The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-30
And So the Fabrications Continue

Neither Is It true that LaGrasse and Rochar-
beau were Romanists. These three Frenchmen at
tended Protestant services while here and Lafayette
refused to attend mass when invited to do so by
Bishop Fenwick. Last, but not least, these men
were one and all Freemasons, and what sort Of
mental gymnastics the papists went through before
they reached the point where they could bring them
selves to 30 boldly appropriate members of that
"hated and heretical sect" is quite beyond compre
hension.
Regarding the ships sent over by France, It Is
true that she pledged herself by treaty to send
1000 men and 16 war vessels She sent the larger
part Of both, but being at war with England she
was compelled to withdraw her ships from action
at almost every occasion whsn required and they
sailed away to the West Indies 10 protect her col
onies there France did all shs could, but not as a
Roman Catholic country, which abe was not. She
loaned US several million dollars AND WE PAID
1T BACK
But listen to the music: "Catholic France" did
this; "Catholc Poland" did that; Catholic Spain"
did thus and so; Catholic Ireland" furnished that
Catholicl Catholicl Catholic ad nauseaml
What are the further facts as regards Spain
and Poland and Ireland? So far as Poland Is con.
cerned 1t Is only necessary to point out that at that
time she was one-fourth Protestant and that both
Kosciusko and Pulaski attended Protestant services
while here. There is absolutely no proof that either
of these men were Roman Catholics As for Spain,
THERE IS NO RECORD OF SPAIN HAVING
LOANED US A SINGLE DOLLAR, nor of her
having sent US much as a gun-wad, much less
| 5000 barrels Of powder.
And now, at last, we arrive at-Irelandl Ire
land, at that time governed by Protestant Parlia-
ment. 1t Is the same ireland that was sold by Pope
Adrian to England, and yet the papists claim Ire
land OF all claims that these two-faced minions Of
an alien ruler ought to have sanss enough to re.
frain from making, this II ona II we approached
any Of their falStes with happiness and antictpa-
ton, this is the one Whyl the collection Of lies
about Ireland absolutely so full Of holes In the
making that 1t is hard to understand how their
Jesuit masters ever let them pass the censor.
Listen
Catholic Ireland furnished dozen "Ensrs" and Ut sas.
onshat the soldiers (csholic) Inshmsn- Commodore
John Barry the Ound and father Of navy wAs
Catholic.
Yes, II is tresome and suppose we Just cut
out the superatives which the stuff might seem to
Justify and get down to business.
IN MAKING THESE BoMBASTIC DECLARA-
TIONS REGARDING IRELAND, THESE PER
SoNIFICATIoNS OF INSUFFERABLE CON.
CEIT HAVE EXPOSED THEIR WEAKEST, AND
YET MOST VITAL, PoINTl Every word they
utter in commendation Of Roman Catholic ireland
Is without foundationl
WHO WERE THOSE TWELVE CATHOLIC
GENERALS? NAME THEM, DIR. CoYLE.
It cant be DONE No power on earth can pro
duee one-fourth that number, Cardinal Farley, anc
you know it, and YOU KNOW that the man whc
makes such claim is consummate and unmiti
gated liar. YOU KNOW that the only Irish Cath
olic general serving in the Revolutionary War wai