The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-04-05
ST. PATRICK'S DAY AT THE CAPITAL
Billy Sunday Tabernacle and Soldiers Home infested
by Papal-Irish


On the morning of ST. Patrick Day the Papal-Irish
gathered in ST. Patricks Roman Catholic church at Tenth
and Streets Washington ID. O., to do political stunts
under the preense of 'soemn high mass" In the papal
church where federal officials and politicians have become
well accustomed to exploit the vatican autocracy was
moderate-szed assembly of typical Roman Catholics
whose faces bore distinct outlines of the map of ould
ireland" which the pope sold to the British crown nearly
eight hundred years ago.
Right Reverend Monsignor Giovanni Bonzano, papa
delegate to the United States present. but His Em
nence Monsignor James Cardinal Gibbons was absent
probably nurturing Irish political ambitions elsewhere
Friar John Mcnamara the chief speaker at ST. Pat
rcks He pictured in characteristic papalrsh style the
imaginary slavery of ireland integral part Of the
British Empire with right to full representation in parla
ment precisely the terms with England Scotland
and Wales
But complete political liberty and enfranchsementl
afford satisfaction to these papaIrish long their
Protestant neighbors in Ulster enjoy the rights as
themselves and are permitted to enjoy religious liberty
The Sim Fen Irish demand that those Orangemen ofI
Ulster be forced under the papa yoke and compelled to
give tthe of their incomes for support Of the Church of
Rome Unless given license thus to hang their Prot
estant neghbors the yoke that Mexico and South Amer
lea and Spain and Austria Hungary have endured long,
the papaIrish bewa their lot of slavery to-
the government Of which they part and under which
they enjoy every right and every liberty accorded to any
one else.
But in the evening the Irish at the national capital
resumed their noisy political propaganda in Liberty Hut
the Billy Sunday tabernacle is called and in the
United States Soldiers Home. The hut was something
like half filed Former Senator Bailey of Texas and
others delivered speeches. The gang rent the air with
yes when resolution was read calling for Irish indie
pendence and demanding that delegates to the peace
conference urge that upon the nations assembled
make peace with the eutonic and Turkish governments
With all its wild orgy, however, this assembly fell
short Of declaring the British government thus
leaving the record that to the papa hordes that
gathered in Philadelphia last month Nevertheless the
Liberty Hut crowd scarcely inferior in noise to
Of the Irish gatherings which the police have been obliged
to dsperse in New York from time to time during the
past months.
The performance in the Soldiers Home attempted to
outdo the beautiful and patriotic entertainment given
there by the Y. M, G. A. on March 12, Among other
stage appurtenances for the performance Roman
Catholic altar which had been mprovsed for the occasion
The program consisted of Irish SONGS moving pictures
and other propaganda.
In spite of all their pernicious activity the Irish do
not yet to be making any progress with their Vi
assaults the democratic government of England
The public perfectly of the real facts and merits
of their far it may be said to have any SEM
bance of merit The world is now in no humor to help
them hang the yoke of the most banefu existing autoc
racy Ulster in lieu of the freedom that community now
enjoys.