The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24

leo down into their vile sink of nasty |
indecency. Having paid Mr. Mena
this compliment, we will continue, in
our repugnance, to quote him:
"The Constitutionalism which has
been exposed before the American peo-
pie as being atheistic and the system
attic enemy of all religious ideas,
shows, therefore, that it only attacks
the Catholic clergy in Mexico
Having delivered himself of the
foregoing, Mr.. Mena utters this sim
lister prophecy for the benefit of
American Catholics: q
''They should bear in mind that
sooner or later the same commissions
will shake the people in America and
in Europe, which still are under the
rule of Papism.
And, giving this as his reason, Mr..
Mena closes his argument:
Because the only man who is really
free is he who has succeeded in
emancipating himself from the omin-
GUS yoke of dogma and tradition
We have quoted at length from Mena
to enable the reader to get his view
point, which is the Liberal view
point. the "Carrancista" viewpoint,
and, therefore. the viewpoint of those
supporting the Mexican Revolution.
Merely to quote Mena is to refute
him!
Another pamphlet is headed STU
pendous Issues; The Case Stated and
the Evidence Presented by the Pub
licity Bureau for the Exposure of
Political Romanism." 1t is dated
October 16, 1916, and was used as
a political document in the late
Presidential campaign. 1t says:
ITO the People of the United States:
1--WE ask your cooperation in pre-
serving free institutions in Mexico and
in our own beloved land. In brief, the
| facts are as follows: Our
National Government, consisting of a
| Democratic President and Democra-
tic Congress, has recognized the Mex
lean Revolutionist Government, which,
among various reforms, had expelled
the Roman Catholic clergy; and here
in your own country, the opposition
political party-the Republican organ
ization-is supporting the contention
of the Roman Catholic clergy. This
is compelling those of us who believe
in the justice of the peoples cause in
| Mexico, and believe that the existing
Democratic National Government here
should be reelected, to state our case
| to you, the voters, or be defeated"
This pamphlet epitomizes the varf-
Gus lies about Mexico and drags in
the Philippines, intimating that if
they get their freedom, as promised
by President Wilson, the Church will
be kicked out.
George Miner boosts Alvarado in
the Boston Transcript; Gregory
Mason performs like service in The
Outlook, both for Alvarado and the
whole gang of murderers and thieves
David Lawrence did what he could in
the New York Evening Post; Lincoln
Steffens in Golfers has done his bit
4 and so on ad nauseam.
If the reader will take the trouble
to study these pamphlets he will dis
cover the source of Mr.. Wilson's in
! formation about that unfortunate
country, and, as well, the reason fol
deceiving him.
In Mexico we see a terrible exam
pie of applied Socialism, and Labor
Unionism, carried to it's logical con
clusion of killing the Goose that lay.
the Golden Egg. The workers destroy
the means of employment and the
labor leaders murder and rob unre
: strained.
In this Mexican anarchy all God
fearing, law-abiding Americans mus
read an urgent warning to take such
necessary steps, before it is too late
to prevent like reign of terror in
the United States.
This whole Mexican Revolution
may very aptly be epitomized in the
words of Gov. Alvarado of Yucatan
who has officially declared: e
as the Revolution triumphs God goes
down."
| THE END