Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1919-02-05
POLITICAL Unrest DUE TO RoMaNISSH.
Chaotic Conditions Prevailing in FOREIGN
Lanes Due to Church's Attempt to Control.


Lanes Due to Church's Attempt to Control
Political unrest seems to be
rampant throughout all portions
of the earth where governments IS
are not yet sufficiently able tc
cope with all forms OF intrigue.
The blame for th4s unsettled cot
ditiou would have been lad a
the door o. German propagandlst
six months ago Today many
wonder what is keeping it alive,
In The first place it is not Ger
man propaganda. Nearly all of
it is designed, somewhere along
the line, to end in victory tor the
papal church.
In Portugal the old church has
not cea ed her intr CUES since the
republic came into being. Papai
followers are taking advantage
of the recent assassination of the
''self inducted" president of the
republic and using it as a pre-
text jail and persecute innocent
Freemasons. It is jailing not
only the Freemasons but all liber
ais upon the flim>iest pretexts.
Freemasons as individuals in all
countries are known to be I'm
swcverius supporters of republic.
an forms OF government.
Popery is desirous of over
throwing aud nullifying such
tendencies toward democracy,
particularly when II is real de-
mocracy aud separates cnurch
and state The latest from Por,
tugal tells of an uprising seek
ing to restore the former king to
the throre.
In Poland popery is playing a
master ban1 in her effort 10 1nake
dominant those forces which
will bring about a union of the
new state with the Roman
church. Internal strife even to
bloodshed is the order of the day
and tn ; allied governments seem
to be waiting to see whether the
church unionlsts or the real de-
molrats will win.
In Spain opposition to the as
pirations of the Catalonians
threatens to bring ca similar
trouble. The Catalonians want
freedom from the old Churcn's
sway. The crown seems to favor
the other side because to allow
the Catalorians the reforms they
seek would plunge the empire ii
t. discussion and agitation over
the question that would augur
i'll FOR continued dominance from
the vatican.
In b exico, we are informed by
the press, a hand bill is being
circulated urging death to Car
rauza and other Mexican liberals
/: is signed the "Nexlcan Bol.
ST. ev1sts." Yet tu1 world knows
til at no Sci OF people alive today
desire Ca-ranza death more
THIN do the ardent pap1sts deter
m ned to restore the papal
ch 1rch to the ascendency over
civil authority. Ever since Car
rarza was recognized by this gov
ernulent popery has used every
ar,ifice at her command in al at
tempt to embroil the two repub-
lie in war. Not the least of her
arguments has been a campaign
of fake press reports on brutal
tire tmeut Of NUNS.
What part papists played in
cri es that recently resulted in
the assassination of Carl Lieb-
knetch, of Germany, can not be
sta ed with exactnes at this
time, 1t is certain that only by
po} >.ry's connivance- could the
old church be dethroned as she
has been by the socialists govern
me in Bavaria and it remains
to lie seen just what capital she
EXP cts to make out of it ard how
she will use and urge extreme
me: ures against her to over
thrg>y eXist irg order to her own