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and humillAtsd both souls and bodies, merit
lnf ths Judgment Of Lord Clarendon. who
said, THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIESTS IS
an An oPPRoBRIuM FOR CIVILIZED EU.
AS we in this paper are concerned
chiefly with the action of the papacy
during the heroic struggle for the
establishment Of liberal representa-
tive government, national unity and
the realization Of democratic ideals
we pass over the various uprisings
against the despotism Of Austria
and come down to the Austro-
Italian war Of 1859. At that time
when Garibaldi on the one hand and
Victor Emanuel II on the other
were waking all Italy with new en-
thusiasm for a liberal and unified
government, two of the states under
the temporal rule of Plus TX re-
volted. How they Jared is graphical
ly described by our author in the
following lines:
UmhriA and Marches, thsn under the papal
ruls, rseellsd In eydsr. 10 unite In the ma
he papsI army. which was S esnpss.d Of =
mass Of gtrrnEsrs. bigets and rsaetienAriss
commanded BY General LAmsricisrs, who wal
IN sxils from France. At PsruSia the italian
patriots had formed provisienal government
The. papal soldiers prepared themselves ts
crush II The members Of the provisional
government presented themselves to the arch.
bishop Of the city, Cardinal Gloaeehino Psee
(l4ATER POPE LEO KIM and begged Of
him to lnterpose his influence TO PREVENT
FURTHER BLOODsHED. BUT CARDINAL
PECCI WOULD NOT LISTEN TO THF
sUPPLlCATI0NS OF THE ITALIAN PA
commander Of the papal soldiers. could mas
ssers without distinction and at his con
ysnienee. MEN, WOMEN. OLD PEOPLE ANT
CHILDREN. Pope Plus TX promoted Schmlt
TO o generAlship; and Cardinal Pecci (atel
Leo XIII offered to God q solemn high mas
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in honor and in memory Of the papal soldiers
fallen In that battle Of brigands.
For such infamies Cavour sent protest
to oil Of the governments Of Europe.
Un-C -Christ-like Spirit Of Car
dinal Pecci (Later Leo KID
1t will be noted that when Car
dinal Pecci, who posed as an extreme
liberal was appealed to to prevent
the shedding of unnecessary blood
he turned deaf ear to the humani-
tartan plea of those who sought to
check the massacre, although those
who were thus ruthlessly slain were
Roman Catholics-but they tUere also
democrats. How would Christ Jesus
have acted If in the place of the
wiley Jesuitical cardinal who was
destined later to pose as one Of the
most liberal of the popes? Is not
this a pertinent question? Yet 1t is
a question the very asking Of which
shows the bridgeless chasm between
the life and teaching Of the founder
Of Christianity and the practices Of
the head Of the Roman hierarchy.
Also note that Plus TX promoted the
butcher Schmid to the position Of
general while he who later was to be-
come Leo XIII offered solemn mass
for the assassins Of liberty who un-
der the pdpol sovereign massGcred
the uphohers Of the democratic
ideals Who dared to rise against the
autocracy Of the papal sovereign.
Though crushed for the time being
the patriots Of Umbria and the
Marches were not cowed. The in
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cratic freedom and all Mat makes
for progress and enlightenment. His
betrayal of the peoples cause finally
resulted in the uprising of the
masses who it should be remembered
were not "bigoted Protestants" but
Roman Catholics. Of this uprising
our author says:'
Because Pope Plus TX had betrayed the
national cause. had killed the Prime Minister
Pellegrino Rossi November Is, 1S4S), and
had planned the arrest and expulsion of well
known patriots, the people Of Rome febelled
against his retrogreslive government and
forced him to leave the capital during the
night and repair to Gasta, where he found
the king Of the two Sieiliea.
The ardent papist and contempt
ible betrayer Of the French republic,
Louis Napoleon, came To the rescue
of Plus TX as did the despotic EN-
peror Of Austria and soon we find
these allied forces Of autocracy pour
ing their troops into Italy to crush
democracy and restore to the pope
his temporal power. This was &C.
complished In July, 1S49. The action
Of the Roman ponuf on reascendins
the throne Of temporal sovereignty
was consistent to say the least. HI
was true to papal attitude and The
papal power whenever and wherever
1t has gained political dominance ant
he was true to the teachings Of tht
last three popes In regard to tn,
distinguishing glories Of Liberal De
| noOrraev sIich mn mrs
OF his entrance into Rome and hil
first action our author says:
On July 18th, Plus TX. escorted By tn
French and Austrians, re-cntsrsd the capital
ABR0GATED THE CONSTITUTION, AN
PRISONS WITH POLITICAL PRISONERS
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LOYALTY

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Not the cs 4. the United 5 Sta States & doing ing s The G%@"
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government people but they continued Hnk what they like
regard Py and I n @ n deSs'do ] r They % H a not M % & T s m @
containing that sentiment in his uAou p0" from
The boldly expressed gave pt
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make hcmsNvss appear respectable
amazing how S : those . s % efforts n,as s their V Rof %a g a
virtue Germany but this same loyalty differently esteemed when paco
na ns ls %s % %s %s a i. s s; nd "a % necessary % ds sovereign
learning similar experience that the" are ps 50 loyal their pope % that hat their 5
citizens this ~ W.. W. have nod learned ss s there esms,m %a reason for that split
and @s constitution" tho gt States champion rival &r" Ds". Rome
question subject for eoHng en"t fact The pope monarch by claim Of
regulate what the include such
Of popular education and prescribe what right
a. 5 S"" @ % s asss % .: TT: s % ] % % % 1%'" S s @ ny ]
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aH} activity in wa war time time ~ ''
ot absurd but has always been been absurd I and more s than ever The
pOpa God this earth All that il
God Almighty nhNne human being this r that human being would transcend
The old frauds pndeu
@a " unlimited oho It old graft already endured too long tor It's con-
nd they will
Independence '..-..,. n
present
lettering oacho point
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KNIGHTS DEMAND CLOSER ORGANIZATION To
MORE EFFECTUALLY THROTTLE THE PRESS

Thoma, an Organizer for Knights Of Columbus
Speaks Before Michigan Body and Insists on
Perfect Nationwide Organization so That as
Unit ROmanist Advertisers and Subscrib-
ers Can Demand From Editors Fair Treat
ment for the Catholic Church
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Pope AND EMPEROR VS.. DEMOCRATIC ITALY

Story for the Hour That Makes it Easy to Understand
How the Gigantic Pro-German Conspiracy Headed by
Monsignor Gerach, tho Pope's Private Chamberlain
Could Grow and Assume Such Giant-Lke Proportions
Within the Walls of the Vatican
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CITES The CODY CASE AS AN ILLUSTRATION

Showing That Corrections" Desired are Synonymous
With Suppressing of Truth---Thoma, Himself Man
Handler Of One Editor Negects to Mention That Romes
Censorship Organizations Have Already Reached Press
and Platform and Often Resort to Assault
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TRAGEDY Of A NATION UNDER DUAL DESPOTSM
WHY ITALY WARS ON AUSTRO-CERMAN ALLIANCE

How the Democratic Aspirations Of Great
People Were Combatted at Every Turn by the
Papa| Despotism Within Her Borders and
the Relentless Austrian Despots from Without
The Ruthless Rule Of Pope Gregory W---
Plus TX Foe of Democracy
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Ex11ITH an effrontery as bold as
M though she had not already
NH been enforcing to the last de-
I2R gree, the boycott and the In
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Pope Plus TX after making a pre-
tense of liberalism manifested the
uee-loag hate Of Rome for demo-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-24

would prove to be the case. PATHS
sprang lightly through the breach.
Instantly a loop of stout lines set
tied over her head and shoulders, pin
ming both her arms to her sides. An
other followed it and another, hall
bitches thrown with def
Before she could utter
choked her throat she was Doullu an,
helpless in the power of a sullen ruff
and proceeded calmly to rope the girI
to the back of a heavy chair, and then
knelt to strike a match and light
a suffering fuse. This done, he moved
quickly out into the adjoining cellar
She needed almost a minute before
she comprehended her danger.
Then the vault echoed with her
screams, answered by voices from be.
yond the steel door to the underground
passage, where Ryley and his associ-
ates were at work with the acetylene
torch.
But however rapidly it worked 1t
could not possibly be swift enough to
compass Patrla'S salvation.
Of a sudden the girl stilled her cries.
In her struggles she had freed one
hand from its bonds. And in the pocket
of her coat, convenient to that hand,
lay the dainty little revolver she had
on impulse snatched up on leaving her
boudoir in Newport the night before.
There was just a chance. She was a
fair shot, and the fuse was slow-burn-
ing. If she could only contrive to break
1t with a bullet. .
Working the weapon with great diff
Guilty out of her pocket, she aimed as
best she might and fired.
Twice she missed. But the third bull
let struck the fuse fairly and snapped
it in twain.
Then the revolver slipped from her
nerveless grasp and she sank back I'M
conscious in her bonds.
Thus Ryley and the others found her
when, some ten minutes later, they at
length broke through the steel door.
The open air of the garden revived
her. BY the time a cab had been called
she had recovered sufficiently to appre-
Iiate that Captain Parr had disap-
peared.
Her last instructions to Ryley were
simple and direct:
1.-THE money doesn't matter. But
never rest till you've found Captain
Parr!"
THE SANDAL.
Luck of a sort played into the hands
of Captain Parr that morning. He
found no difficulty about trailing three
heavy-laden moving vans across the
lower West side to the waterfront,
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EPISODE THREE
''Ninged Millions"

When, some thirty minutes later, Pa
tria Claiming and Captain Parr re-
entered the walled garden they were no
more alone; three men accompanied
them, plain citizens all, of tanner and
appearance so little romantic that the
girl found it somewhat difficult to ac-
cept them for what they really were,
o the word of Captain ~Parr-highly
efficient operatives of the United States
secret service.
None but would have been readily
lost in a crowd and he whom Parr pre-
sented as a Mr.. Ryley, his most valued
co-worker in the service, possessed a
personality so colorless and unassum-
ing that he might have moved unques-
toned in almost any stratum of society.
Yet it was this one who took over tenn
porary charge of the treasure with the
utmost sang froid-for all the world as
though he were asked to safeguard a
hundred cents instead of a hundred
millions of dollars.
Though by this time the f1remen had
extinguished the flames, the first and
second stories of the house were a
smoking, steaming mass of w~reckage
that precluded utterly any attempt to
examine the approach to the treasure
vault via the library. Police still
watched in front of the house and
would, Ryley guaranteed, till the last
of the treasure had been removed
through the garden.
Its safe enough" he said, return
ing from exploration of the under
ground way in company with Parr,
almost too safe, if you ask me. That
door down there is shut for keeps !;
we'll want an acetylene torch to cut
through it before we can call this a
moving day. I'll be going after that
now, if you don't mind. Burgess and
Harvey here will stop on the job and
see that nobody makes trouble before l
get back"
Approving this arrangement, Patria
turned to Captain Parr.
"And now" she said with a weary lit
tie smile, "you may take me to break
fast for I'm famished. And I'll call
Newport on long distance and soothe
Aunt Amelia down and get her to
send my maid in with something
else for me to wear"
After breakfast they TAXED back to
the walled garden.
Ryley himself had only just returned
with a mechanic and the a~cetylene
torch apparatus.
His fellow workers in the secret
service remained in undisturbed pos
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where he arrived in time even to see
the last of the vans, now empty, whip
(, briskly out of a pier shed and up the
street.
Delaying only long enough to note
the license number of the vehicle, he
darted briskly into the pier shed and at
discretion lost himself among its
shadows in which business luck-of a
sort-again was with him. For he
barely escaped being spotted by two
particularly grim and repulsive look
ing young Japanese, who had appar-
emily been posted near the entrance for
the express purpose of preventing es-
piOnage.
1t was a busy place, a-roar with the
activities of a multitude of longshore-
men. On either side steamers were
taking in cargo, with every Indication
of furious effort to get finished with
the job and away. But which was
which? Aboard one the Claiming pre-
paredness" fund had been slowed and
presently would be outward bound {:
Presently a lun fell in the sound
and fury of cargo loading on n side
of the pier. Preparations were made
to take in the g~angplanks. Dock labor
erS concerned themselves with the
cables that mOored the vessel. Its deep
throated whistle blasted a warning
once, twice, and again. Down the
pier ran alertly the two Japanese who
had stood guard neal it's entrance. AS
they jumped aboard the last gangplank
was withdrawn. The vessel began to
sheer away from the pier.
Parr FASTENED to the nearest opening
and waited there till, overhead, an
open cargo port in the ships painted
flank moved past. AT peril of his life
he leaped, caught the lower lip of the
opening, and scrambled aboard, to find
himself in 'tween-decks gloom-and
definitely committed to the most des-
perate adventure of his history.
1t seemed impossible that he could
have escaped observation. Yet, APP
parently, he had and that despite the
fact that, not far distant, a number OF
efficient, deadly little Japanese deck
behest of a boatswain.
Eavesdropping attentively upon the
conversation Of the deckhands, he
learned all he needed to know-discov-
cred that he had slowed away aboard
the Sandal" of Yokohama, bound for
Vera Cruz; that She had sailed with
considerable suddenness, three days be
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AS the ~freighlef

AS the freighter -.
stream and began to dr.
river the deckhands trotted Gil GA
business and left the stowaway to di-
gest, his information and formulate his
plans.
The last proved no easy matter.
What n mar could be expected to ac-
complish against a shipload was a rid
die that bafled PARIS wits for the best
part of a long hour. Satisfied that the
Claiming treasure had been brought
aboard the Sandal" and quite ready
| to believe that Baron Huroki and his
pet Mexican, Senior Juan de Lima, had
not been actively concerned In it's theft
but had sailed in charge of it, he still
failed to puzzle out any feasible way to
inform the authorities and cause the
detention of the freighter and the ar
rest of the thieves without sacrificing
the neck of Donald Parr.
Huddled in the shelter of the bales,
the young man commanded a view
through the cargo port; and his
thoughtful gaze had long been fixed up
ou lllut DICuutA VI luI DOI WuleI slip
ping past so slowly and steadily be-
fore he distilled an inspiration from its
hue.
And even as he began to take cogni-
zance of the fog, Parr heard the jingle
of signals in the e%ngineroom below his
hiding place. And Immediately the
pulsings of the engines ceased. For a
little the Sandal" drifted with stead
lily s%lackening way. Then the anchor
was dropped, with chain roaring
through~hawse-holes, and the freighter
settled down to wait the lifting of the
fog.
In this combination of circumstances
Parr thought to see his chance. The
ship could not be far from land; and
he was a strong swimmer. If he could
|. slip unseen over the side and win to
the shore, or even to a friendlier YES
sells decks. .
With every ~precaution, he stole out
to the main deck and-was instantly
espied by a b~arefooted little monkey of
a sailor, whose shrek of warning rang
out the instant his vision comprehend
ed the face of a stranger.
Failing in an attempt to gain the side
his way barred by half a dozen Japa-
nese who seemed veritably to spring
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up from between deck seams-Parr
took flight to the bridge deck by way
of a most convenient companion-lad-
der; but gaining it only to find his
plight nothing bettered; willing little
aSsassinS made toward him from fore
and aft the moment he appeared.
His next resort was n of despera-
ton. Charging through a stateroom
door half open to the deck, he slammed,
bolted it, and swung round to find him
self in the wireless room, confronted by
a japanese operator who seemed to
lack something of the readiness of his
fellows, since he failed to recover from
his surprise before Parr had him COW
cred with his automatic.
Blows on the panels of the door were
sounding as Parr backed the little
brown man into his chair and with a
significant gesture of the pistol com
manded:
"Take my dictation! And, mind you,
no shenanigan! 1 can read your send
ing by carp
The operator nodded; his slender,
deft fingers gripped keys and switches.
His eyes he kept steadfast to the face
of the American while the latter die
tated, and the crash and crackle of the
spark filed the narrow space with
false thunder.
When a shattered port behind PARIS
head was broken in, and a revolver
through the opening stamped a cold
ring on his temple, he stopped dictat-
ing, dropped his pistol, and elevated
both hands.
At the same time the little wireless
operator lunged forward from his
chair, clipped PARIS waist with two
sinewy art.s. and bore him to the floor.
The Needle in the Haystack.
1t was mid-afternoon when Patria's
maid answered a knock at the door and
brought back to the seEi-distracted
girl an envelope of the Marconi COM
pany.
Tearing it open, Patria read hastily
an unfinished mcss"ge:
Miss Patria Charming,
"R.tz-Carlton, New York:
"Fog bound in lower bay aboard Jap
anese freight steamer Sandal. Treas
ure aboard. Tel. RyIey."
There was 70 signature; one was
needed. Tvssing the message to the
maid, Patria turned in frantic haste
to the clothing Annie had out on the
bed preparatory to hanging the gar
ments up.
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session of the garden with nothing
more to report than that they had OBJ
served no suspicious circumstances of
any sort.
1t was Burgess who offered this re-
assurance tubby little man with a
low-pitched, pleasant voice, and mild,
friendly eyes. He had just finished
speaking when he started violently,
cried out in sharp pain, clapped a hand
to his left breast, stood for a moment
swaying while a look of acute, amazed
protest widened on his countenance-
and dropped dead at their feet, shot
through the heart.
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her well. She clouted more than one
clo~se-shaven, brownish poll with 1t, and
planted it's point against the chest of
more than one who sought to follow
her over the side of her motorboat, be-
fore she could get the engine going.
And when that happened, she got a
taste of what Japan's resentment
might mean.
For, as she sheered off and her small
"a - Gathered speed, a shower of bull
stered round it, fired from the
'ecks.
/ -, was Indifferent; Patria
too qu.l = lost in the fog.
Sunsee -rinq Skies.
In a pitchy da4. Mont of the
Sandals hold, wrists lies In
irons, Donald Parr lay III m
unease little tempered by The
he vas but semi-consciOuS.
A blow on the head during the scuf1e
in the wireless room had proved mer-
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SYNOPSIS.

On her twenty-first birthday. when she
Is to take over control of her fortune,
sassinated by Japanese in her New York
home. A letter written by the murdered
man tells of a secret vault beneath the Ii
brary containing 500, 100000, boarded by
Patria's patriotic progenitors to combat
the perils of national "unpreparedness"
-of which trust Patria Is sole executrix-
and warns against Baron Huroki, alleged
head of the Japanese secret service in
America. japanese invade the house and
set it afire while Patria is inspecting the
treasure vault with Capt. Donald Parr of
the United States secret service. The two
escape by an underground passage to a
garden behind the house.