The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-10-19

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tion entities them.
With the secular press in the
grasp of the Roman Catholic hier-
archy, its plans and ambitions ex-
pand. 1t is mere coincidence that
in the moving picture theaters We
are now witnessing the greatest
propaganda Of deception ever spread
before the eyes of an unsuspecting
public, that during afternoon and
night, day in and day out, is Wis
ualized the exaggerated manner
with which Catholic priests bestow
benevolence and charity?
Can that be for any other pur-
pose than to create in the minds of
all moving picture patrons an i'm
preston of the Catholic cause that
not only is misleading but one to
which it is not entitled? And
does not all of this have for its ulti-
mate purpose the acquiring of
greater political power and control
of our elective and appointive Of
fees throughout the United States?
Let us not forget that no repre-
sentaives of the hierarchy have ever
expressed regret for the massacres
of Protestants in the seventeenth or
any other century; that no repre-
sentative of the hierarchy has ever
written a line in extenuation or pal
liation of the Inquisition; that
| American priests without ever hav-
ing incurred criticism or censure
from the hierarchy have publicly
declared: 1--WE have well-ordered
and efficient organizations, all at
the beck and nod of the hierarchy
and ready to do what the church
authorities tell them to do.
With these bodies Of Catholics
ready to step into the breach and
present an unbroken front to the
enemy, we may feel secure"
"They tell us that we think more
Of the church than we do Of the
United States; Of course we do.
Why, if the Government of the
United States were at war with the
church we would say tomorrow,
to hell with the government of the
United States; and if the church
and all the governments Of the
world were at war, we would say
to hell with the governments OF the
world. " Let the emperors,
let the kings and the presidents not
come into conflict with the heads
of the Catholic church " n =
The pope is the ruler of the world"
Let us not forget that Pope Bene-
dict XIV has never uttered one
word of condemnation for all the
German frightful atrocities perpet-
rated in Belgium, France and else
where in the present war; let us
not forget that Pope Benedict XIV
has decreed that all adherents to
the Catholic church shall pray once
daily "that the world war shall end
in accordance with his will" and
that one Of the ablest writer's which
Rome has ever had in this country
has said: "Undoubtedly, it is the
intention Of the pope to possess this
country. In this intention he is
aided by the Jesuits and by all the
Catholic prelates and priests"
Suppose Rome Controlled
Suppose, for illustration, con,
gress and the legislatures of every
state in the Union now were Ro.
man Catholic, where would the
United States stand in the world
conflict between liberty and au.
tocracy?
Would we be with England
France and Italy, or would we be
coerced to stand with Ireland and
give secret aid and comfort to
Germany?
Are men who have sworn theil
first allegiance to the pope Of
Rome, and whose minds are en-.
chained by ecclesiastical fanaticism
any more to be relied upon to serve
the cause Of freedom and civiliza,
tion, faithfully, in high places ol
trust than are men whose minds
have been poisoned by German
"kultur?"
Has not the hour now arrived
when Protestant citize n shi 7
throughout the United States shal
be aroused and organized; that