The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-08-23

r. ri RlEST FOLE1S western Catholic, OF
I1TI August l, contains an editorial ''There Is
LII No Peace" which, rightly understood,
e%sA tells why there is no peace.
Foley says: ''The world is not peaceful be-
cause it has not made peace with God" To un-
derstaAd what he means by that declaration,
read the following entire paragraph from the
same article:
The sovereignty of peoples established but the
preme sovereignty Of God not recognized Statesmen,
rulers great and small invited the conference but
not the Prince of Peace in the person Of His Vicar
League Of Nations safeguard the freedom of states
formed Nothing provided to safeguard from aggres
sion the rights and freedom of the church. society higher
than the state The Versailles treaty was made by the
world and to the world it must look for enforcement It
has not called God for assistance and without that
sstance the world can do nothing
1t is evident from the foregoing that what
Foley means when he talks or writes about maxi
ing peace with God is not making peace with
God but with Gods alleged vicar, the pope of
Rome
War and rumOrs Of war persist because the
world has not made peace with Pope Benedict.
So says Foley, and there is too much truth in it
for comfort, since 1t is the policy of the papal
system to prevent peace until its own interests
are served and its own claims satisfied.
The position of Rome and its pope is prac-
tically the same as that of imperial Germany
er are disposed of, but popery and its ecclesi.
astical power remain to continue the strife in
the name of Sim Feinisln.
Note also the FOleyism that the church (the
Roman Catholic sO-called church, of course) is a
society higher than the, state" Now put all
this together with the concluding declaration
that without the assistance of God the world
can do nothing, remembering as you must that,
according to Foley and all the priests, the as
sistance of God means the assistance of His al
legged vicar, the pOpe and you have the present,
past, and permanent attitude of Rome toward
the world it would control.
The sovereignty of peoples was established
by the peace conference, but the supreme sOver-
eighty Of the pope was not recognized. States
men, rulers, great and small were invited to the
peace conference, but not the pope who poses
as Vicar of the Prince of Peace. Nothing was
provided to safeguard the Roman Catholic So
called church which is society higher than the
states and nations. The Versailles treaty has
not called on the pope for assistance and without
that assistance the world can do nothing.
Such is the position of Rome in regard to
the world and the peace it desires. Rome de-
mands that the nations come to its pope for as
sistance in settling world difficulties. The ma
ti0ns must recognize the superiority of Rome as
a society superior to the states. They must
hereafter invite the papal wear Oh G0d TO the
principal place in their deliberations; and the
pOpe's supreme sovereignty must be recognized.
The world is unwilling to do what the papacy
demands, and the war cOntinues--n0t as a neces-
sary and logical consequence, but because Rome
so wills. The leading and most aggressive of all
that prevents peace is the Irish Sim Fein which
is composed Of Roman Catholics led by priests
and other papal agents.
Elsewhere in the same article Priest Foley
says: "Ireland may be the wrench thrown into
the machinery trying to grind out a world
peace" 1t viii be that monkey wrench il it can
develop enough turbulence in Ireland and else
where to break up the peace machinery. For
such is the intention.
This is not the first time the threats made
by Foley have been uttered by priests and pre-
lates of Rome. Cardinal Manning declared many
years before the war that the pope's claims
would have to be settled to his satisfaction or
war would result; and 1t has been common
throughout and since the war for papist publica-
tiOns to say that there can be no peace until the
vatican and Irish questions are settled.
Not only has Ireland declared war against
England to obtain Independence: Rome has de-
clared war against the world to establish papal
supremacy. And, even as Ireland is intent on
causing the United States to espOuse its cause
and fight Its war against Great Britain, so Rome