The menace., 1917-07-21

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tional capital is deeply stirred by the
attacks recently made on American
troop ships by German submarines.
Our young men are being exposed to
multiplied perils in their voyage
across the Atlantic by reason Of in
formation communicated in advance
to our enemies BY traitors in this
country. In the Effort to locate those
guilty Of this treason it is we'll to
bear in mind the following facts:
1. The pope Of Rome is virtually an
ally of our enemies. This fact is
shown by his disregard for the suf-
ferings of Roman Catholic Belgium
and Poland, while his emissaries and
subjects in this country are working
day and night in behalf of the Irish
in their reasonable attitude towards
the British government.
2. Many Knights of Columbus hold
positions as private secretaries to
high officials in our government who
know our military and naval secrets.
8. These Knights of Columbus are
presumed to go regularly into the
privacy of the confessional before Ro-
man Catholic priests.
4. Three links-the Knight of Co
lumbus private secretary, the Roman
Catholic priest and the pope-consti-
tute short circuit through which
our most vital and profound national
secrets may be quickly flashed to Ber-
lin, Vienna and Constantinople. Those
who are charged with investigating
these numerous acts of treason
against our government would do well
to remember that no secret known to
a Knight of Columbus is safe in the
confessional, and that the spirit which
inspires such persistent treason
among Roman Catholics in Ireland
could have its counterpart in this
country.
In connection with the above facts
given by Judge Nations it is we'll to
remember Italy's costly experience in
connection with the pope's private
chamberlain, Monsignor Gerlach, one
of the master spirits, if indeed not
the master spirit in the most gigantic
and sinister pro-GermGn conspirdcies
of the present tUorld-War. 1t is we'll
to remember also that Monsignor
Gerlach was, even before his elevation
to the position of private chamber
lain to the pope" an intimate friend
of Benedict. He was the man that
the pope intrusted to deliver the
three red caps to the French car
dinals appointed by Benedict after his
elevation to the position of pope.
1t is not necessary to tell an Italian,
or any one familiar with Italian poll
tics, how absolutely impossible it
would have been to carry on this
gigantic conspiracy (which resulted in
the condemnation of Monsignor Ger
ZACH to life imprisonment by the
Italian courts) tuithout the cognizdnce
OF the vaticun or numerous members
of that body and the pope.
The Jesuits and the emissaries of
the vatican, as is we'll known, are
aware of practically everything that
goes on an Itaty-everything in the
rival sovereignty represented by The
king of Italy and its parliament out
side of the vatican. 1t is often said
that the eyes of the vatican are all
seeing in Italy and that the Jesuit
forces seem to be omni-present in that
kingdom. But what is true Of Italy
in general is doubly true of the vat
lean and all who work within its pre-
cincts. 1t is of utmost importance
that the pope know what is going on
in that little center Of world politics
and intrigue and it Is this fact and
the fact that nothing transpiring in
the vatican is hidden from the master
minds therein that has given such
deep significance to the Gerlach con
spiracy. From now on it will be of
all importance for Benedict and the
church to pretend, to be more liberal
than they have been, or cared to be
so long as there seemed to be fair
prospect of successful issue through
the elaborate Austro- German-G -Gerlach
conspiracy.
From the beginning of the war the
pope and vatican organs played for a
temporal state. Nothing was more
clearly fore-shadowed than this in the
dispatches and articles
from the vatican and from
leading hierarchial sources. Indeed it
is not unreasonable to suppose that
a temporal state for the pope was a
principal condition for the aid and
support of such individuals as the
pope's private chamberlain and others
that have worked so tirelessly not
only in Italy but in all parts Of the
world to promote the interest of the
central autocracy.
Some gentleman who bears the
name of Wright, whether right or
wrong, has written a book to show
how American thought is being cor