The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-24

secretary VI tue SdIAoIiS IoooA eH'AoAA
of the U. S. A., takes issue with Mr..
Auguste G. Babize of the Investment
News" who has published an editorial
and is circulating pamphlet entitled:
"Pope Benedict, the Hun, and Peace
Propaganda
Mr.. Auguste G. Babize, who is also
president of the Investment Service
Company, has announced himself as a
candidate for the United States Con-
gress Che. has since withdrawn his
name). Mr.. Babize makes charges
which reflect upon the earnest efforts
made by Pope Benedict XIV with re-
gard to the establishment of just and
lasting peace. Mr.. Babize charges:
First-That Catholics are dissapoint-
ed and discouraged by the attitude of
the Pope.
Second-That Cardinal MERCER and
the people of Belgium received little
sympathy from the Pope.
Third-That President Wilson gave
a stunning rebuke to the Pope.
AS a reply to these charges, we have
the statements made by Mr. Babize and
the statements made by parties &C.
cused and will ask the reader to Judge
whether Mr.. Babsizes accusations are
justified.
Pope Benedict and Catholics.
What Do
"There is hardly country in the
civilized world today where Roman
Catholics do not predominant. Those
Roman Catholics are not only disap-
pointed and discouraged, but dis
traught because of the attitude Of the
head of the Church, Benedict XVI
(meaning no doubt Benedict XVI Rep
resentative of the Prince of Peace, in
direct line the decendent of Peter, the
beloved Disciple, Defender of the
Faith, Pope Benedict, while eloquently
discoursing on peace, has lifted neither
his powerful voice nor his finger to
check or denounce the barbarous afro
tries by the Hun"
What the Catholics say:
"The Catholic Federation of the
United States, voicing the sentiments
of eighteen million Catholics at it's last
convention held in Kansas City, Mo-,
said: THE Catholic Federation Of the
United States reverently and joyfully
acclaim the action of our Most Holy
Father, Benedict XIV, in his proposal
of basis for the negotiation of peace
between the warning nations; and that
we mark with pardonable pride the &C
cord between the articles of agreement
offered by the Supreme Pontiff and
the tentative suggestions formerly
made by the President of the United
States.
"'We acknowledge the timely inter
vention of His Holiness as distinct
advance towards the defence of hui
manity and the preservation of de-
mocracy in his insistence upon the
principles of Christian charity and JUS
tice.
GIVE recognize the eminent fitness
of definite initiative on the part of the
Vicar of the Prince of Peace to bring
about the abolition of all war and per-
petually to maintain concord between
Christian rulers.
"'Foremost among the leaders of the
world, Pope Benedict deserves our
deepest gratitude for all that he had
done to accomplish in ameliorating the
sad condition of captives and wounded
and in lessening the dire hardships of
those who have been rendered home
less and destitute by the ravages Of
war;"
Pope Benedict and Cardinal Mercer.
What Mr.. Babize says:
Notwithstanding the outrageous hui
Mutations visited upon his eminent col
league, Cardinal MERCER; not with
standing the wholesale murders, rap
inc, executions, tortures and crucifix-
ions visited upon non-combatants in
Belgium; Notwithstanding Cardinal
Mercier's firsthand reports of barbar-
isms perpetrated by the Huns in this
land to Benedict, the Pope has never
uttered a word of protest-as far as
we know-even though these crimes
shocked civilization and 'shamed hui
mainly"
What Cardinal Mercier says:
I'm his pastoral letter Cardinal Mer-
cier, on April Is, 1916, says to the
people of Belgium: From the begin
ming of the war certain cunning, evil
and treacherous minds have persisted
in encouraging the rumor that the late
Pope Plus x, and our Holy Father,
Benedict XIV, gave help and moral
approval to our enemies and through
weakness did an injustice to the rights
of the Belgian people. These are cal
dmnies, my brethren-nothing but in
A. Ill