The Irish standard., 1919-05-03

| Mexico, sustained IN our exile by our
faith and trust in God and by love
of our country, share the hopes and
tribulations of our people. We re.
joice in their gladness, and grieve
over their sorrows. And in obedience
to the command of our blessed Lord
and Master, Jesus Christ, in conform.
ity with the behest of His Vicar, our
Sovereign Pontiff, and dominated by
our ever vigilant solicitude for the
safety and we'll l-being of those commit.
ted to our care. we are impelled to ap.
peal to the citizens of the United
States and to the citizens of the Re.
public Of Mexico to be patient and
forbearing the one with the other, lest
the amity which just men desire to
preserve and to foster should be dis
rupted by the Vaccinations of the evil
forces that are now arrayed against
it. We desire that wise counsel
should displace all thoughts of vic.
lence in the consideration of such diff.
ferences as exist, or as may be ere.
atedy between our dear land of Mexico
and the land of our refuge Between
lands linked in a common destiny by
nature and by sentiment, free lands
intended by God to help each other in
! harmony, mutual confidence, and dis
interested friendship, in the fulfilment
of the high purposes for which He
has created them-peace, the peace of
God and the Church, should prevail.
I'VE, as representatives of the
Church which has under our leader
ship and in our persons suffered per-
secution at the hands of the Mexican
Government, appeal in our anguish,
especially to all who are bearing bur-
dens unfairly placed upon them by the
Mexican authorities. Before those
who are burdened, we would give tes-
timony Of our abiding faith in the es-
septial justice. of the Mexican people,
and our unalterable trust in the ulti-
mate triumph of all just causes placed
before the tribunal of our people, We,
homeless shepherds whose folds are
wrecked and ruined, and whose f1ocks
are scattered and sorely beset; we
who are bound in conscience to abate
no effort till the trust be fulfilled that
God gave to our care; we urge mutual
patience and forbearance, for our trust
in the Mexican people is absolute.
And proclaiming that trust before
men, shall we appeal in vain to the
fair-minded moulders of American
! opinion that they refrain from thoughts
of violence and instruct their public
in the ways of charity, and of peace
settlement of all difficulties?
I'VE appeal especially to those in
the United States who in good faith
have made our cause their own, re-
minding them that the temples of God
are the hearts of His people and that
the mission of His Church is to create
peace and goodwill among men. The
principle on which our Church is
founded will insure a peace of Justice,
for the capacity of the Mexican people
to respond to the mission of the
Church is limited only by the artificial
and temporary barriers which restrict
our functions. Finally we appeal to
the faithful in the United States and
Mexico to join us in our prayers that
God may be pleased speedily to re.
move all occasions of misunderstand-
ing between these two sovereign
States so that the American and the
Mexican peoples, each preserving it's
own sovereignty, may dwell together
in perfect peace now and forever"