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CHURCH CALENDAR.
Week, June 7-14.
June 7—Saturday—St. Robert.
June 8—Sunday—Pentecost.
June 9—Monday—St. Felician.
June 10—Tuesday—St. Margaret.
June 11—Wednesday—St. Barnabas.
June 12—Thursday—St. Nazarius.
June 13—Friday—St. Anthony.
TO NEGLECT IRELAND, A BLUNDER
WORSE THAN A CRIME.
Will the political surgeons now engaged in a
major operation on the world body politic be so
stupid and negligent as to end their labors without
giving any attention to a condition of irritation and
inflammation in their patient that may reduce to
naught all that they have hoped to accomplish by
their protracted and painstaking consultations and
applications. In surgical practice it has frequently
happened that a piece of gauge, a sponge or a bit of
metal has been negligently left in the body after
the operation has been performed and the opening
sewed up, with the result -that the patient died or
suffered a relapse that necessitated a repetition of
the surgical procedure.
It is quite apparent that a blunder analogous to
this seems to be impending at the Peace Conference
in the denial of a hearing to the duly chosen repre
sentatives of Ireland. Indignantly, Mr. M. J. Ryan,
one of the Race Convention delegates, asks: "Is
Ireland to be not only enslaved but muzzled?" Had
it been the lot of Erin to have been one of the op
pressed peoples of the German, Austrian or Rus
sian empires, internal conditions being the same,
she would unquestionably now be enjoying her free
dom like Poland and the Czecho and Jugo-Slavs.
But because the despotism under which she is
groaning is of the British brand, it is not to be inter
fered with. Was it then to curb the tyranny and
autocracy of certain particular nations only that
the world war was fought, or was it against all
sugh anachronisms of government wherever found?
A plebiscite of our fighting forces on this point
woull^jjje highly interesting, Roosevelt, Jr., to the
contrary notwithstanding. If it could have been
foreseen at the time of the visit of the British emis
saries to America to secure our help that in the
event of victory as a result of our participation the
claims of Ireland would still be denied a hearing
at the peace table would not that consideration
have a vital part in reaching our decision on the
matter? If we could have foreseen the situation
with reference to Ireland as it now stands, would
we not have said to the British statesmen: "Very
well, gentlemen, if you cannot see your way clear to
have the American principles of democracy applied
to Ireland in equal measure with that of the other
repressed nations, you may go on and fight your
own battles with the Central Powers, We wish you
success, but if you desire American help, you shoulc
be willing to co-operate with us in the establish
ment of the' principles of justice and righteousness
that have been .laid down clearly and forcibly by
President Wilson." If our foresight had been as
good as our hindsight, this might well have been
-our attitude in the premises.
But now the business of peace-making and the
formulating of international policies that are intend
ed to establish permanent peace in the world, is
about to close without attention to the wrongs of
Ireland. The world's wounds are to be sewed up
while at least one dangerqus source of infection is
left within—that of the rankling Irish discontent at
British domination. Skillful and dexterous as the
political surgeons may have 6een in the perform
ances of their great operation, it is to be fearec
that no permanent cure for the world patient can
possibly be effected under these conditions. The
old or similar troubles will soon recur to the vexa
tion and embarrassment of mankind, possibly ne
cessitating a repetition of the cutting process on a
larger and more thorough scale.
As America shares in the responsibility of the
whole procedure it therefore becomes our duty to
see to it that before its close the status of Ireland
shall be fully investigated and analyzed as a po
tential cause of recurrence of world disturbance. To
fall short of this is to stultify our definite and oft
repealed counsel and expose ourselves as well as
the rest of mankind to the consequences of our neg
ligence. To neglect Ireland would be blunder,
ifwhich is often in diplomacy worse than a crime
I "STEREOTYPING THE STATUS QUO."
The effect of Article of the League of Nations
Covenant has been neatly described as an attempt
"I "to stereotype the status quo." When the "status
^iquo" in Ireland is considered this alone ought to be
a sufficient argument for the rejection of the article.
Unless the proponents of the League are able to
demonstrate that the millennium will come immedi
ately upon the adoption of the Covenant this article
i^shsrald be lifted out by the roots. If allowed to re
main It may prove the weak link that eventually
destroy the whole chain. There should be no
attentat made to set limits upon the progress of
uman|i^ 'toward freedom and democracy, and it
Iwouid^il'become this greatest and best of govern
pliients of the: world to contribute its sanction to such
hobbling instrumentality upon the onward and
•upward course of civilization.
BLUEBEARD'S PROBLEM, TOO, WAS A
DOMESTIC ONE.
Be Valera was asked if he agreed with the Eng
contention that the Irish question is a purely
domestic issue and that it is not the business of
Othiff Powers to meddle in it.
j&flash of Irish wit was the instant response:
'So was Bluebeard's, a purely domestic problem."
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DEBAUCHING OUR YOUTH.
One aspect of the scandal in high finance that has
been engaging the attention of the Hennepin Coun
ty criminal court during the past few months de
serves somewhat more consideration and comment
than it has received at the hands of both press and
public. The wrecking of fourteen banks through
the financial aeroplaning of a ruthless and unscrupu
lous Wallingford was, of course, the central item
which has riveted the eyes of officialdom as well as
the public generally. Little heed has been given to
an aspect of the affair which may continue to make
for mischief in the community for many years to
come. We refer to the wholesale and cold-blooded
debauching of the characters of several dozens of
youths of both sexes involved in the transactions
leading to the financial blow-up.
These young people were asked to sign notes
either in blank or for prodigious sums of money far
beyond their present or prospective capacity to pay,
and were assured that such signing did not involve
any liability on their part. Some of these note
makers were innocent girls employed in the officcs
of the company whose head, the principal in the
criminal transactions, directly or indirectly request
ed their signatures. The notes were signed
at least the normal duress of a possibility of losing
their positions of employment with the company
Some of them were prudent enough to demur to the
procedure until they had obtained assurance in writ
of their non-liability. Most of the worthies
)aper, however, was made by boys in tjjieir minority
who did so at the instance of a boy in the employ
ment of the company under instructions from the
)oss. These notes were signed in blank and were
afterwards filled in to pass for commercial paper
running to fabulous amounts. Between pool-games
several of these heedless and crass youngsters en
tered into obligations of thousands of dollars sim
My to stand in as "good fellows" with their chum
who was playing the role of accessory to the game
of the boss.
Some of these dummies were called to the witness
stand in the course of the trial and many of them
were bitterly repentant of-their blunder. They did
not, of course, foresee the calamitous results to
which their blind signatures had made them con
•tributors—the wreckage of the fourteen banks and
the concomitant losses to their depositors. They
knew little or nothing of the technical difference
between "accommodation"' and any other financial
paper. The best that can be said for them is that,
apparently few of them received any direct or indi
rect profit from their plunge into the field of finance.
Would it not be a wholesome lesson to these boys
and girls if every one of them was haled before the
court to receive at least a sound moral spanking at
the hands of the judges? They should be solemnly
admonished against a repetition of such heedless
stupidity, and have pointed out to them how nar^
row is their escape from criminal liability in the
affair. Such an admonition would be of benefit not
only to those involved in the present instance but
also to all the youth of the city and to the whole
community. What is spoken may be recalled, but
what is written has infinite possibilities of direful
results.
In this instance the guilty parties have not only
wrecked banks, but incidentally they have wickedly
attempted to debauch the characters of many inno
cent and unsophisticated boys and girls—an aspect
of the crime that is hardly less culpable than its
major feature.
WILL IRELAND BE A MEMBER OF LEAGUE
OF NATIONS?
Ts Ireland precluded from the possibility of enter
ing the League of Nations if tile covenant is adopted
as it now stands? In this connection an interesting
point has been raised by the French authorities.
Article Ten of the covenant has been amended, if
correctly interpreted, to open the door of such a
procedure. This view is sustained by reason of
the existence of the present' home rule act, which
stands as a duly'enacted British statute. It was
passed in 1914, but its operation was suspended os
tensibly or actually because of war conditions.
Prima facie, it purparts to give self government to
Ireland, thus fixing the status of that country in
theory at least as a nation distinct from Great Brit
ain. If such is her status, she would come neces
sarily within the scope of the Peace Conference and
would be in a similar position to that of Canada or
Australia That home rule was not actually put
into force would not alter the principle involved,
as Britain would be estopped'by her own act from
denying the status of Ireland as recognized therein.
So at the "heel of the hunt." it may be that Erin will
take a seat as one of the constituent members of
the international assembly.
This view of the matter accords with the uni
versal principles of jurisprudence as well as with
the natural justice of the situation. As a member
of the League of Nations, Ireland would thus at
least have an opportunity to have her grievances
adjudicated in the new world tribunal.
DAYS OF THE SAINTS NOT IN THE PAST.
"Lives are an example to all who know them."
There is a great field for Catholics to take their part
in the life^of the community. They have a mission
to perform. They should set an example to the
community that the ideals for which they stand
should be known and understood. The days of the
saints are not in the past. Their courageous mem
ories may be repeated in our day and in our city.
Those ideals may be lived over again in our times.
We have entered into the inheritance of those who
have lived and suffered for the Faith, and it is for
those now living to profit by the example of the past,
that.their own lives may be an example among those
with whom they live."—From Archbishop Dowl
ing's address at reception to Bishop Drumm at Des
Moines, Iowa.
THE K. OF C. TOOK NO MbNEY FROM
SOLDIERS.
(William Almon Wolff/in "Collier's".)
The Knights of Columbus haven't sold anything
to a soldier haven't taken a cent from a soldier even
as a free gift and offering of good will. They have
given away everything they sent to France, and they
have refused money, no matter how it was offered,
or why, from soldiers. They are the only relief
workers who have that particular record and, they
are mighty proud of it, although, of course, they
don't criticize any other organization that was dif
ferently planned and worked in a different way.
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The treaty ot peace mal|es England
mistress of the world.
The United States has the spiritual
satisfaction of haying won the great
est war in history after it had been
lost by the Allies but England has
the material advantage of immense
increase in territory, of the complete
and importance among the nations of
the world.
After all, everything is RELATIVE.
If we should stand still and another
nation should advance, our RELA
TIVE position would Be less than it
formerly had been.
And England's immense gains in
this war which we have won for her
makes her position relatively far
ahead of what she formerly had, not
only toward us but toward all the na
tions of the world.
In addition to this actual increase
in power and territory, and in addi
tion to this very marked relative ad
vance, as compared with other nations
which are not advanced at all or which
hav& advanced less, England has se
cured the very distinct advantage of
having eliminated by this war two of
her three great rivals.
Before the war began the only real
rivals of England were Geynany, Rns
sia and the United States.
The United States was an industrial
tions or to the possessions England
already holds in subjection.
Russia has lost a large part of her
own possessions, which have been di
vided up into small, incompetent
states of no international importance
as long as they remain disunited and
it is the policy of England to see that
these states do remain disunited.
The independence of these states is
not so much a matter of self-determi
natiori as it' is of the diplomatic deter
mination and political policy of Eng
land.
Germany is similarly subdivided,
and every effort will be made to keep
it so.,
And thus will the two immediate
rivals of England be put practically
out of existence as effective forces in
the field of industrial and commercial
endeavor as well as military impor
tance.
There remains as a rival of Eng
land, therefore, merely the United
States of America.
And while England has acquired by
tjtils war enormous advantages of ter
ritorial, commercial and political char
acter, the United States stands where
it did before the war, except for the
sacrifice of blood and treasure that it
has made*and the serious financial
burdens which it has incurred.
The RELATIVE advantage of posi
tion, therefore, is immensely in favor
of the British Empire.
We are not in the least exaggerat
ing when we state that America has
won for England the hegemony of the
world and has advanced England rela
tively far beyond the position England
occupied as compared with our o,wn
country.
It is to be hoped that England real
izes this and is properly appreciative
of it, but it is to be doubted if any
nation is ever permanently appreci
ative of sacrifices made for it by an-
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other nation, or if such a thing as
gratitude exists in international rela
rival merely, ^iot a commercial rival
to any great extent, and certainly not
a military rival.
Germany was an industrial, com
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Russia was a rival in territorial ex-
withstanding that England and Russia
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sion of helpless Persia.
The war has wholly oJiminated Rus
sia as well as Germany as a rival of
England. Russia is no longer an ob
stacle to England's territorial acquisi
tions.
The important thing for the United
States is not to expect gratitude for
its work for others in this war, or
any reward for the benefit it con
ferred upon any other nation, but to
set out now to take care of itself and
its own people as capably and con
scientiously as it can, in order that
the relative recession it has incurred
through the advancement of other na
tions shall not be long enduring, but
rather that by close attention to our
own country and our own interests,
as has been thq, established policy of
our nation in the past, we may again
advance our country to the first place
in world leadership which it occupied
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