Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-21
SHERMAN'S ATTACK UPON HEAD
OF FAITH AROUSES lNDiGNA-
TON OF FOLLOWERS OF
CHURCH OF ROME.

against the league OF nations.
Dean Quinn, head of St COLUMBIA
parish, voicing the sentiments of o.
tawa's large Catholic population in a
communication to the Free Trader
Journal today says in protest against
the Illinois senator's TRADE:
In answer to Senator Sherman's
unwarranted explosion, published in
yesterdays issue of the Free Trader
Journal, | would like to submit the
following article from the Catholic
Messenger of Davenport, la.
DEAN QUINN.
At 1t Again.
One does not expect a great deal
Of sanity from Senator Sherman Of
Illinois. 1t is almost an insult to our
readers to comment on any action of
this gentleman. His latest outbreak
is such an insult to Catholics that we
hesitate to pass it by.
''In answer to letter from Dean
Ballantine of the University of Illinois.
requesting him TO endorse the league
Of nations, he charges that there is
danger that the Vatican become the
dominating power in the league. He
also reminds the Dean that the Pope
is reactionary and that if he domn-
ateS the league the world will go back
10 the Middle Ages. 1t would be in
teresting to ask Senator Sherman
tDTn1lpb what nlrtin1tIar tIn
Pope is going TO dominate the league
Of nations. We do not believe that
the senator would go so far as to say
that. the Pope is going to dominate the
United States. Look to Europe. Has
the Pope dominated the Tiger of
France? II is true that practically
all the people of France are Catholics
but ii is equally true that Clemenceau
is their acknowledged leader and we
have not learned hat the premier is
2 man so easily dominated, and Ger.
tainly not by the Pope. The people
Of italy are Catholics. but the Ital-
ian government is in open opposition
TO the Catholic church, The only 9th
er Catholic nations in Europe are Aus
tria and Spain. It is quite certain that
Austria will not take a leading part
in the league of nations and Spain
is only secondary power. This much
for the charge that Senator Sherman
so stupidity makes
Suppose that the Pope should have
a large influence over the league of
nations The attitude of the Vatican
throughout the war has plainly indi
Gated that the Pope knows only one
thing as between nations, and that is
justice. When appealed to by either
side that he aid them by his prayers
his constant answer was that his only
prayer was for peace. Throughout
the whole war the Vatican was abso
lutely neutral. 1t used its every eff
fort to further an honest and lasting
peace. 1t favored neither side. 1t
condemned acts of atrocity on one
side Just as quickly as it did on the
other. If Senator SHERMAN would
Judge the Vatican in the light of his
tory of two thousand years, he might
be well satisfied with the league of
nations If the Vatican did dominate
The Catholic church has always stood
for a just peace and the rights of
civilization
Few people take Senator Sherman
seriously. He certainly has not help,
ed himself or his cause by insulting
the Catholic people of the world. It
is unfortunate that d man Of his type
should occupy a seat in the greatest
deliberatiye body in the world"