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Strong British Trend Explained
1n Court Records.
DIVISION IN THE CULT INDICAT
ED BY LAWSUIT.
Formidable Array of Acousations
Against Trustees of Publishing
8ociety by John V. Dittemore.
Bigoted British Editor Dixon Grilled
%Pby Members. ..
Charges of gross extravagance
through mismanagement of the af
fairs of the Christian Science Publish
ing Society, misrepresentation of the
circulation figures of the Monitor, mis
conduct and inefficiency, are made
against the trustees of the publishing
society by John V. Dittemore in his
answer to the proceedings brought in
the Supreme court by the publishing
society trustees against the directors
of the First Church of Christ, Scien
tist, of Boston, to have determined
the. authority of the respondents in
dictating to" the petitioners, states a
recent issue of the Boston Evening
Transcript. r-
The filing of the proceedings dis
closed friction in the faith for a period
of years, not only between the parties
to this litigation, but through litiga
tion which was subsequently brought
by a church and individuals in Nash
ville, Tenn. Mr. Dittemore asserts
that the trustees of the publishing
house have sought to withdraw the
publishing society from the legitimate
control of the board of directors of
the church, thus introducing a division
in the Christian Science movement.
Mr. Dittemore replies to (he charges
in part as follows:
"The plaintiffs are not and for a
long time have not been loyal, faithful
and consistent believers in and advo
cates of the principles of Christian
Science as taught by. Mary Baker G.
Eddy in her book entitled 'Science
mid Health with Key to the Scriptures,'
and long before the filing of this bill
the plaintiffs had ceased for that rea
son to be eligible to hold the office
of trustees under the deed.
Defeat of the 8mith-Tovvner Bill Neces
sary. Cardinal Mercier on Rights of
Parents in Education.
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In the foregoing articles we have
shown the character of the Smith
Towner bill (S 5635) and its purpose
—the centralization of control of edu
cation in the hands of the Federal
government. We have also described
the character and scope of the propa
ganda conducted by the National Edu
cational Association in favor of the
project. The contention that the prop
aganda is being carried on incessantly
is borne out by the appearance in the
Detroit Free Press on May 18, and in
ether papers of an article. by Towner
himself. In confirmation of the view
held by us that private schools should
not be unduly interfered with, we
quote in pkrt an editorial from the De
troit Free Press (of April 27). In this
editorial the claim Is advanced that
there should be no undue meddling
with these schools, because in the pri
vate schools alone religious principles,
the real foundation of real patriotism,
are taught and put into practice. The
article also shows that the American
mind and public opinion is not inclined
to overlook this, valuable asset of the
private schools. We read further:
Trend of Education.
"To a great extent the present Edu
cational system, with its minimum of
required studies and its maximum of
electives, tends toward what might be
called political agnosticism. The chil
dren of the day may even be said to be
growing up to be cosmopolite atheists,
insofar at least as any national and
patriotic ideals are concerned. Just as
the catechism and the Ten Command
ments are-much less of a feature to
day than formerly in the average
child's lite, so ire such, Americanizing
creeds as the Dedaratkm of Indepen
dence, the Constitution bf the United
States, the Ordinance of 178% and oth
er great American documents growing
less and less a factor in everyday edu
cation. In these days of «o modi'
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"The plaintiffs during a long pe
riod prior to the filing of the bill had
violated their trust, and had improp
erly conducted themselves in their of
fice as trustees, in the following par
ticulars among others, to-wit:
"By misrepresenting the circulation
of the Christian Science Monitor and
selling advertising space therein by
suppression of facts as to the amount
of said circulation by discharging
old, faithful, experienced and efficient
employes, and replacing them with
personal friends of the plaintiffs who
were wholly inexperienced and incom
petent by permitting the quality of
the mechanical work of the publica
tions in their charge to deteriorate
by persistent incivility, arrogance and
abuse
at
scatter-brained thinking and living,
when even the children are allowed
to elect their studies it is well to re
call and vitalize once more those great
fundamentals embodied in the Ordin
ance of 1787 in the words:
"Religion, morality and knowledge
being necessary to good government
and the happiness of mankind, schools
and the means of education shall for
ever be encouraged.""
Text of Ordinance Mutilated.
But, to encourage does not'mean to
monopolize,—the very thing the Smith
Towner bill would ultimately bring
about. Why, we may rightly ask, does
the N. E. A. seek to veil the final ef
fect of its propaganda,—this very mon
opolization? And why does the copy of
the Educational Bill, sent out by the
N. E. A., give the words of the fam
ous Ordinance of 1787 In mutilated
form, omitting the first part of the sen
tence: "Religion, morality and knowl
ledge being necessary to good govern-^
ment and -the happiness of man
kind...."?
On the whole, one of the most seri
ous objections to th6 whole scheme
proposed by the Smith-Towner bill and:
fostered by the. N. E. A. is, that it
exalts the mission of the State far be
yond itis proper limitations and that
it grossly ignores the God-given natur
al rights of parents in the.education
of their children. It is in times like
the present, where a recognized ten
dency to abuse Stite powers and vio
late parental rights prevails, that the
accepted Christian view must, fce^eip
phnsized again and again
Cardinal Mercier on State Limitations
in Education.
against the continued
tooting of the megaphone by the
N. E. A. there should arise from the
.numerous audience a united, strong,
loudly reverberating, claim and clamor
for educational freedom and the par
ent's rights ip education. Let all liber
ty-loving Americans adopt the words
of the of Belgium, Cardinal
Therefore,
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Vol. XIV. No. 26 Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday, May 31,
power toward their employes
by spreading demoralization among
their servants and agents by acting
toward them, and especially in the dis
charging or employing of their serv
ants and agents, with' caprice and
prejudice by gross extravagance in
the management and conduct of the
business entrusted to them by the
loss of large amounts of trust funds
through mismanagement by permit
ting the London bureau of the ChriS'
tian Science Monitor to maintain an
organization entirely out of proportion,
both in size and expense, to the other
bureaus of the paper by permitting
the squandering' of large sums of
money on cable news from the Lon
don bureau, amounting to as much as
$21,000 in one month for' transmit
ting matter which was largely rewrit
).6n from the London daily papers by
using the various publications in their
charge as a means for the promotion
of views and tenets inconsistent with
And- antagonistic-to the doctrines of
said church, and by attempting to
coerce into an adoption of said views
persons applying for recognition as
practitioners of Christian Science, and
desiring to place their cards in the
columns of the Christian Science
Journal and by destroying all prac
tical correlation of management be
tween the editorial, news, distribu
tion, advertising and financial depart
ments of the Christian Science Moni
tor."
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VETERANS PAID TO
FIND JOBS 6ET THEM
Positions for 50 wounded men to
learn the Jewelry trade were offered to
thte Knights of Columbus by Joseph
Fahys of the Fahys Watch Co., 15
Maiden Lane, New York City. The men
will be given work in the Fahys' fac
tory at Sag Harbor, L. I., New York,
among attractive suroundlngs and be
paid $18 per week while they are learn
ing the trade.
The experiment being conducted by
the Knights of Columbus at the sug
gestion of Joseph C. Pelletier of Bos
ton, a member of the K. of C. war ac
tivities committee and District Attor
ney of the Hub, of paying selected ex
service men $4 per day to find wor]
for their comrades, is meeting witi
surprising success.
hunters, as it has been called, con^v
menced its drive for work in Nevr
York City early in the week, one hun
dred soldiers, sailors and marines
tid
ing
over distinct zones of the business,
industrial and mercantile sections of
the city under the direction of Peter.
W. Collins, the K. of C. employment
director.
The metf stormed various plants, es
pecially the large electrical and manu
facturing concerns. They presented
the claiins of the veterans of the Great
War for work, and the employment
managers of the big concerns respond
ed generously. On the first day out
587 jobs were found, an average of
nearly six jobs for each man. Skilled
and unskilled callings were represent
ed in the list of jobs gathered and not
one job was accepted in a concern
where disputes exists between employ
ers and employees. Jobs were found
for 100 men in a sugar refinery, 80
stenographers were accommodated, 75
saleemen ~60 clerks -50- bookkeepers,
automechanics, 6 electricians, 12 ma
chinists, 10 taifors, 20 pressmen, 10
linotype operators, and so on.
One of the job-hunters, Joseph H.
Kehoe, found a $30 job with an express
company which he took himself, so
another job-hunter was enlisted in the
flying wedge to take Kehoe's place.
Reports are not at hand for the sec
ond day's drive but it is estimated
that the K-C offensive against the no
job line will result in over 1,500 jobs
a week for ex-service men.
Chairman William J. Mulligan of K.
of C. stated the method of paying vet
erans to find jobs for other veterans
will be employed in other cities if con
tinuously successful here.
In Music, 8clehce, Art,' Literature and
the Drama the Resurgent Nation
Can Boast of Many Eminent
Names.
A List of Glorious Names.
It may be of interest to know some
of the most famous Polish men and
women. We have: Mme. Marie Cur
rie-Sklodowska, scientist and discov
erer of radium and polonium, which
last was named after her native coun
try Minkowski and Salkowski, chem
ists Laskowskl, the anatomist of Ge
neva Nencki, the bacteriologist of
Berne Kowalski, the mathematician
of Upsala John Sniadecld, the astron
omer and mathematician of European
fame, and his brother Andrew, the
chemist, physiologist and physician
Ostrorog and Majewski, sociologists
(Baudouin de Courtenay), the lin
guist Trentowski, Strove and Lutas
lawski, philosophers—the latter, the
greatest living authority and commen
tator of Plato Lelewel, the historian,
whose services to universal history
and geography, especially of the an
cient world, are recognized by all the
European schools Krasewski, the
historian and one of the most pro
lific novelists of modern times Sien
kiewicz, the widely known author of
romance and. historical novels Mich
iewicz, Slowacki,' Krasinski and Maria
Konopnlcka, the poets Modraejewska
(^Codjeska), the famous Shakespear
ean actress Jean and Edouard de
Reszka, renowned, artists and opera
Shiga's Chopin, Monsiuszko, Wie
niawskl and Paderewski, musical com
posers mad virtuosi Maejko, Semirad
sM, Kowalski, Brand and Zmnrko, the
painters these are few of the many
Polish representatives of the arts and
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Poland's Notable List of Intelectuals
Who Accuses the Order of Ad
ministering Certain "Oaths"
to Members.
The Oft-repeated Calumny Finds
Way Into a Scurrilous Italian
8heet.
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The K. of C. flying wedge of jo&jteut the Editor Must Answer for His
Malice in Court.
The Knights of Columbus of San
rancisco, through their attorneys,
jhled a complaint for criminal libel last
Thursday against. Carlo Delpino, edi
of the local Italian daily newspa
per, "La Voce del Popolo," for pub
lishing the bogus and defamatory
"oath" which the Knights are falsely,
accused of taking when initiated into
the order.
The publication of this scurrilous
and mendacious screed which origin
ated in the diseased brain of some foul
A. P. A." calumniator, cannot be at
tributed to ignorance of its libelous
character, as the famous Turner case,
prosecuted at Santa Cruz, proved that
no such "oath" ever appeared in a
Knights of Columbuu ritual, and is
just the opposite in spirit and words
of true Columbianism. As a matter
of fact the Knights take .too oaths at
all in the ordinary sense.
A Mr. Turner, editor of a Santa Crnz
paper, published the false accusation
several years ago and
waB
promptly
taken to task by the Knights of Colum
bus. The jury found against the edi
tor, and he was fined by the judge.
The court of appeals sustained the
judgment. Evidently Mr. Delpino has
some bad hours ahead of him for flip
pantly and maliciously bearing false
witness against his neighbor.
The contemptible article in queS'
tion appeared in last Tuesday's "La
Voce del Popolo," and bears on its
face its own refutation, had not even
the Masons, who have examined into
the matter, already denominated
it as spurioiis. Here is the wording
of the naBty "oatli" which has no ex-
sciences, who have carried the beacon
light of knowledge the world over.
Fahrenheit, Kant, Nietsche, Haupt
man, Przewalewski, Korolenko and
Sudermann are a'few more whom Ger
many, Austria or Russia claim as their
own, but who were either Polish de
scent, or were born on Polish soil. We
may also mention, the present general
of the Society of Jesus, Wladimirus
Ledochowski, as the representative of
Poland's Catholocity.
These names are a lasting monu
ment to Poland's civilization. They
prove, that even in bondage she had
not ceased to pour out her civilizing
influence, and that she still remains
the Poland of Copernicus and his class
mate, Martin OIkusz, the originator
of the Gregorian calendar of Vitellio
Cioleg (in the beginning of the 13th
century), who was the first to investi
gate the theory of light and of Strus
("Struthlus") the first investigator of
the action of the pulse, who was called
to Spain to save the life of Philip II,
and Turkey to attend Sulliman II.
R0BIN80N ACQUITTED
OF E8PIONAGE CHARGE
New York, May 27.—Federal Judge
I-earned Hand today directed the jury
trying Willard J. Robinson on a charge
of treason^ to find a verdict of not
guilty. This was done and the de
fendant was discharged. Robinson,
who for a time was private secretary
to Jeremiah OsLeary, recently ac
quited of charges of violating the es
pionage act, was indicted last January.
He was accused of being commis
sioned to ascertain the views of the
German government on the question
of Irish freedom on a voyage to Rot
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Criminal Libel Charge Is Brought
Against Anti-Catholic Publisher
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San Francisco Knights of Columbus
Promptly Get After a Publisher
Its
Rousing Meeting Held at
St. Paul for Irish Freedom
lstence except in the minds of anti
clerical agitators and anti-Catholic
editors who push a pen for profit:
The Libelous Quotation.
"We claim (says Delpino) that
many secular Italian societies and
non-Catholic Italian newspapers are
much more American in their spirit
and in their action than, for instance,
the above said Knights of Columbus
society, and we prove it by stating that
no Italian non-Catholic newspaper and
no Italian non-Catholic society would
sponsor such un-American sentiments
as those that are expressed in the
following excerpt from the oath ad
ministered to the members of the K.
of C., to-wit:
'That I will in voting always vote
for a K. of C. in preference to a
Protestant, especially a Mason, and
that I will leave my party so to do
that if two Catholics are on the ticket
I will satisfy myself which is the bet
ter supporter of Mother Church and
vote accordingly.
'That I will not deal with or em
ploy a Protestant if in my power to
deal with or employ a Catholic. That
1 will place Catholic girls in Protes
tant families that a weekly report
may be made of the inner movements
of the heretics.'"
This same editor is a delectable im
portation from Italy of the Ferrer typ'e
who thrive by organizing atheism to
persecute the Christian faith. They
appeal to the lowest passions of re
ligious hatred and their disciples are
the ilk of bomb-throwers who wreck
churches and recently set off an in
fernal machine in the New York
cathedral. They are breeders of Bol
shevism in its worst form as a protest
against God and Christian morality.
Such disturbers of peace and ene
mies of liberty have no place on
American soil. The American state
has succeeded in establishing here
the equality of all religions before the
law. The Catholics of the colony of
Maryland were the first to bring this
principle of religious liberty, so little
understood in Europe, to the new
world. Of course the Puritans didn't
take kindly to the idea of tolerating
Catholics, but today it is against the
spirit of America to persecute or even
discriminate against anyone on ac
count of their religious beliefs. The
European anti-clcrical coming to our
shores with his old-world prejudice
must be taught by force of law, if not
of public opinion, that he cannot carry
on his un-Christian and undemocratic
propaganda in the land of the free.
When any anti-clerical, foreign Ian
gauge demagogue begins to mislead
the people and tell lies harmful to
the good name and reputation of his
neighbor he should be brought to task
before the tribunal of justice to an
swer for his offense against public
decency and law. It is to be hoped
that the Knights of Columbus will be
able to prove that no one can malic
iously slander any organization or per
son in this city without paying for his
crime.
CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ASSO
CIATION TO MEET AT 8T.
LOU 18, JUNE 23-26.
The sixteenth annual meeting of
the Catholic Educational Association
will be held at St. Louis on June 23rd
to June 26th, 1919. The preliminary
program has been published but, at
the time of its publication, it was not
possible to announce many of the-im
portant papers and addresses that will
be presented at the meetings of the
association and its departments and
sections. A large number of the bish
ops of the country are sending official
delegates, and every Important educa
tional interest in the church in the
United States will be represented. Spe
cial meetings will be held for represen
tatives of jthe various teaching Sister
hoods.
The formal opening of the conven
tion will take place on Tuesday, June
24th, with high Mass celebrated in St
Louis Cathedral. His Grace, Most
Rev. Archbishop Glennon, will address
the members on that occasion.
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Great Audience of Representative Men
and Women of the Capitol City
Gathers to Hear the Lecture of Rev.
J. Gratten Mythen and Addresses of
Other Speakers—Splendid Enthusi
asm for Ireland's Cause Manifested
—The Principle of Self-determina
wio.i Presented With the American
Punch and Vigor—Many Races Rep
resented In 'the Huge Demonstra
tion.
St. Paul registered vehemently and
in striking numbers for Ireland's cause
at the great demonstration held at
the Auditorium on Sunday afternoon,
May 18. There was a general outpour
ing th0 citizens of the Capital city
to hear the lecture of Rev. J. rattan
Mytheh on "Ireland a Republic," as
well as the excellent addresses of oth
er eminent speakers. There was no
mistaking of the tone of approval that
was given to the arguments advanced
in behalf of Irish freedom. The sev
eral speakers were enthusiastically
greeted and applauded aB they made
their telling points in support of the
cause. Rev. Mr. Blythen had recov
ered from the physical indisposition
which he experienced at Minneapolis,
and those who attended both meet:
ings in the Twin Cities were quick to
note the increased vigor and more
cogent delivery in his St. Paul address.
It was not apparent to hiB auditors
that the eminent clergyman had ex
perienced quite a distressful attack
of illness on the day of his appear'
ance at the Auditorium meeting in
Minneapolis on Friday, May 16. But
the fact is that on thut occasion ho
was far from his usual robust Btate
of health, having suffered for many
anxious hours with a temporary ill
ness arising from the incidents of
traveling. It was only by dint of his
marvelous will power that he had mas
tered his indisposition in time to make
his appearance at the meeting, where
he spoke for more than an hour with
great energy,
In our last week's issue we present
ed Mr. Mythen's address in full, and
have received many compliments for
the careful and accurate manner of
its reproduction, as well as for the
full account of all the other features
of that wonderful demonstration.
Space did not permit but of brief men
tion of the meeting at St. Paul, which
in point of attendance and the excel
lence of the addresses and other feat
ures compared favorably with that of
the larger city.
State President T. J. Doyle of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, made the
initial address and presided at the
meeting. Following Mr. Doyle's ad
dress came that of Rev. Mr. Blythen,
whose discourse proved even more in
teresting and rousing than that of the
Minneapolis, because of the circum
stances noted above.
Former Judge John Willis then de
livered a scholarly and impressive re
view of the Irish question, that was
highly illuminating and thoroughly ap
preciated. The substance of the ad
dress was printed as an editorial i«
last week's issue of the Standard un
der the game of its distinguished au
thor. We regret that other features
of the memorable occasion have not
been forwarded to us for the publicity
which their merits deserve.
The Catholic people and Catholic
educators of the country are deter
mined to maintain their educational
work, which has been built up at the
cost of so much sacrifice, and which
has given such splendid service both
to the church and the country.
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LAN8ING 3END8 NOTE,
IRI8H AFFAIR ENDED
Paris, May 27.—Secretary Robert
Lansing has written to Frank P.
Walsh and his fellow representatives
of, Irish organizations in the United
States, advising them that it is Im
possible for the American delegates to
make any further representations to to
cure passports for Protestor DeValera
and other Irish Sinn Fein leaders to
present the Irish cause before the
peace conference. Secretary Lansing's
note states that Mr. Walsh and his
associates made speeches during their
visit in Ireland considered so offensive
by British officials that it was imf
possible for the American represents
Uvea to do anything farther.
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