The Irish standard., 1917-03-17

of the Celtic race not to feel very
strongly the critical situations in life,
because we have souls as we'll as
minds, and we feel very strongly the
wrongs and injustices," said the Car
dinal, "but when these wrongs and
injustices mount up to mountains high
the one thing to do is to keep ones
head. When everything about you
seems to be flying apart and going to
pieces, when people seem to fly<into
a sort of hysteria, then the great thing
for leaders, real leaders, and you are
that in your own world of charity, is
to restrain. Keep in all the emotions
and govern ones self so that the two
great principles which are the only
things reconcilable in life-faith and
reason-may go together. We are now
passing through such period of ex-
citement and of emotion that unless
the real leaders of the world know
how to exercise this self-restraint-
well, there will be nobody left to lead
at all. l repeat again, now is espe-
cially the time for the greatest pos
sible self-restraint, tremendous eau
tion in judgment and in words and in
deeds, unless indeed the whole world
is to be in flames. 1t is our solemn
duty to keep our heads perfectly cool,
not to rush into paroxysm Of false
patriotism. That is just emotion and
does not do any good. It only makes
the fire burn brighter, it doesn't set
tie anything. All this waving of flags
and shouting and screaming of Ameri-
ca is often very apt to be historical.
1t does not mean anything. The very
people who do it today are the people
who tomorrow might turn around and
tear the flag to pieces"
Two Dangerous Classes.
Continuing his admonition, the Car
dinal warned his hearers against lis
tening to certain classes of men be-
fore the public: 1.-TWO classes of men
who will attempt to settle everything,
and who will really settle nothing.
They are the commissions who will
merely write formulas, and the dema-
gogues who will promise everything.
They had better be careful. This is
not the moment to talk chemistry or
SCIENCE. That is the fault always of
this class of men. They are used to
dealing with figures and not with hu-
man hearts and human needs. They
usually succeed in making the people
only more impatient. That is one kind
of man who is going to do harm. They
never have to think about what. they
are going to eat The blatant dema-
gogue who is going to do everything
will do harm unless he is curbed," said
the Cardinal. "The people are starv-
ing. We must do this. This wonder
full, sudden interest in the people!
You know perfectly we'll he is just
taking for himself. And the poor peo-
pie. They listen. That man is not
going to do anything. He never has.
He is quilting them. That man is lying
to them. Oftentimes he has battered
them. Now he is going to do every
thing. The people will see that after
while and then suddenly see the
truth. Then that man is going to do
a terrible lot of harm, because the
people will have no confidence in any
body" Summing up, His Eminence
emphasized the duty of Catholics in
the present situation: Let us keep
our heads clear, our minds straight,
our hearts upright. Let us stand fast
to the hottest principles of our faith
and our citizenship. Let us work with
love for all those about us who are
in need, and by the example of our
own faith, bring faith to those who
are without it; and with faith will
come love, confidence and trust, which
after all must be the foundation Of
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