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Catholic Direrfe
There are 17,649,324 Catholics in
the forty-eight States of the Union,
according to the 1919 edition of "The
Official Catholic Directory" published
and copyrighted .by P. J, Kenedy &
Sons of Barclay Street, New York.
With fifty-four Archdioceses and Dio
ceses making no changes in their pop
ulation statistics, with nine Dioceses
showing decreases and with thirty-1
nine Archdioceses and Dioceses show
ing increases, the net increase in the
number of Catholics over the preced
ing year amounts to 133,021.
Although this is the smallest in
crease shown in many a year, there
is no cause for alarm, for, according
to the tables of the 1919 issue, fifty
four important Archdioceses and Dio
ceses made no changes whatever in
their population figures. This does
not mean that the Archdioceses and
Dioceses in question have been at a
standstill, but simply indicates that
no new census was taken during the
unsettled conditions brought about by
the great World War. In fact, it is
pointed out that some of the most
important Archdioceses have not
changed their figures in quite a num
ber of years.
The Catholic population figures are
not, therefore, as Protestant statisti
cians sometimes intimate^ over-esti
mated or exaggerated, but on the con
trary, according to Joseph H. Meier,
who has compiled The Directory for
the past fourteen years, the figure
17,549,324 (seventeen million five hun
dred forty-nine thousand three hun
dred twenty-four) is very conservative,
and if, the "floating" Catholic popula
tion could, be recorded and if it had
been possible for every Diocese in the
country to take a new census, theCath-.
olic population figure would, accord
ing to Mr. Meier, be over 19,500,000.
During the last twenty-five years the
Church in this country has made giant
strides as is evidenced by comparing
the figures in former Directories.
Tracing back the population figure
twenty-five years it is shown that the
Increase in the number of Catholics
in the United States during the past
quarter of a century has amounted to
8,471,459.
The 1919 edition of "The Official
Catholic Directory," which is now in
the hands of the binder, appears later
than did any volume during the last
fifteen years, but the publishers as
sert that conditions were very much
upset and the continual shifting of
John D. O'Brien, who was associat
ed with his brother, Edward J. O'Brien,
in the publication of the Irish Stand
ard for a period of twenty-eight years,
died on Tuesday last at his home in
this city, 628 Fourth St. N. E., after a
protracted period of illness. The fun
eral was held on Thursday morning
at the Church of St. Anthony of Padua
of which Mr. O'Brien had been a faith
ful and devoted member.
Mr. O'Brien was born at Prescott,
Wis., in 1864, and became associated
with his brother, Edward in the pub
lication of this newspaper upon his
arrival in Minneapolis. It was as the
"North Western Standard" the new
publication had entered the Journalis
tic field on Nov. 7, 1885. The O'BrUn
brothers, upon taking over the paper,
gave it the name it still retains, The
Irish Standard, the first issue under
that name being that of April 17,1886.
Under their management the new ven
ture prospered to a degree that was
gratifying both to the owners and pat
rons.
It was because of the impairment of
the constitution of his brother that
Edward J. O'Brien disposed of the
property in 1913 to its present owners.
We reprint herewith ah excerpt from
an editorial of the Standard of Nov.
16,1918, at the beginning of its thirty
fourth year of publication:
'It will, we feel, be of interest to our
present' readers to note a few facto
connected with, the establishment of
the Standard, the first issue of which
appeared Nov. 7, 1885. It was started
by three practical printers, William
Kilday, Benjamin McNally and William
A. Malone, and had its genesis in the
first Land League and Home Rule
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Shows increase
Death of One of the
Founders of the Standard
help spelled continual delay. This,
in addition to the one .hundred and one
other obstacles, delayed the publica
tion beyond all precedent.
Adding to the figure 17,549,324,
which is the Catholic population of the
United States proper, t$e number of
Catholics in Alaska, the Canal Zone,
the Virgin Islands, Guam, the United
States possessions in Samoa, the Ha
waiian Islands, Porto Rico and in the
Philippines, it develops that there
are 26,332,650 Catholics under the pro
tection of the United States Flag.
The usual table of statistics appears
in the Kenedy publication, and accord
ing to the General Summary of the
1919 issue there are now 20,588 Catho
lic Priests in the United States. Of
these, 15,052 are Secular Clergymen
and 5,536 are Priests of Religious Ord
ers.
Other figures taken from the copy
righted Summary are as follows:
Archbishops, 14 Bishops, 97
Churches with Resident Priests,
10,460 Missions with Churches,
5,537 Seminaries, 110 Seminari
ans, 7,865 Parishes with Schools,
5,788 Children attending Paro
chial Schools, 1,633,599 Orphan
Asylums, 294 Orphans, 46,069
Homes for Aged, 116 Colleges for
Boys, 215 Academies for Girls,
674.
1—New York 3,089,266
2—Pennsylvania 1,867,000
3—Illinois 1,481.789
4—Massachusett 1,406,845
5—Ohio 866,715
6—New Jersey 746,319
7—Michigan 631,508
8—Lousiana 618,869
9—Wisconsin 592,233
10—California .. 589,000
11—Missouri "........ 538,692
12—Connecticut 523,795
13—Minnesota 483,494
14—Texas 455,339
15—Marylan 278,406
(Including District of Columbia)
16—Indiana 275,914
17—Rhode Island 275,000
18—Iowa 265,500
19—Kentucky 178,296
20—Maine 152,635
21—New Mexico 151,573
22—New Hampshire 135,600
23—Kansas 132,210
24—Nebraska 129,279
25—Colorado 113,638
26—North Dakota 105,876
27—Washington 105,836
28—Montana 103,850
movement so ably conducted by
Charles Stewart Parnell. It was be
cause of their patriotic enthusiasm in
this great enterprise, rather than as a
cold and deliberate business venture.
They foresaw indeed that success in
a financial way would be problemati
cal, but they were willing to make
sacrifices and suffer losses if their
efforts would advance the great cause
that lay so close to their hearts. Rep
resentative Irish leaders in the Twin
Cities—many of them among the clergy
—gave their hearty moral and jnateriai
support to the enterprise, and it is in
no small degree due to their sympathy
and co-operation that the little journal
istic craft was successfully launched,
and piloted safe ,over the shoals and
clear of the rocks of its dangerous
course. To these faithful and stal
wart friends, and particularly to the
clergymen of the northwest, should
be accorded a-generous share of what
ever benefit or advancement has re
sulted to the causes and' policies w»
have advocated since the first day of
publication."
Surviving Mr. O'Brien are his wife
and seven children, John F., Anastasia,
Alice, Emmet, Margaret, Mary and Ed
ward a brother, Edward J. O'Brien of
Minneapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. J.
B. Dunn, St. Cloud, and Mrs. M. Alex
andria, Stillwater.
Mr. O'Brien was a member of Divi
sion No. 1 of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians and of Sheridan Court of the
Catholic Order of Foresters. Though
incapacitated for several years from
business activities he still retained
keen interest in current public affairs
and enjoyed the visits of his friends
and associates until a short time ago.
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"All classes and kinds of peoples
in Ireland are united and determined
that Ireland shall not be alone as the
one black spot in all the world where
freedom is denied the inhabitants."
So said the Hon. Michael J. Ryan,
one of the three delegates appointed
by the Friends of Irish Freedom to
demand recognition of the Irish Re
public at the Peace Conference, on
his return from France on Sunday on
the steamship La Lorraine. His co
delegates, Frank P. Walsh and Ed
ward F. Dunne, will be here on the
Espange, about June 7.
As La Lorraine steamed past the
Statue of Liberty Mr. Ryan declared
the great mass of the Irish people
were in favor of complete seperation
and were determined to secure their
freedom. Converts to the cause are
registering in hundreds every week,
and it will be for the welfare of Eng
land as well as for Ireland, he said,
if the Irish question is settled shortly.
Of his visits to France, England
and Ireland, Mr. Ryan said:
"The day before I left Paris, May
23, I had an interview with Colonel
House. This interview followed the
presentation of a letter signed by
Messrs. Walsh, Dunne and myself, to
President Wilson, asking him to use
his good offices to secure safe con
duct from Dublin to Paris for Presi
dent De Valera, Arthur Griffith and
Count. Plunket. These men are the
chosen representatives of the Irish
people, and were authorized to speak
for them at the Peace Conference.
"ft was generally known this re
quest would be refused. It was
deemed advisable that I should re
turn to the United States anid present
to the Executive Committee of the
Friends of Irish Freedom a report of
what we had done—our successes and
disappointments—so that a detailed
plan of action to be followed here in
the future might be mapped uot.
Determined to Be Free.
"Following the proposal that we
should meet'Lloyd George, we went
to Ireland, a trip not contemplated
by us when we left America. In
Ireland. I found a degree of enthusi
asm exceeding my fondest expecta
tions. All kinds and chacacfers of
people formerly divided in political
opinions are now united in the deter
mination that Ireland shall not be
alone as the one black spot in all
the world where freedom is denied
the inhabitants.
"In leaving Ireland after twelve
days' stay there and addressing
thousands of people, I made the dec
laration which I believe to be true,
that five-sixths of the people of the
country are in favor of the Republic.
"This sentiment is to be found not
only in great cities like Dublin, Cork,
Limerick, Galway and Athlone. but in
the smaller towns and villages.
"The people turned out in masses
and along the country roads over
Which we motored, the farmers and
laborers lined up along the banks and
cheered. At night, especially as our
visit was drawing to a close and we
were going from Athlone to Galway,
the fires were lighted on hundreds of
hills till the whole country seemed
to be Jlblaze.
"The people were so enthusiastic
over our visit that they listened at
tentively to our addresses even when
we spoke for hours in the pouring
rain as early as 12:30 a.
"In Belfast, where we had been
especially asked to go by Sir William
Wiseman, representing Lloyd George,
we found intense enthusiasm in the
throngs that greeted us.
"Whatever else may or may not
be reported by us as delegates, this
message we. can bring back to Am
erica, and that is that the Irish peo
ple are determined to secure their
liberty.
made the plea over there that
it would be for the welfare of Eng
land as well as for Ireland, that the
Irish question be settled.
"Surely the manhood of America
cannot believe there is an honest
settlement of the great troubles
causing this world war,, if the troubles
of Poland, of Jugo Slavonia, of
Czecho-Slovakia, of Ukrainia, of Lithu
ania and others is silent, and of whose
location the school geographies give
no trace, are given freedom, and Ire
land, one of the oldest of the Nations
and the most dauntless and persistent
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of all people in their quest for liberty
refused.
Prisoners All Political.
"No treaty ought to be ratified by
the Senate of the United States that
will rivet more securely the chains
on Ireland and make Great Britain
the super-lord of the earth. Of course,
the people of Ireland believe in the
high ideals enunciated prior to the
war, during the war and since the war
by PfeBident Wilson and accepted by
Great Britain.
"The touchstone of the truth of all
these professions is Ireland, and no
subject people has made the sacri
fices that Ireland has made and per
formed the deeds that Ireland's sons
have performed to win the victory for
America."
Asked If there was any real founda
tion for the cabled reports of riots
and law breaking in Ireland, if the
Sinn Fein was growing in strength,
and for information as to economical
conditions in Ireland, Mr. Ryan said:
"The Jails in Ireland are free of
prisoners except for men committeed
for political offenses. These offenses
consisted in the main of addressing
meetings and of singing the Soldier's
Song, which seems to have become a
sort of national anthem.
"It is true that during the last
year or more four policemen were
shot and that ten civilians were shot
by policemen, but even including
these incidents it is safe to say there
are more crimes—real crimes against
persons and "property—committed in
a week in the large American cities
than will be found in the whole of
Ireland in a year.
"T^^Msfcf-Jieople. are compartive
ly prosperous n8w. In fact, they
have more than they ever had. Food
is abundant. Taxes, of course, as in
England, are exceedingly heavy, but
generally there is prosperity, due to
the fact that Ireland, next to the
United States, has been the chief
source of food supply for Great Brit
ain.
"The industry of Ireland made
possible large crops, without which
England would not have been fed.
Fair prices for the food was paid,
although the price was, fixed by the
English Government' and was lower
than that paid by England for Amer
ican products.
"The strength of the Sinn Fein or
Republican party is increasing daily,
and one of the latest converts is
Captain Robert Barton, well known
in America, owner of a lage estate
at Glendalough. He was a captain
in the British Army and took part
on the English side in the Easter
Week Rebellion.
"He was one of those in charge of
De Valera, and the splendor of the
intellect' of men like De Valera,
Count Plunket, and Arthur- Griffith
and others maide him inquire into the
cause that could make men face
death with such wonderful courage.'
"He resigned his commission and
threw in his fortune with his own
people. He is a splendid type of cul
tured Irishman and I think typifies
this new kind of yo(ung men who
have answered in hundreds of thou
sands the call of their country. They
regard death with as little fear as I
do giving this interview.
"All classes of people, merchants,
managers of industries that yet re
main in the island, are eager for a
settlement, and there should be no
doubt the race that gives great lead
ers of industry to pther lands will be
capable of moulding its own future if
permitted to do so unfettered by the
rule of a Government against'which
four-fifths of the people protest."
DOUGHNUT HOLES LEFT
IN GERMANY.
Six full-grown doughnuts are handed
to every soldier as he boards a train
leaving Germany for an embarkation
point. Of course, he has other things
to carry but he never refuses the
doughnuts and usually, by the time
the train pulls out there's nothing left
of the delicious bit of American
pastry" except the holes. The Knights
of Columbus, at Coblenz, maintain a
plant with a capacity of 50,000 dough
nuts daily.
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(By Martin Rowan).
When jurisdiction reaches the stage
that its legality is no longer recog
nized its authority become a farce.
When Government arrives at that
point in its career, when its enact
ments are no longer in thfe Interests of
the people, of whose welfare it is sup
posedly the guardian, its laws be
come criminal. Furthermore when
Government drdains that the citizens
of a country follow a path of compul
sion rather than choice its sovereign
ty becomes despotic. When this stage
is reached in the affairs of a nation,
when this climax of governmental
duplicity, treachery and robbery has
been reached it is incumbent on the
citizens to assemble and demand that
such a constitution be dissolved and if
despots refuse to bow to the will of
the people then it is the duty of the
people by every means at their com
mand, to compel tyrants to depart.
English rule in Ireland today is a
farce. Of course it has been a farce
for the past seven centuries, but to
day it is absolutely ridiculous—were
it not that its enactments are fraught
with such disaster to the populace.
Men go forth and sing national songs
for example, "Who fears to ppeak of
98," songs which show the soul of the
Gael in his hour of misfortuhe with
his eye ever on the horizon of free
dom. This is a crime against the gov
ernment of His Imperial Majesty,
George the Fifth. Let us, however,
not deal harshly with George, for the
fellow is but a tool in the l^ands of
the autocrats of England. He is paid
a salary, his relations away back to
the three hundred and thirty-second
degree of kindred, are pensioned,
therefore he adopts the line of
least resistance, and the only
role he plays nowadays is that of hand
shaker to returned soldiers. The
Irishman who sings a patriotic song
is taken before a judge and, mark you,
tried for treason. The so-called offen
der is placed in the dock, announces'
that he does not recognize British
law in Ireland and then devotes his at
tention to the reading of a volume of
romance, or else coolly goes to sleep,
while the judge with contorted coun
tenance pronounces maledictions on
the heads of traitors. The prisoner is
aroused to be informed that lie is sen
tenced to six months in goal with hard
labor. The prisoner smiles, lie is
taken to prison. He goes on hunger
strike. British law has murdered so
many Irishmen jn prison that British
minions are getting afraid of proceed
ing with this systematic murder—
lest it might create a "grave situation"
Hon. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of
the American delegation that went
to Paris to plead the cause of Ire
land, has sent a bundle of clippings
from the leading English papers, to
Justice Cohalan. That both Mr.
Lansing and Lloyd George had
dodged the issue of Irish indepen
dence is shown by the clippings. Said
Justice Cohalan:
"The trend of the British press not
only shows that England fears to pre
sent her case to the Peace Table, but
the English papers themselves prove
beyond a doubt that Ireland is held
in subjection by brute force—by bay
onets leveled at the heads of the
people—while England talks of the
freedom of small nations.
"Messrs. Walsh, Dunne and Ryan,
men of learning, distinguished in the
communities in which they live, are
referred to as the 'three particular
rebels," disciples of the Clan-na-Gael,
etc. The American delegates are en
joying the situation immensely. The
English press is in convulsions, and
England never hollers until she is
hurt."
The London Post declares that the
visit to Ireland is "a cause of much
embarrassment to the Irish executive."
The Post avers that the "British Gov
ernment cannot entertain for an In-
Recognition o]
The Irish Republic
British Press Aroused
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at the Peace Conference. Inside of a
week the prisoner is either released
or has dug his way out of prison.
There you are. This is the power of
British law in Ireland today.
Who can say that the enactments
of British Government are in th.e in
terests of Ireland? Industries destroy
ed, resources undeveloped, education
strangled, commerce a non-entity, ge
nius exiled, this has been the history
of Ireland for three hundred years.
Every crime ever committed in any
part of the civilized or uncivilized
world, has been perpetrated in Ire
land under British Government.
Crimes too horrible to be perpetrated
in any part of the civilized or uncivil
ized globe have been perpetrated in
Ireland in the name of English law
and order. The other powerful nations
of the earth have looked on for seven
hundred dreary years and have allow
ed Ireland to sail down the Waterfall
of Destruction—a ship without a helm,
a barge without a pilot. Yet every
one of these great nations owes Ire
land a debt which has never been re
paid—gratitude for aid in battle, for
learning and education, for enrichment
of the literary world. Still, however,
the nations have stood aloof, and, it
is only today ihat they seem to be
inclined to look upon the Irish situa
tion as one worthy of consideration,
and they do this at this late hour, be
cause they know that Ireland has pre
pared and is preparing to take her
own affairs in her own mands, to
weave her own destiny under the
green, white and orange, and apart
totally and completely from any con
nection with the bloody flag of Eng
land.
Ireland is a republic. It is our duty
to compel the world to recognize
this fact. Whether they recognize it
or not Ireland has cut loose from the
most damnable government on earth,
from the most blood-thirsty, despotic,
and tyrannical system of exploitation
in the world.
Russia, the soviet republic will rec
ognize the freedom of Ireland. The
republics of Austria and Germany will
recognize Irish independence. France
will admit that Ireland is a self-gov
erning nation. Spain and Italy, which
are very likely to be revolutionized
successfully in the near future will
recognize Ireland. Recent develop
ments in congress augur well for the
recognition of Ireland by the United
States. Then what is England going
to do? She knows full well she can
never conquer Iceland, then damn her,
she must recognize the Irish Republic.
stant," the demand for Irish freedom,
and agrees with the opinion previous
ly expressed in this country by Justice
Cohalan, that Lloyd George never in
tended to meet the delegates. "He
was thinking only of some means of
refusing recognition to President De
Valera without offending Irish Ameri
can opinion."
The London Post is disgusted with
"the lawless proceedings," which per
mitted a public procession and recep
tion for the American delegates on
their arrival in Dublin. "What is the
governing, authority in Ireland," it
gasps: "Is it the Dail Eireann or Dub
lin dastle?"
"That Lloyd George should have
toyed with
thiB
rebels," does not surprise the London
Graphic. The Graphic editorially
opines that "Ireland is full of money,
but there Is no confidence." So, in
order that Great Britain may get the
money, "the particular group of reb
els," are asked to go home!
The London Daily Telegraph de
clares that "no one in Ireland or prac
tically no one who has any substantial
support," Is asking for Home Rule
absolute freedom is demanded. Labor
troubles and general unrest is the or
der of the day, and "Limerick and Tlp
perary complain bitterly of the loss of
business consequent upon the procla
mation of their districts as military
areas."
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