The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-13

Ih.N ing as the noinan
& plot to make heresy crime
punishable throughout the
nation unfolds. What Rome is strik-
ing at is the heretical Menace and Its
hereto supporters-what she IS hit
ting is every paper in the land, and
should the scheme prove successful
It will be hazardous for merchants and
agents to deal in books, papers and
pamphlets, without first submitting
each new edition TO the papal censor.
It is possible that the anti-heretic
ordinance introduced in Detroit is too
dangerous on its face to be encour-
aged by the secular press, for outside
the press Of Detroit we have failed to
see a single mention Of the Detroit
councils attempt to stop the sale OF
THE MENACE on the streets. 1t is
plainly evident that for some reason
the secular papers are denying the
demands of Rome to give this matter
the publicity she Graves. This we be-
lieve is the first part Of her scheme to
miscarry.
AT any rate without the secular
press to float the news she loses part
of the psychological effect she hoped
to gain, and it will not be so easy to
create false impression Of the pa
per as though every paper in the
country were taking orders from the
princes Of the Roman church, and
yilifying THE MENACE in true Rom
ish fashion.
The Catholic press Is acting quite
differently. It is highly jubilant,
though it is conservative in the space
Il uses. because it believes extrava-
giant use Of space would betray its
oyer-anxious attitude. 1t could just as
well consume a whole issue OF each
paper and employ all the abusive cpl
thets it dares for the matter that Is
being published is effectively exposing
how deep laid was the plot.
It was not enough that Councilman
Savage should hasten to Detroit from
Baltimore to be present when the Or
dance was introduced. His visit
in Baltimore probably had more
to do with the part OF this
scheme, which we are about to un-
cover, than anyone outside Of ne and
Cardinal Gibbons ever suspected.
We told you last week, and proved
from reliable sources, that the ordi-
nance against The MENACE was dis
cussed by. the Holy Name Society on
Sunday before the ordinance was in
troduced on Tuesday. This, in itself,
being admitted by Rome proved the
papal origin of the move even had
the gallery not been filled with
Knights of Columbus and other
props of the hierarchy who were there
TO cheer their papal aggressors. 1t
was enough if not another of the hum
dred and one tracks Of the cloven
hoof of popery had not been left un-
covered. But we are becoming i'm
pressed with the idea that this meet
inc of the Holy Name Society and
the mention of it as having been the
first to start the move was only a
sidelight turned on to give this prop
osition local color
You see it was very peculiar that so
many papists knew this ordinance was
20 be introduced and we're there ready
TO cheer for it when councilmen who
were known to be friendly to The
MENACE or tolerant of it were not
aware that such a move was contem-
plated. If it had been known in De
troit that this move was to be made
the city council would have been COM
PEELED to hold its session out Of doors
to accommodate MENACE friends. The
knights of popery present would have
been mere handful. Rome knew
this and for that reason kept still
until ready to spring the trap.
Savage, who was spending his time
in Baltimore, gave himself just suf-
ficient time to get into Detroit for the
meeting. 1t now appears that Saw
age was engineering the deal. Is it
possible that Cardinal Jim Gibbons
was helping him? Let us see.
There were, If papal figures are cor