Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-21

Senator Sherman Sees Catholic DOM
ination Of Nations League.

that the league Of nations may end the
separation of the church and state and
bring the civilized world under the
domination Of the vatican was given In
the senate by Senator Sherman. repub-
lican. of Illinois, who declared the Ro-
man Catholic church would be repre-
scented by twenty -four votes out OF
forty five.
From an early age" said the Illinois
senator. the occupants OF the vatican
have believed in the inherent right OF
papal authority TO administer civil
government. 1t is with the utmost re-
gret I fail to find recorded in the
course of papal claims of later days
any remuneration or disavowal of tho
doctrine. SO far as a layman can dis
cover the vatican still believes 1t ought
and would if the power permitted. as
sumo to ! administer ecclesiastical md
civil government as it's joint, eXc'- - e
and paramount power.
Il am not of that happy variety that
care nothing for history. l am com
PEELED by my habits of thought to ad :
init Its value in the affairs of men. We
can no more ignore proper precautions
with impunity and survive than the
forgotten faces Of history whose TEN :
Piles and affairs are covered with the
drifting dust of centuries.
OF the original thirty-two member
nations signatories to the proposed
league. twenty eight are christian ma
tions and four are Of other faiths, OF
these twenty eight Christian nations
seventeen are Catholic nations. either
q Datorita. or an overwhelming pye-
fbnderanca Of the popuAa ton bciug d
that religious faith. and eleven are
protestant The Catholic members are
Belgium. Bolivia. Brazil. Cuba, Ecua-
dor, France. Guatemala. Haiti Hon
duras, Italy. Nicaragua. Panama. Peru
Poland. Portugal. Uruguay and Czecho-
Slovakia. The seventeen nations will
be represented in the league in all hu-
man probability by Catholics
That church represents in Its
membership either a majority of al
most an entirety Of the several popu-
lations. The sway over those peoples
their implicit faith in the infallibility in
the head of this great religious organi-
zatlon Is supreme. II is n power for
good. I cheerfully bear witness to Its
support of stable government anC
| above all. its steady opposition to a
socialist state. disorder and bo!shevism
p! in its various forms and manifesto.
tions. But the head Of the church pro-
claims and teaches his e. infallibility
| The separation Of church and state
| might continue. The peril lies In the
claim of papal power never abjured
never disavowed. The temptation to en-.
! force that belief might break dowr
! every barrier built UP by centuries OF
struggle and sacrifice. ..
Shall the United States commit It.
self to the mercy of n power from
Shall we risk entangling ourselves anc
our posterity in the tolls we have es-
capped thru the wisdom and the warn
| inEs they left to guile us In the duties
and perils of our generation? The GOV.
enant of the league OF nations bears
| within its. folds a reactionary power
more fatal and insidious than Pruss-
| ian helmet, more dangerous than fu-
turc vans. .. -
"The states invited to accede to The
covenant of the league OF nations arc
Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway
Paraguay. Persia, Salvador, Spain
Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela
All are Christian races with the ex-
ccption of Persia. OF the twelve in.
vited Christian states seven are Cath.
olic, viz: Argentine. Chile, Colombia
Paraguay. Salvador, Spain and Yen.
ezuela, Thus twenty four OF the forty
equal votes OF the Christian nations
members Of the league. are spiritually
|. dominated by the vatican.
"'rhe vatican 'is a most earnest ad-
vocate the covenant OF the league OF
nations. On March l6 President Will
son conferred with the vatican at Rome
The pope among other things said. re-
fering to the league Of nations 'Presi-
dent Wilson put the matter so clearl,
: that nv donhts began to melt and be.
fore our interview concluded agree,
with him on the main lines Of his
PLAN - . C\cQs1s-,@
Miraculous conversation or the deer
traditional wisdom OF the holy see!"
"The greatest pontihcal diSnitar,
gives no random interviews. Neither
can we believe both the. president.
visit and the interview we're not fol
a preconceived purpose. IN
Economic Body Meets Wilson.
III TSrna al.