The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-02-01
ROME'S BLOODY HAND
IN POLISH POLITICS
Sly Attempt to Use American Sole
diers to Fight the Battles Of
the Discredited Papacy.

People have long known there was
a missing link between the devil and
the kaiser. Current events are DEM
onstrating that popery is that miss
ing link. Particularly is it true and
recognizable to those who watch
world politics. 1t applies to the
world in general and to Poland in
particular.
Just now allied representatives in
Paris are having their difficulties in
deciding on whether to recognize as
the established governing force in
Poland a papal or non-papal fac
tion. Through The Public Ledger,
of Philadelphia, for January 18th,
Raymond c. Carroll sends out the
statement that American commits
sioners now in France are rather de-
sirous of remaining neutral. This
seems rather surprising in the light
Of recent events until all facts are
known. II few months ago our
postmaster general denied use Of the
mails to Polish papers criticizing
Rome and her agent, Paderewsk,
for trying to raise an army for the
benefit and glory Of the pope, why
shouldn't other officials Of our gov
ernment put that army, raised ac-
cording to Catholic schemes, at the
disposal Of the papists in Poland
who want to spill the blood Of all
Poles who would set up a democracy
and separate the Polish nation from
the papal church?
Since, as government, we gave
the priests and Jesuits every facility
and aid possible in crushing all op-
position to the raising Of a Polish
legion on American soil instead Of
accepting those who wanted to join
our army as Americans, why not,
as a government, see the show out
and give Rome the final lift for
which she was preparing.
1t was evident from the beginning
that talk of Poland emerging from
the war as one Of the small nations
"made safe for democracy" was
causing an unusual stir in papal cir
cles. Not because the recent Ger
man and Russian dominance of Po-
land has been so much to the liking
of the old church but for other
reasons.
!. The papal church Is so essentially
political that any change in form or
!. method of government means Soma
sort Of change affecting that church.
: Under the regimes that have hith-
erto existed the Roman church has
enjoyed an indirect tax. In other
words the union between church and
state has been very close. Popery
and its priests enjoyed the favor Of
the laws and the patronage Of pub
lie authority.
!; To change the governments might
mean an upsetting Of things that
, were, on the whole, very satisfac-
, tory. Rome cares nothing about the
freedom Of the masses. If the
church has an iron grip on the
masses, because of certain laws,
that is enough. So long as the pope
and his priests thrive and enjoy
riches what does it matter if thou
sands sweat and hundreds starve?
J Changing to a democracy is q
hazardous undertaking in any coun-
; try where popery has been the
: state church. Democracy, such as
was founded in the United States,
, separates church and state and
} puts the papal church on the same
level as all other faiths. Hence,
:, when governments are about to bf
: changed to denocracies it becomes
Rome's duty to substitute Catholic
: democracy" for the real thing.
: When the Polish masses discovered
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