The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-09-27
Archbishop Ireland
Passes Away
After Brief Illness
Noted Catholic PreIate Was Ard
ent American and Took Strong
Stand Against Germany When
America Entered War

ST. PAUL, September 25-(Associat-
ed Press s)-Archbishop Ireland died
here early this morning, at the age of
eighty years, after a brief illness His
! death had been anticipated for the
past three days.
John Ireland, Archbishop of st. Paul,
was one Of the most distinguished of
the Roman CATHOLIC churchmen of
America. There were few fields Of in
tellectual. political or spiritual en-
dcavor in which he failed to take a
positive stand, making himself at times
the center of controversy.
Born in 1888 in Ireland, carpenter 8
son, he was carried with his parents
in the tide of Irish immigration to
America while he was a child. Altar
service at Burlington, Vermont, and
JOlting trip west on a prairie schooner
were among his boyhOod memories,
bringing him finally to st. Paul, MIN
nrsota, in 1852, when Indians in CAV
blankets stalked the streets of that
frontier town.
Served in Civil War
After being ordained at st. Paul,
he eagerly accepted an appointment as
chaplain in the Fifth Regiment Of the
Minnssota Volunteers.
He was ardent for the Unionist cause
and shared every hardship of the sol
dlers' life in their terrible winter raids.
At Iuqa he gave yeoman help by rush
ing ammunition to the front when it
! was s"rrly needed. He was stricken
with fever after less than year 3
service and returned to st. Paul
Pastoratr. He soon attracted national
attention through his work for temper
ancr.
He became Bisb~p in 1875 and
Archbishop in 1886 He received sum
port from many of his admirers for an
p0lntment as the fourth American Car
dIn"l Celebrating his golden jubilee
few wears ago, the priests of his dio
c"S" presented him with a purse Of
| 100000.
Took Stand Against Huns
Archbishop Ircland's strong Amer
Irnnlsm, first put to the test when the
clHll war began was manifested afresh
when the United States entered the
world conflict. No sooner hAd con.
gress formally declared war on Ger.
many than the Archbishop called upon
people Of his faith to remember that
they were Americans above all other
ties and declared it their duty to help
in every way. Later when occasion de-
mnndrd, he advocated purchases of Lib
erty bonds and contributions to the
Red Cross and to various relief funds
In this course he followed consist
emily part he took in famous con.
trOVersy which antedated his "Fari.
bault plan.' 1t resulted from a peti-
tlon made to Rome to create in the
I United States German parishes with
parochial schools with orders that the
German language be taught in these in
stltutlonS. Its sponsors sought to con
ceal the purpose of the plan by pro-
posing also that it be followed by other
nationalities, but the Archbishop saw
the falacy of the idea and hastened
to Rome, where he successfully com.
batted it.
As monument to Archbishop Ire.
land stands the beautiful cathedral of
: st. Paul on the brow of St Anthony
, hill. 1t OVerlOOks the valley of the
Mississippi and the thriving city whose
growth from a rough pioneer trading
post synchronized with the attainment
of fame by its founder.