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should be lost sight Of As is usual in works of
this kind, criticisms are offered. Some of them
real. Others merely excuses for inaction. Some
charge waste; this may be true in some instances.
1t would be strange if in work of this magni-
tude, much of it in untried hands, mistakes were
not made, costly ones too! Incompetent agents
may be used until the workers are tried out, and
standards of efficiency applied. So far as we can
see the work of the Red Cross is as honestly and
efficiently carried on as in other enterprises of
like magnitude, and the stories of corruption and
grating should be dismissed as idle tales, or the
fabrications of designing, malicious persons to
which none should pay any attention.
Others with some reason express the fear that
the society and its work has been placed under
sectaran influences, or Romanized 1t is true
that the American Red Cross was organized by
Protestants and financed by Protestant money It
is equally true that the vast amounts of money
it is spending is mainly given by Protestants who
will always be its principal supporters and with
out whose support it would fall to the ground.
The Roman Catholic church has never taken
kindly to the work of the Red Cross and has re-,
garded it as a rival or Protestant institution
which was in the way of the Church" Bishops
and priests united in condemning it while it was
a subject of the sneers and jeerings of the Cath
olic press, which up to the entrance of America
into the war were bitterly opposed to it and out
spoken in their derision. When the American
people rallied to the support of the society and it
became, next to the carrying on Of the war, the
most popular idea in America, and when the lead
ers of the Church" saw that they could no longer
hold back their more progressive and intelligent
members, many of whom are really at heart good
Americans, and that this class were about to
break away from their control, they changed tao
tics, and tried to 60 with the crowd.
They had to do SO, to save the face and pres
tige Of the church. This is the secret and whole
reason why the Catholic press now pretends that
their church is back of the Red Cross, and pope
and bishops call for its support. Simply trying
to turn necessity into virtue.
When they could no longer hinder the work,
they climbed into the band wagon and would like
to do the driving This is Characteristic of that
church, which opposes every new idea and every
work, for the betterment of the world which it
does not control, until the movement becomes a
success and is about to leave them in the rear
when they mount the works with flourish Of
trumpets and call on the world to see what "we'
have DONE
What does it matter Let Catholics work with
the Red Cross if they wish TO- let them give to il
and help just as the rest Of us are doing and will
continue to do, and help the society to relieve the
suffering everywhere irrespective of nationality
race, creed or color "If thine enemy hunger, feed
him. II he thirst give him drink" "Inasmuch al
We have done it unto one Of the least of these, "
have done it unto me-"
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DETROIT TIMES SEES
H0LYWAR IN PROSPECT
Gov Cats of Florida Spoke in De-
troit and Now Pope's Followers
Are Seeing Things

Gov. Cats of Florida has been in
Michigan and spoke in Detroit the
night of May /. AS usual the gov
ernor stirred things up and caused
an excitement in Catholic circles.
Now, we don't know that the gov
ernor really intended to unduly stir
up anybody or anything, but he has
a way of speaking out in meeting
calling a spade a spade, and saying
things which cause his Catholic
friends to dream "bad dreams" and
see things" This was the case in
Detroit when the governor spoke
there the first of the month.
The Ddtroit Times was startled
out Of its composure and sees Hola
War in prospect, at least that is its
headline to the article describing the
meeting while religious strife" anc
a "holy war" are limited at in the ar
ticle itself. All this because the gov
ernor delivered an address in which
he called for an intense American
ism, argued for the public schools
and denounced the parochial schoo
system.
And to make matters worse, sal,
'he was against the kaiser, agains
the parochial schools, against every
thing that makes for lack of ma
tional unity"
That was pretty strong talk for
prospective papal province like De
troit and we don't wonder that
riled the papes and scared the pro
papes, until visions of "Wah" a rea
"Holy Wah," danced weirdly befor
their optic nerves.
We had supposed that a "Hol
War" was thing pertaining to tn
Arabic and Turkish elements amon
the Mohammedans and was one o
their peculiar prerogatives. Tn
idea of a Holy War in Michigan SUI
prised us. Who is going to fight
Who is going to raise such a war
And who is the war TO be mad
against?
The Catholic church styles itsel
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Served Him Right

DUBLIN, May 2.-William Fl.
Hedler, an American citizen, was sem
fenced by magistrate today to four
months Imprisonment for drilling
men at night near Dublin. At the
request of the military authorities the
magistrate ordered Hedler deported
after he had served the sentence."-
Toledo Times, May 3, 1918.
The same kind of work went on
during the Fenian excitement of the
Sixties. Irishmen from the U. S.,
financed with money from this coun-
try, were in Ireland fomenting rebel
lion and drilling troops for war OF
revolution. One of these, a Fenian
general, connected with families
standing high in Irish affairs and
politics, was betrayed, arrested, tried
and sentenced to death. While it was
known only to but few, this party
was liberated as the result Of an in
ternational crisis which was danger
ously near a rupture Of diplomatic
relations between the two countries.
It's the same old game, Irish Cath.
olic malcontents claiming American
citizenship, using this country as q
rendezvous from which to wage wal
on friendly nation, in violation Of
neutrality laws, and of international
amity. When will Americans learr
to mind their own business in such
matters.
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ANOTHER NY. MAYOR
OFFENDS TAMMANY
HyIan May Be 0usted---NOt Run
ming the City as Proper Ad-
junct Of Roman Church

Is history going to repreat itself
in New York politics? 1t looks that
way. Mayor Hylan Of New York
who became mayor by virtue of the
favoritism Of Tammany Hall and
the Roman priests, is finding his po-
sition anything but bed of roses.
The mayor who is probably a capable
and worthy man, shows an independ-
ent spirit, and actually is guilty OF
supposing that he, instead of Chns
F. Murphy, the Tammany Hall chief.
tain, is mayor of New York.
In other words he refuses to stand
hitched to the Tammany chariot
either behind or before. Consequent.
ly there is more or less of a state ot
war between the mayor and his one,
time supporters of the hall and tn,
church, with hints of a removal Of
the mayor This, however, the Tam
manyites fear, as they are afraid Of
another Sulzer affair and its effect OF
the public,
On the other hand they fear tha
if they let the mayor run the city
he will ruin both the Tammany SO
ciety and the party. Hence Murphy!
nervousness and sullen attitude. TIL,
affair is not our funeral, but we ar,
surprised that Judge Hylan did no
know that he was elected to use tn,
mayors office as an accessory to tn,
Tammany society and to run the cit,
as an adjunct of the Roman Catholi
church.
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CARDINAL ANO|NTS A
VERY SEVERE WOUND
SIurs Scientists But Fails to Reveal
That Jesuit Trouble Makers Were
Excluded From Mother Church

"0h ye hypocrites!' Cardinal
0'Connell's Boston Pilot tries to
make the most of a situation that
long ago became too intricate for
Rome to solve when it says:
1t is easy to understand the anti
Catholic attitude of the Christian
Science Monitor. 1t knows that the
great >stumbling block in the way of
its advance is the Catholic church.
1t makes no perverts among Cath
olics. 1t is an honor to be at the
pole opposite the NANTES of Eddy
ism.
To one who has a suspicion as to
facts in the case The Pilots self
consolation looks like an attempted
alibi or an effort to be satisfied with
a condition that is almost unbear-
able.
When quite well along in its
career one of the worst troubles the
Christian Science church had, we
understand, was caused by Jesuits
who had gained admittance to the
mother church. These fellows were
ever trouble makers and disturber;
just SO soon as they got far enough
along that they felt they dared be-
gin. As a result, we have beer
told, an iron-clad policy was adopted
which excludes all papists from thu
mother church, which by reason O.
that church's form of government
blocks Rome's little game to disrup
it from the inside. The cardinal
folk are honored not SO much be
cause they choose to be honored
but because the Christian Scientist
saw to it years ago that the specia
lhonor Of being excluded from tn
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-18
WESTERN CATHOLICS
BACK TO The WALL
Seems That the POpe's Children in
Quincy Don't Duly Appreciate
FoIey's FOoIeyisms

What is the matter with the Cath
olic papers? We knew that they
were uprOariouSly noisy, that they
almost unanimously endeavored to
precipitate war between this coun-
try and Mexico, and universally
vilifed President Wilson for his re.
fusal to accede to their demands
going to the extent before the last
elections, of threatening politicaI
reprisab; that right now they are
obsessed with the idea of forcing the
United States to sever its friendly
relations with England, over thu
question Of Irish secession at tn,
risk Of German victory, and end
less trouble in the future; that righ
now they are talking more of Amer
lean intervention in English affair
and Irish independence, than the,
are of loyalty to this country.
In fact we inferred that the,
were financially successful in thei
campaign of strife-breeding an,
mischief-making, yet we find on tn
editorial page Of the Western Cath
Olc Of Quincy, ILL.,, Of May the 3rC
this remarkable statement:
We need the active support of tn
Knights, and every Catholic in tn
land. The strongest Catholic paper
Of the country, WITNESS the Morn
ing Starr are in financial trouble!
Do the priests and people of Quinc
want to see the Western CGthoh
forced to the wall? Do they? Re
move the Western Catholic from it
proud position in Quincy, and wha
will you find?
The same article appeals to tn
merchants of Quincy for advertil
ing support, and states that the ps
per was forced to release its bus
ness manager because it was unabl
to pay the salary he needed.
Editor Foley seems to think tht
Catholic papers and especially tt
W. c. with its abuse and rantin
are indispensable to the nation, fo
getting that the sun might continl
to shine and peace reign on Il
! earth without them.
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THE RED CROSS DRIVE BEGINS may 2Oj

I9ASI MOTHER call is being made for funds fol
IkYAI the Red Cross Society, which will probably
LSSsl be met promptly as the American people
G1 are never known as laggards in a good
cause, especially when it lies so near the great
American heart as does the Red Cross with its
wonderful work Of relief and mercy.
Many of our readers are old enough to re-
member the dark days of the sixties of the last
century, the days that tried mems souls, and broke
the hearts of women. How, at the outbreak of
the Civil War, there was no adequate means of
relief for the wounded and suffering in either the
northern or southern armies. Army regulations
provided for the sick and wounded as far as ex-
perience and means were obtanable but were la
mentally short of both Nursing and individual
care of the suffering were left to the efforts of vol
unteers who were far too few in numbers and
generally inexperienced. Old soldiers who read
these lines will recall the misery and suffering of
those days, in which they were, perhaps, partici-
pants.
Then in the Northern states there was built
, up those wonderful organizations the Sanitary
and Christian Commissions, which with the won
derful work and influence of Clara Barton and
her associates aroused the country to the need of
relief work. Local organizations were formed
everywhere in rural as well as in urban districts
and for the first time in history organized relief
was found for the sufferers of war times From
these efforts carried forward by the labors and
influence Of Clara Barton and her co-workers, the
present American Red Cross Society was created
and, which has grown until (while each nation
ality has its Red Cross work. the American Red
Cross, is to us at least, regarded as the great
work of the world.
There is little need to write about this work al
our readers are familiar with it, and the term Rec
Cross has become part Of the English Language
as a synonym Of organized relief.
But to some features Of this work We
wish to call the attention Of our readIfs
; While the Red Cross and its work is the mos
; popular enterprise before the American people
and lies nearest its heart it is not only becalst
s of its wonderful organization, but because it il
the embodiment in concrete form of practiNa
Z christianity or humanitarian work, on world
wide scale.
Organized, Good Samaritanism on an inter
mercy, it knows neither sect nor denomination
To it the suffering are human beings no matte
whether Protestants, or Catholics, Jews, or Mo
hammedans. international, it knows no bound
aries and goes to France and Italy, Russia aac
thesBalkans as freely as it labors at home
3 The crowning glory Of this work is thata
knows no determinations and labors to relity
3 and build up humanity everywhere. Considers
rightly, it is neither more nor less than dppte
Christianity on worldwide basis. That tllfs
3 statements are truisms, we admit, but they nave
-. rs
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AMERICAS GREATEST EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL IN FURTHERANCE OF

the Holy Roman Catholic church. Is
it possible that they are going to
raise "Holy War" against the crit
les and opponents of the church? We
don't believe it, we have seen whirl-
winds and tempests in teapots before,
and they came to naught as will the
brainstorms Of the Detroit papers.
There is one possible explanation
of The Times TRADE we should men,
ton. Michigan, Detroit included,
went dry May /, and it is possible
that the editorial force of The Times
was seeing double the next day.
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Cardinal Gibbons favOrite paper,
The Baltimore Catholic Review
couldn't circulate in bone dry terri
tory if it carried liquor advertise
ments, but there is a spirit Of reci-
procity between it and rum. One
Of the favorite methods employed
is this: The Liberal Advocate, the Of
fetal organ Of the Ohio liquor mems
association, very often quotes Car
dinal Gibbons utterances in favor
of rum which appear so often in The
Baltimore Catholic Reuietc. The
question is, does it help the cardinals
paper to be so quoted? You know the
enemy reads; runs papers to see
what their open arguments are and
just what they depend upon to mould
public sentiment.
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If YOU BELIEVE.

constitutional guarantees. Every for
eigner ought to be compelled to take
a thorough course in some school
where he will be trained out Of this
intense sectarian zeal that respects
no law and institution except the
papal system. In the meantime let
the people of Milwaukee prepare to
oust every subservient papist from
public Office. Due respect to Attor-
'ney label and Judge Backus who
stand out as noble examples Of
American manhood demands that
much if nothing more.
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On the authority of Samuel S. Will
liams, president of the Ohio Gideons,
"That organization has placed $4,000
Bibles in Ohio hotels, and for the
whole nation he reported that $4,000
Bibles had been placed" AS in nc
case the Gideons asked permission OF
Catholic priest to carry on their
work, we suppose it is considered by
the priesthood and Catholic press, as
so much biogtry and disloyalty to
the nation.
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mother church was made obligatory
on all papists.
Sometimes we wonder if other
Catholic churches might not
find themselves better able to per-
form their mission free from inside
dissension if some such measures
were taken by them.
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Have you heard of the pope con-
demning the Irish hierarchy for
pledging papists to resistance of con-
scription and thus officially placing
the Romish church on record as a
traitor to England? No, and you
won'tl u
Evening star., 1918-11-10
CHAPTER XXXu.

I.utchester breathed the air of Wash
ington and felt almost homeSick. The
stateliness of the city, it's sedate and
quiescent air after the turmoil of New
York, impressed him profoundly
Everywhere it's diplomatic associa-
tions made themselves felt. Congress
was in session. and the sfaces of the
men whom he met continually in the
hotels and restaurants seemed 10 him
some index of the world power which
flung its far-reaching arms from be-
meath the Capitol dome.
one afternoon a few days after his
arrival he called at the Hastings
house. a great colonial mansion with
in a stones throw of his own head
quarters. The mention of his name,
however. seemed to chill all the hos
pitality out of the smiling face of
the southern butler who answered his
ring. Miss Van Teyi was out, and
Evening star., 1918-11-10
The New Soldier.

A N army officer said at dinner:
IA new soldier is apt to be ner.
voua. apt to make mistakes, but this
Is no sign of cowardice. ii soon
wears off
"A new soldier was having his first
experience of night duty. The pass
word was discount
"As the soldier paced back and forth
in the darkness. black figure sud-
denly bounced up before him.
Halt! Who goes there" he chat
lenged.
"'A friend, was the reply.
"'Advance friend said the new SOL
dier. Advance aud give the dis
count >"
Evening star., 1918-11-10

sell at the present moment, you'll ease
the market, and he'll lose about what
you make.
And if I decide to hold my Anglo
French?"
You'll have to provide us with about
couple Of million dollars" Van Teyl
replied, land should think you would
pretty we'll break Fischer for time:
Frankly, he's an important client, and
we don't want him broken. even tenn
porarily."
What do you want me to. do. then?"
Give US authority to SELL" Van Teyl
ping about in the office outside?
They're round me all the time like a
pack of hounds. Honestly, if / don't
sell some Anglo French before lunch
time today, they look like wrecking the
off1ce.'
Lutchester knocked the end of
cigarette thoughtfully against the side
Of his chair.
"Ail right" he decided, 81 don't want
you to suffer any inconveniences. Be
sides. l am going to Washington this
ing as long as the markets steady.
directly it sags, hold off. If necessary.
even buy a few more. You understand
me? Don't sell single block under
today,s price, Keep the market at
next week Anglo-French will go up
again."
Van Teyl was moved to a rare flash
of admiration.
he declared, considering you're not
a business man."
"Fischer's the man who'll need to
keep cool" Lutchester remarked.
lig;htti,ns ;tt1,s ,nnsn his cigarette s' What about
The stockbroker scarcely heard him.
He had struck bell, and the office
seemed suddenly filled with clerks.
Van Teyrs words were incoherent--a
tuated by slang which was, SO far as
Iutchester was concerned, unintelli-
gible. The whole place seemed to
wake into c'amor Of telephone
ng Of Ss the t ns sates ana the aG hSrred
tramp of footsteps in the corridors
outside. Lutchester rose to his feet.
He was looking very comfortable and
matter Of fact in his gray tweed suit
Perhaps" he observed pleasantly.
II am out of place here. Drop me a
line and let me know how things are
going to the Hotel Capitol at Wash
inEtor."
"That's all right" Van Teyl prom
Used. "1ll get you on the long dis
tance phone. l was Coming myself
with Pamela for few days. but this
little deal Of yours has set things
The door opened, and Fischer paus.
ed upon the threshold. Certainly of
all the people concerned, the two
spectators themselves seemed the
least moved by the excitement they
were causing. Fischer was dressed
with his usual spick-and-span neat
ness, and his appearance betrayed no
sign of furry or excitement. He nod
ded grimly to Lutchester.
my congratulations" he said. "You
seem to have rugged the press here
to some purpose"
Lutchester raised his eyebrows.
81 don't even know a newspaper
man in New York" he declared.
The newcomer gave vent to a little
gesture of derision.
"rhen you've some very clever
friends! You'd better make the most
of their offices. The German version
of the naval battle will be confirmed
and ampliflcd within twenty-four
hours. and then your Anglo French
will touch mud"
IF that is your idea" Lutchester re-
marked suavely, why buy now? Why
not walt till next week? Come" he
went on, II will have little futter
with you. II you like, Fischer. will
bet YOU five thousand dollars, and Van
Teyl here shall hold the stakes. that a