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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
Pope Benedict Constantly
Endeavoring For Peace

coined at the Vatican. Meanwhile, it
is case of marking time for the mo-
ment, though that does not mean that
Also it is well to guard against re-
ports of what the Holy See is doing,
which cannot really be more than sup
positions. For instance, it is reported
that in addition to the Central En-
pires' reply the British Minister has
received from the Holy See, for trans
mission to the Allied governments,
statement of the extent to which the
Central Empires are willing to give
way contained in supplementary
note. Such thing is most unlikely.
And indeed both the Holy See and the
German Government have denied the
existence of any such supplementary
note.
Progressing Privately.
On the other hand, many things are
possible - but must at present be
looked on as mere possibilities-in the
realms of private diplomatic converse
tions. Is it not possible, for instance,
that the supplementary information
regarding Germany's intentions, not
specified in the official reply should
come from the private reports to the
Cardinal Secretary of State from the
Nuncios at Vienna and Munich? And
is it not possible that starting from
the knowledge thus obtained the Holy
See should make quiet progress in pri-
vate towards it's next move in public,
by means of conversations with the
Allies through their representatives
here, of whom the British Minister is
in the main the. mouthpiece?
A Mere Presumption.
Presumption, for instance-your cor
respondent has no grounds for stating
that it is the case; it is just pre-
sumption = that Germany had con-
cluded to agree with the promise in
the Papal note, that evacuation Of
Belgium and reparation for wrongly
done damage were necessary, with
guarantee of future complete inde-
pendence, and that His Holiness had
good grounds for believing that Ger
many had come to that conclusion,
would it not be natural for Vatican
diplomacy to regard that most USE
full step in advance and to find out by
private conversation how it would be
regarded-if it were the case-by the
Allied governments? This instance is
suggested as one of many points which
we may be sure the Holy See has in
it's mind lin seeking ground on which
to bring the contending parties to-
gether Meanwhile, it is necessary to
remember that most reports from
Rome just now are more presumption
than fact.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
Abort Dodge Letter Col. Donahue Busy
Tells of Lectures and Other Camp
Activities.

James Cogwin, the wcll-known Min
neapolis real estate man, now at CamI
Dodge, Ia, writes interestingly OF
camp experience to his friend, Mr.
Fred Y. Milan. The stationery is that
Of the official X of C. supply, bear.
ing the u. S. flag and the emblem of
the order. A part Of the letter is
herewith given:
Hello Fred: Thought ! would send
you the enclosed clipping so you
could see that the X. of c. are on
the job in camp here. This building
is right in the center of camp 1t has
been used for some time but it is just
about completed now. There are two
other buildings being built and think
they will have to have several more.
The Y. M. G. A. would not allow box
ing or wrestling in their buildings so
naturally Mike Gibbons made the K
of C. building his headquarters. Box
ing and wrestling have got so popular
in the K. of G.. building that the Y.
NJ. G. A. are now going to allow them
Continued on Page 5.)
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
Colonel w. n. Donahue Writes to Fred
v. Milan From France

Fred V. Milan, the well-inown in
surance man, has been the recipient of
an interesting letter from Col w. H.
Donahne, who is serving with Gen.
| Pershing's command, somewhere in
France. Nothing was said regarding
| military movements, of course, .inas-
much as all officers are bound not to
divuge anything of this nature as far
as their letters are concerned How
| ever, they are their own censors. The
Colonel reports that he is in excellent
health and good fighting fettle He
had been assigned to do certain i'm
portant piece of military duty, the
nature of which he could not disclose.
He is more than ever convinced of
the necessity of America winning the
war, and expressed the hope that the
people of the United States would
leave nothing undone to bring it to a
speedy and successful conclusion. He
desired to be remembered individually
to his friends, as he has little time
for letter writing, so great are the
demands of his duties upon him. He
would be glad to give more details, he
said, if permitted under the service
regulations.
Col. Donahue's many friends in the
Twin Cities will be glad to learn of
his continued good health and of his
military activity, confident that he
will figure as an important factor in
the success of our boys at the front.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
Making U. S. Flags
Women of France Make Silk United
States Flag to Be Presented
to General Pershinq.

The mayor of the town in which the
American field headquarters is locat-
ed in France presented to General
Pershing silken American flag on
behalf of the women of the town who
made it. In his presentation speech
the mayor referred to the splendid
sacrifices of the women of France and
America. Accepting the flag, General
Pershing said:
This war is being fought by wom-
en-. 1t is women who suffer and lend
courage to US. Women are the ones
to whom honor will be due when the
war is over ...
A granite tablet was placed in the
wall of the Hotel de Vile commemo.
rating the establishment of the Amer.
can headquarters in the town.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17

Is the world becoming more or lesS
religious?
How do present conditions affect
the Catholic Church?
In recent times much has been writ
ten about religious revivals attribute
able to the war; 1t is wise to make
considerable allowances for tendency
to exaggerate by the enthusiastic
sectarian. l haven't yet read any
statement set down by any who claims
that all religious sects among warning
people have benefited by an increase
of religious fervor among the masses.
Many statements are found that as
sert marked development of the re-
ligious spirit among certain church
groups. We have read much about
increased attendance at religious serv-
ices in Catholic churches-especially
in France-but we do not rely over
much on what we read, as many Of
information and secondhand informa'
tion is not generally trustworthy.
Many religious denominations are
yearly adding to the number and ca
pacity of their places Of worship but
there is in fact only one denomination
that Sunday after Sunday the year
round, fills it's edifices at the hours
set for Divine worship. There are
many religious sects whose leaders
claim to SOW the seeds of faith and
properly cultivate the fields in which
the seed is sown. We, of the Cath
olic Church, put little dependence on
the faith-cultivating ability of our
separated brethren because of their
carelessness about selecting the seed
and their lack of appreciation of
high-grade separator.
The impartial writer who deals with
growth of religious spirit should have
in view the spiritual betterment of all
people who are affiliated with various
Christian sects throughout the world
and the consequent increase in the
number of exemplary members of
every religious denomination. Present
conditions, brought about by this far
reaching war, are unfavorable to the
progress of many religious groups
that have broken away from the Cath
olic Church.
The Arian Schism.
In taking a survey Of the history
of Christianity the student finds that
the first great detection from the
Church was the Arian Schism.
Though Arianism is not modern
form of unbelief it occupies large
place in ecclesiastical history and
shows how false teachers can win to
their side large numbers of prominent
men OF their day. Had the Church
been free from the beginning to es-
tablsh and maintain theological
schools her bishops and priests would
have had the thorough intellectual
training that enables all to quickly
detect the false and pernicious in the
teaching of such men as Arius. Not
until after the Edict of Milan was the
Church permitted to give its candi-
dates for the priesthood the desired
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
JUDGE MCGEE ADDRESSES HOLY
NAME SOCIETY OF PRO-
CATHEDRAL.
Tells Of the Origin of the War and
the Designs of Prussianism.

The F1oly Name Society met in the
school auditorium on Tuesday evening,
November 18th. 1t was gratifying to
note the increased attendance. There
were some important business mat
ters brought up, among which were
plans to canvass the la;ty of the
Pro-Cathedral parish by system of
teams, with the object of bringing the
membership up to at least five hun
dred.
Mr.. Breen described system
whereby the parish could be covered
very effectively with the assistance of
some of the members, and his method
was adopted The outlook is very
bright for accessions to the member
ship.
The society was honored by the
presence of Judge Jno. F. MCGEE, who
is a member of the committee of Pub
lie Safety Commission for the state
of Minnesota, and was entertained
with an Illuminating talk upon the
war and the origin and function of the
Public Safety Commission. The Judge
spoke with his usual vigor and clarity,
and those who heard his discourse
gained a valuable fund of current his
tory. On the completion of the lee
ture every member present was i'm
bued with the patriotism and loyalty
which seemed to emanate from the
personality of the Judge.
He carried his audience back to
the days of Napoleon and cited utter
ances by Napoleon which showed even
at that time the idea that seemed to
fill the minds of the Germans, was
Prussian domination of the world. He
cited the war of '63 on Denmark; that
of '66 or Austria; that of 20 on
France and also the war of 1878 of
Russia and France in which the Ger
man people had a hand. He proved
conclusively that the United States
vas driven into this war to protect its
national honor and it would still fight
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
Holy Father Will Persevere in Efforts
at Reconciliation, Notwithstanding n
Replies to Peace Proposals.
Evacuation Of Belgium and Indemni
ties for Her Losses May Clear the
Way for Entire Adjustment
of War Issues.
Such Course Not Without Probable
ity in Its Favor.

Rome, October 8. - His Holiness
Pope Benedict XIV is certainly not go
ing to stop or even hesitate on his
road of effort towards restoring peace
to the world, at least Fastening it by
a day, week, a month. But just now
lis moment of marking time.
AS after an advance in the warfare
of today it is necessary to mark time,
to take stock of the situation, bring
up electives of all sorts and plan out
the next move, so the Holy Father,
having launched his first effectively
concrete peace offensive, is now secur-
ing his ground-for that he has gained
ground no one will deny except the
wilfully ignorant or the malevolent-
and planning his next move. America
has replied in note which accepts
the principle while saying that prac-
tice is impossible if the responsible
directors of German policy remain au-
tocratic and self-confessedly untrust-
worthy. The Central Empires have re-
piled accepting in principle, but ap-
parently declining to consider prac-
tice.
It is evident, nevertheless, from an
article in the "Osservatore Romano
that the Holy See does not consider
the reply a bar to further effort on
the part of His Holiness. The Allies
have seen no reason to add to the for
NAL courteous acknowledgment de-
tailed reply; their aims have been
publicly stated again and again; in
principle and practically in detail they
agree with what His Holiness says. 1t
is for Germany to specify. AS re-
CARDS Belgium, for instance, what use
is there for further talk unless and
until Germany expresses willingness
to evacuate and repair wrongly done
damage? The Holy Father says this
must be done before any further nego-
tiation is contemplated. AS long as
Germany is obdurate no progress is
possible.
Allies May Make Specific Statement.
But there is a feeling, growing in
strength, that the Allies may still is
sue, in the form of a reply to the Papal
note, "a detailed specific statement.
Such a statement could correspond
perfectly with the tenor of the note,
and needless to say it would be well
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
THANKSGIVING, 1917"


"By the President of the United States of America
PROCLAMATION.
the
Almighty God
That
shaken
blessings
prosperity of enterprise
I'VE the opportunity mankind once
taking tyranny dehase
demanding for all
then obtained for
selves this the revelation duty only to defend
inspiring
A
especially thank God that such
reasonable
which needs those
light shines about The
awaken and national spirit IN
Him
the spirit of service;
be directed and hands
the United States of
NoVen-
of Thanksgiving and prayer and invite the people
to God
nations
seal
of he affixed.
in
America the hundred and forty
o. .,,
"By the
ROBERT LANSING,
of State
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
MORAL BENEFITS OF The war
By James Donahoe
By Rev. James DOnahoe.
(Sixth ArticIe.)

intellectual trainings and in conse-
| Guence some who had become priests
before the establishment of seminaries
could be, and were, misled on certain
points of religious doctrine. What was
true of the clergy was also true of the
laity. The latter were much more
easily led astray than the former. A
deeper study of Christian dogmas, the
positive statement of the Church re-
garding fundamental doctrines of re-
ligion and greater enlightenment of
all Christians brought about the death
of Arianism. Conditions favorable to
to spread of such teaching do not now
exist Arianism and all like isms are
gone forever.
The Greek Schism.
The second great detection from our
Church-the Greek schism-deserves
studious consideration. The Greek
Catholic Church is with us today and
plays very big part in the tragedies
and comedies of the hour. The his
tory of the inception and development
of the Greek schism is intensely inter-
esting. Only very brief reference
to such history can be given here
Different causes operated to ALLEVIATE
the Greeks from the Roman Catholic
Church. The chief cause of detection
was national pride, nurturing an
exaggerated sense of national superior
ity over all the Romans, that led the
Greeks in time to repudiate the au-
thority of a citizen of Rome even
though he was acknowledged head Of
the Universal Church.
Before Constantine changed his i'm
perial seat from Rome to ByZantium
(Constantinople) he foresaw the pow
er that would in time be welded by
the Papacy Knowing the virility of
the Church which eight terrible perse-
cutions had failed to weaken, he right
1y concluded that such an institution
when free to exercise it's spiritual
functions would become a big factor
in temporal affairs and it would be
uniting to have two supreme powers,
the imperial and spiritual, located in
the same city and in grave danger at
times of clashing because of the great
difficulty of restricting the papal pow
er to things purely spiritual. Con-
stantine wished well for the Papacy
and made generous donations of prop
erty that the Papacy might the better
win the hearts and minds of men.
Conjectures regarding glorious fu-
ture for the Church were based on
sound reasoning. The hopes for the
Papacy were soon to be realized. AS
the eventful fourth. fifth and sixth
centuries went by, the Vicar of Christ
reached prominence to which no
other Roman citizen had right to
aspire.
After the removal of the imperial
court to the shores of the Bosphorus.
Rome fell on evil days. Her enemies
became numerous, powerful and un-
relenting The one time unconquer-
able power of Rome crumbled. Her
enemies threatened to destroy her,
and the Head of the Church was
Continued on page 81
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
S|anderiing
The Saints
Ohio Preacher Discovers Resemblance
Between the !. w. WIS and the
Early Christian-Strange Case Of
Unmistakabe Identity.

From press reports we learn that a
certain Reverend Sydney Strong, of
Seattle. addressing the Congregational
ministers of Ohio, compares the lead
ers OF the Industrial Workers of the
World to the early Christians. Their
leaders are men of bcatihc counte-
nances. They believe in Il beautiful
philosophy of non-resistance and are
bound to a cause they think is right.
They are idcalists. Their organiZa-
tion is open to all alike"
We confess that we have not seen
these leaders in the flesh. If there
be such. we imagine their "beatiiic
comtenances" would be marred il
they saw the devilish work of. their
followers. The loud-mouthed and no.
torous Bill Haywood is an acknowl-
edged leader of the I, w. w. 1t must
be that the Reverend Mr.. Strong has
never met Bill 1t is a slander to as
sociate this noisy and irresponsible
outlaw with the early Christian saints.
No stretch OF imagination could pic
turc Haywood delivering Il sermon or
the text Little children, love one all
other" His favoritc text seems to be,
"Raise hell" And his followers put
the preaching of their master into
cdifying practice.
We have long considered the
Quakers and the Mennonites as fore
most advocates of non-resistance. AS
yet none of them has been accused
f<,, II
factories, burning the crops in tho
fields that they might cmbarrass their
government. We have not read that
their leaders have advocated dcstruc-
tion and slaughter. Many of the
early Christians were workingmen
but they did not preach the doctrine
of sabotage. They followed their
master and obeyed the law. Even the
most jealous did not advocate a propa-
ganda of dynamite. They conquered
! by the power of love rather than a
! reign Of terror.
The Reverend Mr.. Strong does not
know the l. w. w. as they are or he
does not know the early Christians.
II countenances reflect the soul, it
would be difficult to find the beatific
in the Industrial Worker Of the World.
His countenance would reflect the
spirit of darkness rather than that of
light.
The Missionary Society of St. Paul
the Apostle (The Paulist Fathers),
New York, receives about $275,0OO
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
REQUIEM FOR MseR. KENNEDY.
Celebrated Wednesday by Cardinal
Sbarretti in Church of the
Twelve Apostles.

Rt. Rev. Monsignor O'Hern, rector
of the American College, at Rome,
arranged for the celebration of a Sol
emn High Mass of Requiem for the
late Archbishop Kennedy, on We'd
nesday, November Z, in the Church of
the Twelve Apostles Cardinal Sbar-
retti pontificated. The students of
the college attended in body.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
Americans Get
War honors
st. Paul Priest Gets War Cross and
Member of Notre Dame Con-
gregation Medal.

When Lieut.. Paul Perigord returns
to ST. Paul, where he was a teacher
in the ST. Paul Seminary, he will
bring Il war cross awarded him for
bravery OH the battlefield in France.
He will help train American troops.
Rev. George Nj. Savage, c. S. c.,
formerly of Notre Dame, now a pro
fessor in Washington, while acting as
interpreter with the British eXpedi-
tionary force in France was given the
British "mcdal for distinguished con-
duct" for signal heroism. DR.. Savage
with his confreres of the Congrega-
tion of the Holy Cross was banished
from France a few years ago.
A French WAR Cross" has also
been awarded to John Vale James.
Is years old, son of John Nj. James,
of Webster Groves, st. Louis, Mo-, for
exceptional bravery in transporting
wounded from the battlefield during
the French offensive at Nerdur, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Paris
James, together with three other
American boys, all of whom are mem
bcrs of Section of the American
Field Service, was selected for the
signal honor. James was Il student
at st. Louis University when he left
| for France last spring in company
with his cousin, Joseph DeslOgeS, a
member of one of st. Louis Oldest
| families
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in
O
Thanksgiving
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
Joliet Cha plain Quits
"Father Peter" CrumbIy Is Assigned
to Parish in st. Louis, Mo.

Father Peter" has resigned. The
Rev. Peter Crumbly, chaplain at Joliet
the prisoners as Father Peter" will
go to ST. Louis. He will be succeeded
by the Rev. Leo Kalmer, assistant
pastor Of st. Andrews church of ST..
Louis.
Father Crumbly is chairman of the
Der of the executive council of the
Boy Scouts Of America
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17

The Missionary Society of St. Paul
the Apostle (The Paulist Fathers) I,
New York, receives about $275,0O0
from the estate of the late Miss Jen-
ME Gillender of that city.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17

More than 1000 members of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians of Mas
sachusetts are in war service.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17

Eighteen thousand of the priests of
italy are, by compulsory law, serving
in the Italian army. Seventeen thou
sand of them are combatants and
1000 are chaplains. Bishop Bartolo-
mast is head Chaplain, and Bishop.
Castresis holds the rank of General;
three chaplains are Colonels. The.
other Chaplains have the rank of Cap
tains. OF the Chaplains, 2G have been
killed, 300 wounded, and 22O have re.
ceived the medal for valor.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17
JEWISH CHAPLAIN APPOINTED.

Rabbi David Goldberg, of Texas, has
been commissioned an acting chaplain
of the Navy for the period of the
war, witt the rank of Junior lieuten-
ant. He is the first member of the
Jewish faith to be appointed to such
a position in the Navy. This appoint
lnent was made in accordance with
the action of Congress, authorizing 20
additional chaplains, and also in or
der that many young Jews joining the
Navy might have religious advisers of
their own faith. Rabbi Goldberg is
81 years of age, was born in Russia,
but has BEEN in this country since
childhood
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-11-17

"By the President of the United States of America.
The Washington times., 1917-04-26

ernments actually at war with Ger
many?
On the other hand, were Norway
and Sweden actually to align them
selves on the side of the allies they
would shut off Immediately a source
of supply for foodstuffs and raw ma
terials for munition manufacture
which is, indirectly, helping Germany
to prolong the war. As matters now
stand, the United States must have
a care lest the goods which it ex-
ports to neutral countries may aid
Germany by enabling the neutrals to
sell their own products TO her. In
deed Norway and Sweden have a
great deal more to gain-chief of all
the earlier termination of the war
than to lose from joining US for the
suppression of Kultur.
Reports of political unrest in
Sweden, long the object Of German
intrigue, encourage the hope that a
clearer understanding of the world
situation may be developing on the
Scandinavian peninsula.
The Washington times., 1917-04-26
Cut the Red Tape

While the departments, in the
forced draft under which they are
working, are calling in vain for COM
petent stenographers, those who are
unfortunate enough to be residents
of the Nations Capital are prevented
from offering their services because,
under present regulations, they can
not be given permanent employment
SO long as other States have not
filled up their quota. With the gen
eral demand of the business world
for competent service and the higher
prices paid in commercial establish
ments, this condition is liable to con-
tinue. Why not cut the red tape and
give stenographers here some in
ducement to exchange their present
Jobs for Government service?