Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-01-18

nation and a ratification ~ Iresiuen'
Wilson s war aims. A resolution TO
this effect was passed in some OF the
county churches Sunday which action
viii he followed by other parishes Oh
the county. The letter from the DISH,
IN which was to have been reao al
hioh mass in all Catholic churches last
Sunday, is as follows:
slReloved Brethren: Since Congress
felt it necessary to declare a sta'e "
war existing between our country az
| the so-called Teuton powers OF EuioPe,
onr nrayers have been offered ior tne
d;v;ne Guidance of our civil authorlt1es
and for our president in particular tnae
+hov NAV lead the nation toward tne
coal Of a lasting peace based upon the
59r;nc;nle of righteouness and the trutn;
1ITba recent solemn declaration OF
tho war aims Of our country as con,
eo;vad hv our president and uttered
before the representatives o1 oui 10 aos
ton in congress assemoAeo Peleu" :a
us that our prayers have not oeen salo
in vain. obo--
"The lofty spirit of justice and cnai,
| itv, as catholic in substance as ~ -
| catholic in scope, which animates oul
presidents message, makes II nainion,
! ize perfectly with the peace nessags
Of our Holy Father to the NATIONS anu
vrinos from us the most spontaneous
assent full of admiration and gra11tuue'
Expression Now Necessary
uFr rom the beginning of the war we
! have felt it our duty to stand hrm on
our LOYALTY to the Constitution OF the
! limited States and ready to obey every
demand of our lawful authorities, ana
nov that our chief magistrate has SO
candidlv and so explicitly opened his
mind to the nation we cannot out re-
;o;ce and hasten to ratify our presl-
dents declaration as eminently rehect,
mo the mind and the heart Of our great
American people.
HWe will continue our prayers ana
add to them our vows OF loyal ana en-
thusiastic cooperation with our presl-
dent until his message alike to enemy,
co-belligerent and neutral nations shall
have been irrevocably written into IN
ternational laws of the world.
cit is my earnest request that as
soon as possible in every parish OF this
/; diocese meeting be called, the pur-
pose of which will be to ratify in some
solemn way the declaration Of Amer
ica's principles as uttered by our pres
ident and to have this act Of ratltlca-
ton recorded in some fitting manner,
to be sent to me and by me to be for
warded to our representatives in Wash
ington to be presented to his excellen-
cy, the President of the United States.
"Pastors will please read this letter
at the high mass next Sunday. Very
sincerely yours in Christ,
"-Joseph F. Busch,
"Bishop of st. Cloud. -
A conference of all the clergy Of the
diocese is to be held in st. Cloud on
January 20 at which time the question
of financing the government, especially
through the sale of Liberty bonds, will
be discussed. Arthur r. Rogers, chair
man of the Ninth district Liberty bond
organization, has been asked to speak
at the conference.
Duluth Duluth Herald: Have Col
onel Roosevelt, the League for Compul-
sorry Universal Military service or any
of the other would-be prussianizers of
America taken note Of Lloyd George?
He spoke, you nay remember, Of
"the increasing evil of compulsory
military service.' He spoke of it as
one of the things which civilization is
fighting to destroy.
Yet here are some of our own citizens
industriously and enthusiastically lab
oring to crowd it down our threats,
picturing it as a great botn, as ma
gic cureall for everything that ails us
especially for that independence of
mind which makes it difficult to keep
the abuses of privilege secure against
popular assaults -as a thing to be COW
!; eted for it's own sake and for the great
good it will do us!
Is it possible that these admirers Of
militarism-providing it is OUR mill
tarism-are out Of date, behind the
timess' Or is Lloyd George a pacifst,
traitor to the best interests of demo
cracy and humanitya
Minnesota in the War: eft is easier
to give today when we have less, than
it was yesterday, when we had more
is very pointed sentence heard from
a speaker recently, who referred to
the numerous demands for money con-
tri;butions that have been made recent
ly to carry on war activities. The SEN
tence made a. visible and instant i'm
preston on his hearers, who seemed to
appreciate instantly the apt truthful
ness of the trenchant remark. AS a
greater information on the war and it's
meaning is given us and the real peril
of the situation forces itself upon our
understanding, it becomes easier each
day to make new sacrifices Of pleasures
and luxuries so that we may continue
to give literally to every war fund of
necessity and governmental sanction.
Yes, it is easier to give today when we
have less, than it was yesterday when
we had more, and it will continue to
be so as the war grows older and it's
demands upon us grow greater.
ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTERED
/ BONDS
| By an official order of the treasury,
the assignment Of registered bonds
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