Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-21
Face to Face With KaiseriSm
Rv LANES W GERARD
By JAMES w. GERARD

alrous bravery ~ our enemies Spaln
VAS IN reality, benefited bv the iurs
of Cuba and the Philippines. iu
fact. they we're practically lost 20
her before We entered tho wac.
Thinking Spaniards believe tho war
with America beuefitted Spain, and
the lower classes rejoice u~clufo
th"lr sons and husbands arc not
Z forced tn serve iu the Spanish army
I IN tho fcver-iadon swamps ~ tie
/ tropics
orr war Spain Il hopslcv-lv dI-
+ vid led conservative against suns"r-
INatiVe, liberal against lhsr1l The
usual Uofman propaganda v iur.
iously at work. all the uprarh'rnNln.
I bought newspapers -hrlhcs Roman
Catholic prejudice against toun". .
French governments is q great
stumhlig block in tho way of the
allies In Spain, tor that country be
came the refuge Of many orders and
/ priea's driven from France. Many
|uf the spanish Catholics Hiiil resent
p tho action Of previous French gov
igTnmvutA toward the church.
! frt whatever may be the rnult1
Of the Fornch government in this
/ particular. whether it or the teach
ling orders went too far the Roman
/ Catholics OF spain sooner or later
viii realize that after an. tho huiN
Of the French and Italian and Bel
Eian people are their co-rellFionists,
and they will recall the attempts NJ
Bismarck 10 master tho Roman
/ Catholics ~ Germany and tn bind
iia priests 10 the viii ~ tho imperial
government. attempts recent enough
| To keep the Catholics sim organized
i'm the political party which they ere
ated IN the dark days ot bismarck =
war for Civilization" nA no dared
call his contest with tho great Rom
an Catr q church
! spanish and other Catholics thru
out the world will remember this
and VIII remember. too, that from
every valley of tho Protestant EoC'
tlon df the German empire tho eye
can see "Blsmarck Thurm," or
Bismarck Memorial Tower" erect
cd on some commanding hoiRht hy
the admirers or the dead Iron chan
Icellor
Hcalthfui Outlook for Catholic
Church.
believe that after the war the
Roman Catholic church in France
and Belgium will be on healthier
Sounder basis that II will have morc
and moro Influence with the people
THAT Il will be more popular ana re-
Hpected than before, unless Homa nc,
on the part OF the pope should lead
the French and Bclgians to believe
that he fnvors Germany Priests
Iare not exempt from military ser
vice In France, and these abbos
fighting dying, suffering wounds
and privatIons, working check TO
cheek with the soldiers OF France
viii do much To bring about ne
change. | met n number OF these
priest warriors In the prison camps
OF Germany They are doing a
great work and have earned tho re-
spcct and love OF their countrymen-
their fellow prisoners.
Several OF these soldier ahbpf
were prisoners In DyretS, near Ber-
lin, and I remember how theS
wore looked up 10 by all the soldiers
what n consolation were there nohl,
warriors who fought n two-fnld win,
ming fight-for their country ant
their faith
| Spain has suffered much from th'
| war In the northeast part calle,
| Catalonia are located the manufact
| uring Industries OF Spain-Clotl
weaving, cotton spinning. etc. Ii
| Barceolna. the principal industria
| town. are many manufacturing In
| dustries. II these plants cannot oh
| tain raw materials or market 10
J ftheir finished products, then indus