The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-01-05

Joseph Scott, the one time star
performer on the lecture platform
for the now extinct Knights of Co
lumbus Religious Prejudice Com
mission" and whose mouthings about
prejudice" were equally as far from
suggesting the real remedy as his
thoughts were from frankly disclos-
ing the source from which prejudice
springs has donned another bonnet
and one that, no doubt, places him
in the class where he rightly belongs
more than have any of his hereto
publicly known affiliations, except his
affiliation with the knights.
He has now become President of
the Friends of Irish Freedom in Cali
fornia, having, according to the
Mtchigun Catholic for December 9Th,
been elected to that distinguished Of
flee at recent meeting in Los An
geles.
With him is a man whose senti-
ments must be acceptable to Mr..
Scott else he would have declined to
pose as president of an organization
with such man as his vice-presi.
dent. The vice-president chosen il
"Rev. P. G. Yorke," a priest editor Of
some notoriety. In MENACE Number
BIS we quoted the Sacramento, Cali
fornia Bee of April 9th, as follows
San Francisco, April "a sour
rilous attack on President Wilson,
which covered the entire front page
Of the Leader, weekly paper pub
lished here under the editorship OF
Reverend P. c. Yorke, resulted in the
issue, due to 60 out last Saturday, be.
ing barred from the mails.
"The offending editorial then was
killed, the first page filed with
other matter, and the Leader was
then allowed to 60 through the mails
The order barring the original
copies of the Leader from the mails
was issued by Postmaster Charles w.
Fay.
WILSON DECLARED "LY1No, SHALLOW
AND HYPocRITIcAL."
Reverend Yorke in the full page
editorial charged President Wilson
with conspiring for many months tc
ally the United States with England
He said the president, like the skill,
full politician that he is,' had sought
to stir the people of this country tc
a feeling Of great resentment against
Germany. He accused the president
of gaining his reelection under false
pretenses and charged him with be.
ing 'double-tongued." Other epithcts
that sprinkled the editorial included
the words: Lying, shallow and hyp.
ocritical.'
LEADER UNDER SURVEILLANCE
"The government officials in Sar
Francisco have had secret service
men watching the Office Of the Ledde,
for some days following the report
that German subjects who were un.
der suspicion frequently visited
there"
At that time we took occasion Il
remark:
"Note the last paragraph showing
that government officials in Sar
Francisco had secret service mer
watching the office of the Leader fol
lowing the report that German sub
ieots under suspicion frequently vis.
ited there"
This is the man that has now beer
found so In sympathy with the
Rome rule" "Home rule" scheme oi
Ireland's papists that he has beer
elected vice-president of the organi
zation. Our friends already know
how this movement has been aiding
Germany and how even German off,
cials themselves declared Ireland haC
proved an able ally because of The
resistance and obstruction she had Of
fered to England in her prosecution
Of the war. And, II Mr.. Yorke ii
sufficiently in sympathy with tn,
movement to be its vice-presideni
what must be the position Of Mr.
Scott, its distinguished president?
Truly Mr.. Scott Is at last identi
fed with his kind. After the wal
is over he may be out, stumping thu
country, trying to find. the cause fol
a certain reserve that people show
when they meet members and friends
Of an organization which floats {
propaganda that inspires men to act
that get them in Jail in these strenu
Gus war times. Perhaps Mr.. Scot
win discover that 1t was religious
! prejudice that caused the secret serv