The sun., 1919-06-21
Sherman Says Catholics Will
Dominate World Under
Covenant.
ATTACKS VATICAN STAND
Illinois Man Charges Benedict
Leaned Toward Teutons
in War.
Special DespescA to TIE son.

'"oh ttiuI htuhhiHeut Ot the ehittouuSe-
ment be\ made 10 the Senate yesterday
delivered q speech to-day on the infiu-
ence Of the Vatican in the League Of
Nations. There was q prompt reply by
Mr. Ashurst IAris.). who deprecated
bringing the religious question into the
discussion. An animated eolioquy en-
sued between Mr.. Ashurst and Mr.. Reed
tMo,) which did not deal with the re-
iisious aspects. but with the obligations
America would undertake. under the
League. 10 police the Old World.
Mr.. Sherman said he checrfully bore
witness to the Catholic church's support
Of stable government and opposition to
q sociaiistic state. .,.
Il believe" he said, at IL one az the
greatest agencies in the world 10 meet
these sinister influences Disintegrat ng
Socialism and It's opponents rscosniss
the solid rock OF Roman cathoiicisrn as
q barrier In their way. The sanctity Of
the family relation. the elemental rights
OF life and property and the necessity
OF stable government have no sturdier
supporters among the churches Of the
modern world.
IF II were not for the belief Of the
Vatican In the wisdom Of its temporal
supremacy over the same government
that safeguards life and property ~ well
as ecclesiastical and civil liberty there
could be none OF this criticism ! make
Of the league. The head OF the church
proclaims and teaches his infailibiiity.
Il Is traditional and historic"
The Senator proceeded to analyss the
list Of nations making up the league.
Seventeen OF the original and seven OF
the invited nations are cathoiics," be
said. Therefore twenty-four Of thu
forty equal votes of the Christian ma
tons. members Of the league. are spiritu-
ally dominated by the Vatican.
I'm these circumstances may We not
well hesitate in voting the United States
into the league when II becomes prac-
tically impossible for US ever to with
draw?
"It is well known that the Vatican
was, prior to the war. the closest adviser
Of the late Emperor OF Austria. Francis
Joseph. t,'.-.
TT will Be recalled that during the
war when the Central Powers began to
suffer reverses suggested mediation came
from the Vatican. II was understood
at the time to be inspired by Austrian
solicitation. II mediation had taken
place then. in the light Of what is now
occurring. we know II would have left
Austria with hor territory intact and
Germany secure in the greater part OF
her conquest and plumber with no ex-
acted indemnity.
He Quotes the Pope.
ION March ls. 1919. President Wilson
conferred with the Vatican at Rome. The
report Of the interview 10 published In
the ConoressIonaI Record of May 70. The
Pope among other things said referring
to the League OF Nations:
President Wilson put the matter 20
clearly that my doubts began TO melt
and before our interview closed ! agreed
with him on the main lines of his plan
The President struck me as being far
more interested IN his League Of Nations
than In nxins the frontiers Of the newly
created states
Miraculous conversion or the deep,
traditional wisdom Of the Holy See,
which? The great Pontincai diEnitary
gives no random interviews. Neither
can we believe both the Presidents visit
and the interview were not for a pre-
conceived purpose. II reveals, too. our
absent President as making the League
Of Nations the paramount purpose OF
his presence at the peace table"
Ashurst Answers.
Senator Ashurst followed Mr. sher.
man. declaring that:
The enemies OF the League Of Ma
tons have reached the bottom OF the
pit OF restitution when seeking arsu-
mepts to menace VI with church control
First we were threatened that the league
would be controlled by kings and en-
perors. Then the menace OF control by
the negro race was held before US. Tho
Senator from Illinois Is not a man OF
vision, but = man seeing visions"
There has not been q world war since
the Napoleonic era" Senator Reed (Mo.)
said There have been many small
wars, four or Ave OF considerable magni-
tude. But no world war within this CEN
tury. Now with Germany PROSTATE.
with Austria disnantled, why prophecy
that we must have the league or there
will be incessant and inveterste war;"
The question is." replied Mr.. Ashurst
shall we permit the horrors of this war
to pass and not make effort 10 prevent
their repetition In future? Christianity
and civilization. repeatedly have mar
rowly escaped in the last twenty CEN
turtles Shall they be always thus ex-
posed7 When the armistice was signed
the millions OF freedoms soldiers wiped
the blood and perspiration from their
brows and demanded that n new bull
wark be set up TO protect the world
against a repetition OF this thing"
81 have heard with interest the SenA-
tors beautifully phrased statement Of
what the soldiers OF freedom have de-
Nmanded." interposed Senator Reed. but
I ask who has the right to say what the
American soldier 10 demandingT'
1T have talked with perhaps 500 re-
turned American soldiers" rstorted MI
Ashurst. land they all agree that they
want no moro war"
"Do they want America TO undertake
the business OF policing Europe"
ct am tired of this iteration and reit-
Grafton about policing Europe" replied
Mr.. Ashurst. 'on one corner Of q great
square In Washington stands a statue OF
Baron Won Steuben. raised in honor OF
his services In our war for freedom. Did
he night for himself alone or for others
On another corner of that square is a
statue OF RochAmbeau; on another of
Lafayette, and on yet another OF kosci-
usio They did not fight for them
selves, but for Others The towering
monument of Washington testihes our
conviction that he fought. not for him
self but for otherA Who more than
America should night for the freedom Of
all the worid-of ourselves and all men
IN the worldT "t
Senator Wash (Mon.) asked what Mr..
Reed meant by policing Europe.
1T call attention 20 Article X, in
which the member nations undertake
mutually TO guarantee one another's SOW
ereiGnty and territorial integrity. The
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