The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-21

I W7I HE TABLET, diocesan, OF
I'LL gan Of Brooklyn, N. T., is
| HI up to its pranks again.
l2I Whether it is Characteristic
of its editorial mind, or, is merely
the spewing out of the malevolent
hatred that masks itself under the
guise Of religion, and produced a
Patrick Ford, a John Dewey, an
0'Leary, and actuates such odifer-
Gus organizations as the Clan-Na-
Gael, the fact is thet The Tablet
is fully in line with the spirit Of
these worthless. The only wonder
is, that its inflammatory utterances
have not been made the subject Of
judicial investigation ere this.
In the issue Of December Y, we
find ON expression of hate and in.
ternational incendiarism, which
is virtually a demand for dissen.
sion among the Allies and for wal
with England.
The rankest pro-German in
America, and the most radica
junker of Germany, could 20 but
little farther in an effort to fomenr
trouble, and undo the victoriou
conclusion of the war.
Please read the following, which
we clip from the issue mentioned
OUR ENVOY
Our president has set sail fo
France. And we may say that it 1
well that he has done 90. and wis
him Godspeed. Mr.. Wilson has vic
lated several traditions in the siren
uous times in which he happened +
be our chief executive. And in thi
violation, If it be such, he loses n
prestige. He is entirely within hi
rights. The world acclaims him q
big man, and such he is. No Thee
dore Roosevelt could have been biz
/ ger. Propriety is another thinl
But why should other big America
men cavill Let us thank God this
he rose to the occasion In a worl
crisis, and be proud Of him. PEI
sonal opinion must always be a pal
tisan affair. And partisan affairs al
always small,
In saying this word Of praise {
our president, we don't for an Il
slant pretend to forget the debac
, he made Of the Mexican muddle, {
to ignore his un-Tumultyed pr
: nouncement concerning Irelan
Scoff the things as we will, the fa
remains that our affair is with En-
' land. Does the brutal truth hurt
} Let it.
} England is the God Almighty
! small nations. Its grand screech
! Belgium. 1t affects to forget Ir
land.
1t forgets India, Egypt, Afri
! Boer Land. And affects to forg
ireland. Canada and Australia a
big enough to laugh at the geor
thing that can't ride a horse. It's
8 democracy day, isn't it? And Ii
land?
I And then the holy father. Y
8 Catholic haters Of Clemenceau ha
D stood about enough Of that idolat'
3 haven't we? Has God really be
5 blotted from the skies? We Cat
2 olics, who helped to liberate Fran
8 don't think so. The holy father h
8 a chance coming to him, through
? envoy, to talk to that soul murder
( He will have to do it through 0
4 envoy our president.
< This editorial from The Tablet
z SO enthusiastically brutal that
8 tie comment on our part is need
3 Ignoring such literary monstr
8 tiles as England is the God
9 mighty Of small nations" we n
3 that The Tablet says that &c
< affair is with England" "0ur
& fair" whose affair? Does The Y
3 let pretend to speak for the Uni
3 States as a nation, for the Rom
8 Catholic church, or, for itself g
& torially. What does it mean
b sour"
X If il means the United Sta
q we answer, that the internal
E fairs Of the British empire are
B the affairs Of the United Sta
3 unless it is conceded that our n
y sion as a nation, is that OF a g
H constituted world regulator, and
X international meddler.
ri If The Tablet means that I"
H affair."" pertains to the Roman Ca
y olic church, we are willing to
3 accept the Interpretation, espec
q " 80 as the late action Of the b
Is ops and priests in demanding
x the president, that he thrust
q nose into English affairs, indic'
81 that they consider the Irish q
u tion. to BE- a church affair, an
B part Of their religion.
q We once heard Of "a man who
IS rich by minding his own busine
" but he wasn't an Irish Cath
R priest.
B The adage quoted might aI
B to religious sects and nations,