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asjw v£S^»-.. «:.«® NORnntN V\ S" S&' & W *6^.*x,"ing _—^k by tti PRINTTNO AMD PUBUSHIMQ COMPANY. ••^Cv--- t'-.m to «M IM An. K» Minneapolis, MIm. PvbltoM tktartur at MtrtkuU Jobber* •MM b^torair Fliit Mhh North ul Fifth Rnti 5^%neo!ut IJOI. Trt-8tate »T ITS TKRMS PATABLB IN ADTAMCB. Oii^ ytw *1 mUI LM eopios *i® .., CHURCH CALENDAR. Week May 31—June 7. May 31—Saturday—St. Angela. June 1—Sunday—Sixth after Easter. June 2—Monday—St. Marcellinus. June 3—Tuesday—St. Clotilda. June 4—Wednesday—St. Francis Caracciolo. June 5—Thursday—St. Boniface. June 6—Friday—St. Norbert. THE TWIN CITIES AS A NORTHWEST CENTER OF IRISH ACTIVITIES. As a result of the brilliant success of the two great Minneapolis and St. Paul meetings, May 16 and 18 respectively, at whicK Rev. J. Grattan My then was the principal speaker, it has been suggested that the Twin Cities by the co-operation of the leading or ganizations promoting the cause of Irish freedom should become a center for the promotion of the cause in other cities and towns of the Northwest. p|§The campaign for the emancipation of the mother ||iland has but just begun. The door of opportunity p| is at least partially opened by reason of the present state of flux in world politics, and the future happi ness or misery of Erin depends in a large measure upon what her children in other lands may be able to do for her in the present crisis. Much has been already accomplished in the line of the advancement of the cause. The series of pub lic demonstrations that have been held in the large centers of population throughout the country, simi lar to the two recently given in the Twin Cities, have served wonderfully well to arouse American interest and sympathy with Ireland's aspirations. Hostility NJv: has weakened and apathy has given place in a meas urable degree to concern and solicitude. The Amer ican conscience has been stirred to its depths. The change of the political complexion of Con gress is opportune for Ireland's cause. There is lit tle danger that the League of Nations covenant will be adopted without a prolonged and exhaustive de bate in Washington. The political campaign of 1920 is already open, and with it will come many oppor tunities for public discussion of the Irish problem as a part of the proposed international program. In- deed, it is quite apparent that the controlling issues of the coming Presidential election will be interna tional rather than domestic ones, and the question ^h of the adjustment of Irish grievances will come nat urally and logically into the arena of American poli tics. J| In no part ofthe United States is there a better field for the fair and open discussion of this question than in the West and Northwest. The people of these sections being in a large degree dependent up on their individual efforts and merits for their liveli hood are a little farther removed from the influence of the propagandist than elsewhere. With self-reli ance as the basis of their material prosperity they have also acquired an independence of opinion and judgment on public matters that is at once note worthy and commendable. In many instances it is this western trend of popular opinipn that haj turned the scale in our national politics. 1 The tide of American sentiment is now turning in favor of Ireland, and the indications are that it will continue to set in this direction as the discus sion of the League of Nations compact proceeds in Congress, in the press and in all- public forums of debate. It is therefore the opportunity as well as the duty of friends of the cause to foster and strengthen this movement wherever and whenever it is possible to do so. The Twin Cities are the hub of the Northwest section, and from them as a center should radiate a mechanism of influence that should reach all the other communities of this section in the interest of the Irish cause. Many ways and means will suggest themselves for the accomplishment of this objective if the mat ter is taken up with the same zeal and vigor as char acterized the great meetings held in the Twin Cities. SEPARATE THE LEAGUE COVENANT FROM THE PEACE TREATY. i®*An egg can be "separated," but nobody has yet hit $ upon a successful plan of unscrambling an omelette, ""'f The League of Nations Covenant is still in the egg state, and is separable, but—After it has been cooked up into an international omelette with an ^admixture of multitudinous foreign ingredients it will defy the ingenuity of the most ingenious and 'expert political chefs to bring it back to its original, ^condition as it came from the hennery. The adop tion of the Covenant will constitute the transforma tion of the Versailles ^product into the irretrievable "omelette. With the changed political complexion of the ifnatioriM Congress the Republican opposition to the ^Covenant has decidedly stiffened. Senator Sher man, of Illinois, has introduced a resolution seelcing yiepar^tion of the Covenant from the peace treaty H^^jper:.so that each may be acted upon by the Sen severally in the procedure leading to their final ^position and the vote thereon. In the course of attack upon the Covenant the Senator indulges invective of .the administration in ^3|ie^ay^: p%e .administration of Woodrow Wilson, even $er|lbnstitutipnal forms of government, is a hy jndtetween.Ta French revolution and an Oriental History would forget the- reign of Ca- |fc& in the-excesses and follies of the American it operated und$r the League of Nations tisd. by President Wilson and" Colonel members of the Cabinet, says the Senator, t^fith Socialism, and a vast" swarm of the 's aPPointees are known tq be open and «v- ^v ^r -s v- -,- Pointing out the wide scope of the League's scope of action because of its power to deal with any mat ter affecting the peace of the world, Senator Sher man contends that the new organism is a permanent and independent government which would absorb a material part of our national sovereignty. Under Article XVI ~of the Covenant we could be forced into a state of war with one or more nations without such a declaration by Congress. If the League had existed at the time of the Amer ican revolution it "would have forbidden the sword of Lafayette to be drawn with Washington's and would have crushed the infant republic beneath the armies of George III and Louis XVI. It announces in substance to mankind that the\period of success ful revolution has drawn to a close in the world's history." Senator Sherman charges that the interlocking of the Covenant with the peace treaty was designed with the ulterior purpose of procuring votes for the support of the former that would otherwise be im possible—thus giving it the aspect of a bit of politi cal log-rolling. As the'pact now stands the two sub jects* are directly linked together in hundreds of places, and doubtless indirectly in hundreds of others. But the omelette is not yet cooked. The ingredi ents are prepared and ready for final culinary opera "on that will effect irrevocable scrambling. Before this is consummated there will be apt to be a taking of counsel that will cause serious delay. Even the separation procedure will require a period of some precious weeks of universal nervousness and trepi dation. But if. the two issues are misjoined, as American opinion is coming more and more clearly to discern, it is better to make a drastic cleavage of them at once, rather than commit the nation to a vast and intricate scheme of international policies without adequate and exhaustive study of the ma chinery of the Covenant.. It is quite obvious that in this way we shall deal with both subjects more in telligently and more thoroughly. BOLSHEVISM, LIKE HOHENZOLLERNISM, MUST WALK THE PLANK. All current signs point to the downfall of Bol shevism. It has been tried and found wanting in. Russia, and the fatal handwriting portending its col lapse has appeared on the wall. It is encircled on all sides by enemies, many of whom are the victims of its temporary ascendancy in the Muscovite realm. A structure in whose construction there is so much rotten timber cannot possibly survive the blasts of adverse criticism and must eventually fall to pieces. Dr. John A. Ryan of the. Catholic University points out a few of the political and economic de fects of Bolshevism, in a recent article in the Nation, in which he.reviews the Bolshevic Declaration of Rights and the new Russian Constitution. The fantastic and unjust principles proclaimed in these documents, he points out, are the inevitable reaction from the oppressive rule of Russian autocracy dur ing many centuries. But they are just as autocratic and anti-democratic as the regime of Czarism which they have superseded, and on a par with Hohen zollernism in respect to placing might above right. Bolshevism is Marxian Socialism in its extreme form, says Doctor Ryan. All private property in land has been abolished and the right of property in personalty ceases with the death of the owner. The State is the owner of all the land and becomes the universal heir to all personal property inasmuch as the laws of inheritance are abolished, as also the power of disposing of money, goods and chattels by will. When a man dies the State steps in and takes possession of not only the real estate he used or occupied, but also of his furniture, watch and trou sers. Under the system set forth in these two basic documents of the Bolshevik government the nation al debts are repudiated the proletariat take the places formerly occupied by the aristocrats in poli tical control merchants, professional men, clergy men and other "intellectuals" are hog-tied so far as participation in public affairs is concerned only civil marriages are recognized and these tnajr be an nulled by the petition of one or both parties and churches are without the right to own property or to enforce support from their members. These are a few of the bizarre effects of the back ward swing of the economic pendulum from the regime of the Czar autocracy. In point of orderli ness, however, the old autocracy was superior to that of the modern proletariat variety. But two wrongs do not make a right. Neither system of despotism is justifiable or defensible in the modern world. Hohenzollernism has met its well-deserved fate. Its economic and political antithesis, Bol shevism, is soon destined to walk the same plank, overboard to the sea of oblivion. Between these extremes lies the truth that will eventually prevail. WHY IS IRELAND EXCEPTED? "Whenever we see the cause of liberty threatened, we are ready to cast our lot with those whose liberty is threatened."—Woodrow Wilson to the Frencn Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. What IS liberty? Does it depend on geography, color, race, religion or the power of the oppressor 'or his friendly attitude toward us? The Irish are clamoring for liberty. They want to rule the land on which they were born, land that belotiged to them before such a thing as an English king or parliament existed. Is their demand for liberty not valid because eminently respectable Eng lishmen say that it would interfere with their plans? —Chicago Herald-Examiner. ONE STEP FROM CATHOLICISM TO RATIONALISM. A. Yes, there is I I S onjy one* step from Catholicism Rationalism. The Catholic logically accepts all or nothing^ of divine revelation. To rob the Christian of his f^ith is the aim and purpose of several power ful organizations in our midst, and their propaganda is the more pernicious because it is carried on in the name of progress and sociaf enfrncipation. The Protestant Lecky says: "Whatever is lost by Catholicism is gained by rationalism wherever the. spirit of rationalism recedes, the spirit of Cath olicism advances."—-Sunday Visitor. —. O The League of Nations Covenant would reduce the German Kriegerbund to the dimension of a little German band while the entire Austrian military force, if the comparison be pardoned, could not stand up against the ordinary city Salvation Army. "Sic transit gloria, etc/'., Si to rV IV "V LOANS made on improved real eat&te WITH OUT commission on the monthly in stallment plan. Loans are repaid |1 per month for each 9100 borrowed. Including: Interest. No renewal ex penses. Mo large Interest payments to meet. A. small sum eaeb month pays It oft. OignM lemtpin Savings & Lom 4'" Astociatioii c" mi south pouiith Remember the Flower Shop Moore Tcrvrilligcr Co. FLORISTS 5 Soutb 8eveatb Street Choice Cut Flowers and Plants Designs for all Occasions Prompt and Careful Attention Given to all Orders. Nic. 6242 MINNEAPOLIS, T. S. 36186 -MINNESOTA. J. M. GLEASOI I Funeral Dircct Ill Nin til Sr.^S. J. B. PETERSON FURNITURE—New and Used Furniture Repairing, Refinishing and upholstering. 1022 MARQUBtTB AVE. MINNEAPOLIS T. S. 33916 N.W. Nic. 1636 ?,~ *t .' ',&> ii"'i "*5 7 Good Clothes for Men, Featuring the best makes of custom Ready-for-Service Apparel Operating the largest shoe department west of Chicago stocked with good shoes for women, men and children Featuring the world's famous Stetson shoes for men and women, confined exclusively to this store for Minneapolis Pat. Pending"! HOIOI THEfDEAl Wear a Memorial Three-Color Lapel Button for the departed one. Highly indorsed by clergy. Price, 3 for SO cents. Sevien for $1.00. Mail orders given prompt at tention. Memorial Design anid Stationary Co. 305 Loeb Arcade Building MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Let Us Shoe You and You'll Let Us Show You Sweetly expressed by floral offerings. J. A. Santrizos "The Garden of Tasty Dainties" 601 Marquette 601 Hennepin Two Btores V? -V* *5*? •SIXTH"! tVMttftXSTTtLK. "Mi «r \1 1/ May 31. 1919 Gut Glass We cut it at our new store. Come and see it cut. We have ap propriate gifts for all occasions at the lowest prices. We up and cut match glass Bring sets. in your old Crystal Sjfiieialty Mfg. Co. 829 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis "N A BARGAIN Two duplexes—5-room house on corner across, from Holy Rosary Church, South High, between two car. lines, In Minneapolis. Always rented $76 monthly Income. Snap tor retired farmer.^ Also new duplex in West Minneapolis, nine miles from city, In a thriving town? Will sac rifice would consider good trade. For particulars address bilk Staadard, KLA8STM, The Artist makes a specialty of palatum umI Mcontims foe diarches. Abo de sig&er and dealer in Clwck Fani tar*. Call at studio and inmket the work. AUGUST KLAGSTAD 805 20th Ave. N. ft 3 I' I iSf •o :J & I -'-H