /
be- established and American hospitals /
IN France may send there their 3
7urses and receive in turn nurses