Evening journal., 1919-12-09
.K.OF C.ISPRESENTED
CARDINALS PICTURE.
Santa Maria Council Given
Portrait by Former SEN
ator Salisbury
DID HUNS KILL MEN
WOUNDED HE ASKS

NiNtN Aaoh hichtt MHNu Aut ilNA a. -
! Senator Willard Salisbury presented
santa Maria Council, No. 1875. OF the
order. with a portrait OF Cardinal Mer-
cier, the heroic Belgian prelale Sena-
1 tor Salisbury made the presentation at
4 the h. Of G.. Hall. In West street. near
! Tenth. before a gathering OF 500
! knights and invited guests. Santa Maria
Council sent 1915 members to war, Of
whom three gave their lives.
/ In introducing the former Senator TO
! the assemblage. the Rev. Father James
+ NJ. Grant, chaplain OF Santa Maria
Council, and also in the ETpedltlonlry
D Forces. said n the report were true
that the administration at Washington
was thinking OF making Mr.. salisbury
/ the next ambassador 10 Italy, % was 10
be congratulated. There is no one who
could better nh the position in the
/ Eternal City or Rome and the fountain
head OF CathOlicity than the Hon VII
| lard salisbury" said Father Grant
The Senator gave a most interesting
narrative Of his journey with Mrs.
; Salisbury through devastated France,
into Germany. and thence TO Belgium.
where he met Cardinal Mercier in per
son. The Cardinal presented the for
mer Senator with an autographed
/ photograph OF himself. which Mr..
salisbury displayed last night While
/ I'm Brussels the Senator bought the
large portrait Of the Cardinal he pre-
sented 10 the Knights. 10 shows the
prelate in his robes OF ofllce holding
| back the hordes Of Huns and spreading
/ his protecting mantle over the Belgian
people.
| Mr.. salisbury told numerous snec-
dotes of amusing and serious nature TO
{ illustrate the conditions in the European
} countries he visited, and painted a dark
picture OF German savagery and bru-
, tality as shown by the devastation
wrought by them.
/ 4 new feature brought out by the
3 former senator was the question::
! What became Of the mutilated men OF
1 the German armiesq" All the time he
( was I'm Germany, he said, he did not
see a mutilaied man, yet there were
/ thousands 10 be seen in France and
/ Belgium and England. can Il be true"
/ he asked, that the Germans were so
carried away by the barbarlc savagery
as 20 do away with men who fell
]
them in battle2 Does the absence OF
mutilated men in Germany signify that
they went the way OF the asparagus
stack as those bundles OF cOrpses,
bound together in fours, were known
lt was these bundles OF corpses which
gave rise TO reports during the war that
the Huns were burning bodies 20 OBJ
tain the fats from them for home con-
sumption.
In closing Mr.. Salisbury highly
praised the bravery displayed by the
Belgians, who really saved Paris from
/ invasion in the first onrush Of the Hun
/ hordes in 1914, and expressed his pleas
ure at the cordial welcome extended
Cardinal Mercler on the latters recent
visit 10 the United States.
"YOu cannot conceive my feelings
upon meeting this kindly gentleman,
knowing what he had done during those
/ four years in Brussels knowing how he
stood there inspiring this spirit Of tho
/ Belgiums by his flaming words, raising
their patriotism and seeing that they
i did not give up IN despair, when tor
tured almost beyond belief and beyond
belief and beyond human endurance.
/ Cardinal Mercier has made an epoch I'm
/ history: he Is one Of the men intended
! TO meet. III possibly could. when I went
I 90 Europe: and it was through the
/ kindness Of your Bishop Monaghan and
/ Cardinal Gibbons that was received
Iby him In Brussels. There he stood.
/ DAYS growing into weeks. weeks into
months, and months into years, as II In
J the words Of julius Caesar. Quorum
ommnlum fortlssimi sunt Belgse,' But
Of all these, the bravest are the Bel
giums)
Cardinal Mercler, my dear friends, Is
one OF your clergy, OF whom you may
we'll be proud, but he does not belong
| to you, he belongs TO the patriots Of
/ the world, Jew, Gentle. Christian and
| Pagan, Catholic and Protestant honor
and revere him. ] am glad that my
words TO him in Brussels came true. He
was talking TO me about his proposed
| American trip and he said, Being a
churchmsn. I have some hesitation in
making a public tour OF America.
said, Your Eminence, the Catholics
will know you are a Catholic, the
| Protestants will know you are a Cath
lollo. but there will be no difference in
your reception from New York 10 san
! Francisco by Catholics or Protes-
tants'
zone OF the things that appealed TO
me particularly. was that while Cardi-
nal Meroier was in Detroit. there was In
session there a convention Of the au-
thoritles OF the church with which
, am affiliated. refer 10 the great Epis-
cOpal Convention. and there the cardi-
nal was great enough TO visit the House
Of Deputies, and they were great
enough TO receive him with acclaimed
Joy TO one OF the greatest and kindest
men OF history"
Former City Solicitor John F. Malloy
accepted the portrait IN behalf OF the
knights. saying it was appreciated.
especially for ihe spirit Of patriotism
In which Il was bestowed. Among the
guests who attended the presentation
were the Rev. Fathers James Qulgley,
Joseph A. Lee and John J. Dougherty
and John s. Resell. the banker.
John NJ. Adams, lecturer OF Santa
Maria Council. presided over the fes-
/ tivities prior TO the presentation OF the
portrait, introducing Irving easier, the
community sing leader, who sang a
solo and led the audience IN a number
OF songs, and Roy Taylor who sang two
solos. accompanied by Charles Dough-
erty at the plano. Selections were given
by the x. OF @. Orchestra and refresh
ments and cigars closed a thoroughly
profitable and entertaining session.
BROTHERHOOD ELECTS.
st. James Brotherhood, in session In
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