The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-10
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Revolutionists Terrorize
Catholics

| which lifted the embargo on ammuni-
| ton and supplied them with the
means of carrying on war against the
unfortunate people of Mexico.
You might as we'll ask me how is
| it that 10000 English troops control
| 4,500,00 people in Ireland. They have
| the arms, the ammunition, the power
| and the backing. If the supply of
arms had not been especially confined
to Carranza and Villa they would
never have triumphed.
Then again, the Mexican people do
| fight for their priests and nuns. They
love them and they strive to protect
them. But those who lead in each
demonstration of the kind are shot as
traitors or imprisoned or starved by
| the CarranZa soldiers The people are
| faithful, but they are OverpoWered and
terroriZed.
TO understand this Mexican ques-
| ton, you must consider conditions in
the country. Of a population of 49,
100000 about eighty per cent is pure
| Indian. There has been no European
immigration to Mexico in the last 200
years. The descendants of the Span
iards who last came over 200 years
ago are the only European element,
il you may call it such.
The constitution adopted over fifty
years ago deprived the Church of all
rights OF property, forbade the exist
ence Of converts and practically out
laWed all religious orders. Porfirio
Diaz never put all these anti-Christian
| provisions into force. He knew it
would cause the people to revolt, for
| he knew they were Catholics.
Church Promotes Education
THE most severe of the laws in
| the constitution were a dead letter,
so the Church was tolerated under
Diaz, and it managed to get along
without property, without resources,
to do anything with. The Church, in
spite Of the obstacles, established uni
versities, colleges, schools. The high
er and middle classes paid for educa-
ton voluntarily, the lower classes did
not pay and the Church as far as it
could had schools for ALL
So things went along until Fran
cisco |. MaderO came to the front
With his democratic revolution He
was of a rich family. He had been
educated by the Jesuits and in his
youth was inclined to become a Jesuit
priest in the home state of Coahuila
But his father was opposed and he
sent the young man over to Paris
France, to finish his education. There
Madero fell in with atheists and So
called free thinkers, and he came
back to Mexico full of ambition to
start a democratic revolution, and de-
clared that he meant to become presi
dent of Mexico.
He was a spiritist, believer in
spiritism, and he started a propa
ganda telling the masses that he was
inspired by spirits of the departed to
start revolt to emancipate and en-
tighten Mexico. The revolt started
and DiaZ, the aged president stepped
down, and out and left the country
saying he loved Mexico too much tt
see it torn asunder by war and revo
luton.
Madero was elected and he went tc
Mexico City. He proved weak, vain
vacillating and incompetent Their
the Felix Diaz revolt started
Madero Had No Ammunition.
'Madero was without arms for his
troops. Then Huerta, the military
chief, came to the front. AS the one
strong man, he doomed up at the time
He went to the palace with his staff
and called on Madero to resign the
presidency. Madero wrote out his
resignation and handed it to Huerta
After .Maderos death the American
ambassador recommended the recogni
ton of Huerta. He was not recog
nized. Huerta announced that he
: would maintain the status quo ant
not modest the churches or the con
; vents, the priests or nuns.
Then the new revolution of Car
| dllu v llIlSJdO DC
gan in the north They hated tn.
Church. The fury of the enemies O
the faith was vented on the Church
and on the priests and nuns. Car
rama, Cabrera and all those associa
ated with them hate Christianity ant
hate the Church. The Church in Mex
leo seeks no privileges. 1t only wants
the plainest rights.
There is no such thing as a propo
: sition to unite Church and State il
Mexico. We would consider it idea
: if we had in Mexico the relations
: that exist between Church and gov
eminent in the United States. | hope
all Americans-Cathol and Protes
> tants alike-will come to understand
this. The men in Mexico who are per
scouting the Catholic Church are mel
who hate all religion. They are o
: the type of the Reds of Paris, thu
: social proletariat of the European
Cities
He who suffers in patience, suffer