The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-08-31
man secretary Of foreign affairs and
former German minister to Peking.
KAIsER's CHANCE IN CHINA

former German minister to Peking.
KAIsER's CHANCE IN CHINA
No corner of the world is exempt
from German propaganda and none
but persons of gross ignorance will
declare otherwise. 1t is equally
true that vatican propaganda is also
omnipresent. 1t is quite evident
that Germany planned, and the
vatican consented, that one minis
ter, and he a representative of the
vatican, should attend to both papal
and German interests in China; a !
country which has taken its official
stand with the allies and severed
relations with Germany. This dec
laration is made after careful study !
of the case and q close observation
of the garbled press reports Of
events leading to and connected
with China's refusal to accept
Petrelli; which, no doubt, was
largely due to information fur
nished by France.
1t is also worthy of note that it
is not customary for national ad-
ministrations to take action on such
important matters as refusing min
listers to their governments on the
word of other nations, so China
must have had some pretty strong
convictions along this line. The
papal press for many weeks has
been ranting about this and that in
cident in the international rela-
tons of nations and local conditions
in the nations themselves as indi-
eating a reapproachment of inter-
national dependence upon the "di-
plomacy" and guidance of the
vatican.
A POLITICAL OFFENSIVE
This has been inspired by Rome's
ardent desire to- get in the victory
band wagon with the allies and her
"friendly' advances have been made
in the hope that at least the people
of the various allied nations, if not
the governments, would begin To
look with favor on the demands Of
Rome for an extension of political
activity.
They have gone so far as to pre-
dict that there would probably be
o resumption of the old relations
between France and the vatican.
This was probably based solely on
the circulation of a petition among
the papists in France who favor
q union of the French government
with the papal church because the
hierarchy orders them to favor it
The papal press has been full Of
this dope on France and trying tc
make it appear that Rome is getting
to be the whole show in that coun.
try. We refused to drink the papa
slop and ignored the rawlings Of the
priest-editors because we knew
there was not chance of the
French government, as now consti,
tuted, of ever looking favorably
upon union of church and state
especially when that union meant
resumption Of the old relations with
the vatican. .
Then there were columns Of stuff
about the Prince Of Wales and hi
significant" visit to the vatican
and his audience with the 'hol,
father This was played up il
connection with inferenoes abou
England's envoy to the vatican am
} was interpreted as tho forerunne
Of very important events connected
with the relations that might exis
! in future between England and tn
3 holy see. This, too, we ignored TO
) England was having bitter expert
ences with vatican emissaries il
, Ireland at the time, and 1t was eas,
: TO see the drift Of this papal gal
fest.
!, THE ATTAINMENT
! All this was followed by the vat
? leans success In efecting an agree
ment with the Chinese goyernmen
whereby Rome was to send 9 min