The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

 and murder the rich.
 Slavery
 But Communism is not telling you this. It is not telling you that its philosophy is to reduce you to virtual slavery, that you will be little better than a robot, cog in the big wheel of collectivism with hardly enough to eat and oftentimes left to starve as hum dredS of thousands are starving in Russia today. It is not telling you that you will have no right to think or do, and that if you dare violate this prohibition you will probably be shot. It is not telling you that the home for which you slaved and saved for years and which is rightfully yours before God and man shall be taken from you. It is not telling you that your wife and daughters will be dragged down from the lofty posi- tion where Holy Mother Church placed them and reduced to a / piece of flesh for human desire as was in the days of Pagan Rome and is in Red Spain today. It is not telling you that your children will be taken from you like so \ many puppy dogs that are stolen from the mother dog. It is not telling you that it will destroy your churches, kill your priests. leftover and murder your nuns and do their utmost and which will be impossible, to tear Jesus Christ from your heart.
 Propaganda
 No! Communism is not telling you these things. What it is tell ing you, by means Of the cleverest propaganda that has ever em- mated from hell, through the press, the radio, the theater, the cinemaI in schools and even in universities, that you are being oppressed, that you are being ex- plotted, that you and your children are being ground into the dust of pauperism and that they have a remedy for all these ills. And what is the remedy? It is terror ism. A terrorism of pillage, or rapine and murder, annihilat ting with systematic violence all who oppose its damnable philosophy as hostile to the human race.
 This truth, gentlemen, is being exemplifled Cat this very minute) Gin Russia) where former com rades in fevolution are exterm- mating one another. And if you want further proof, then take look at war-torn Spain. What ever pretexts may be offered for conditions over there, they can all be resolved to one, namely, fight to the death between the Catholic Church and Communism. But you may object and say why then is Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany helping General Franco? At least Nazism is hostile to the Church. I answer that is not love for the Catholic Church, at least in the case of Nazi Germany, NaI Ger many is helping Franco only to save her own hide against Com munism. And don't think that Franco will follow in the footsteps of Hitler and his gang. Spain is Catholic and will always be so. Spain saved European civilization against the Saracens and it will save Christian civilization against Communism. For with its defeat in Spain the death knell of Com munism will have been sounded. Other nations, one by one, will rise up and do as Spain has done. Right here, gentlemen, I beg you not to believe the lying propa- ganda of atrocities against the Spanish Nationalists and which our newspaper correspondents in Red Spain must give else they will die violent death, accident ally on purpose. I have that from reporter who just returned from Spain.
 False Charges
 Why the false charges against the Church of her fabulous wealth when they know that the govern ment as early as 1887, conflscated all Church property. When they know that the bishops salary was in the neighborhood of five thou sand and an average secular priests salary 175.00 dollars year. Why accuse the bishops of having vast stores of government bonds, when the government de- manded that bishops invest i'll government bonds the dowries of nuns? When it was customary for Spanish nuns, like Spanish lay-Women entering marriage to bring a dowry. The dowries which religious aSpirants brought to their religious orders for their own sup port were invested in government bonds at the governments de- mand. Hence the bishops, as trustees of their dowries were obliged to possess government bonds Cat the governments com- mand). Yet they were attacked for having them. They accuse the Church of not paying taxes. answer by saying, why should the government pay taxes on its own property! ProperCy that u stole from the Church.
 Why then these and many other accusations against the Church? WHY? Because Communism knows very well that the only ob- stacle in the way of carrying out its hell-inspired philosophy is Christ's Church. There is only one enemy that Communism hates and that enemy is the Catholic Church. For this reason the Church must be destroyed. Hence the lying campaign against the Catholic Church.
 Awaking
 Thank God our own are waking up to the danger that threatens us and in view of what is taking place in Russia, Mexico and Spain; even the more sensible out cila fhA Thnpch orn OraANallV