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God pity us as a nation and as individuals if we
should ever become so sordid, selfish or smug .in
our possessions or spirit as to withhold our sym
pathy and help from those who are making the same
struggle for freedom that made us a nation. Far
be that day in our national life when we shall cease
to encourage and strengthen the hands of those who
are seeking emancipation from the tyranny anc
usurpation of alien domination. "Lest we forget,"
let us always keep fresh in our memories the records
of our own glorious fight against foreign thralldom.
and let the recollection of it ever make us the guid
ing star of the nations in the march for freedom.
President De Valera of the Irish Republic now
brings the challenge of Ireland before the forum o"
the world—truly a worthy champion of a great anc
noble cause. He stands before the bar of American
public opinion in behalf of a people who stanc
unitedly behind him in his plea for friendly recog
nition and support. Of American birth himself anc
imbued with the American ideals of truth, justice
and humanity, he is peculiarly fitted to present the
cause of Ireland to the American people. Of pure
life, stainless character, and noble spirit and engag
ing personality his appeal cannot fail to engage the
consideration of all Americans who cherish the tra
ditions and policies of this great Republic of the
West, and who are free from the obsessions of Brit
ish propaganda. A new Parnell has come to pleat
the cause of Ireland, but under circumstances tha
are far more promising and inspiring than those ex
isting in the decade of the visit of the great Home
Rule leader and he is asking not merely for colonia
or dominion government of Ireland, but for absolute
and complete independence, and in this stand he is
sustained by the registered will of more than three
fourths of his fellow countrymen. He seeks recog
nition of a government that is unquestionably
right as subjected to the tests of democracy anc
Americanism.
Surely the fates are becoming benignant to Erin
in the production of such a magnificent young leader
at this cricis in her destiny. It is our confident pre
diction that President De Valera will be receivec
with boundless enthusiasm in every section
America^ and that his visit to this country will be
marked with the same cordiality and sympathy that
marked the historic visit of Lafayette in the early
days of the Republic. Although he has been con
fined in a British prison for more than a year with
out any cause whatsoever, and the pallor of that
confinement is still seen on his countenance, he. has
not uttered a bitter word of resentment or anger
against the government that is responsible for that
inhuman treatment. Such is his devotion to the
great cause which lies deep in his heart that he has
exercised almost superhuman self-control in check
ing any expression of emotion that might tend to
its itijjiry or embarrassment. Qn escaping from cap
tivity he at once jumped back into the fray, and
turned his wonderful energies to the advancement
of the work in hand.
.. Thus has he earned the love and loyalty of the
people of Ireland, and the American people will not
be slow to discern and admire in him those same
elemental human qualities of character and heroism.
To honor him will be to honor ourselves, our ideals,
our traditions and our heritage. Should we fail to
accord to him our sympathetic greetings and moral
co-operation we would (pro tango fail in the ti ue
American spirit, Caed Mille Failthe, President De
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HiMsK VINDICATED,
If' vindication of the attitude of neutrality'maih
taijded by His Holitless Pope Benedict XV were
'needed, it may be found in the speech of Senator
L, Y. Shfefman of Illinois, of, Friday, June 20. Sen
fttor Slterinan, as |s well known, is an out and out
kntagonist of the proposed League of Nations. lie
ilso a possible candidate for the Republican nom
tion for Ae presidency at the election of next
*f indeed his extravagant utterances of June 2Q
.ve not alreatfy eliminated him from the list of
(Sertaiii it is tfeat lie has not enhanced
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CHURCH CALENDAR.
Week June 28-July 5:
June 28, Saturday—Heart of Maiy. ..
June 29, 'Sunday—S.S. Peter and Paul.
June 30, Monday—Conversion of St. Paul.
July 1, Tuesday—Precious Blood. a
July 2, Wednesday—Visitation of the Blessed Virgin
July 3, Thursday—St. Ireriacus.
July 4, Friday—Independence of America.
WELCOME! PRESIDENT DE VALERA.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Lakes
to Gulf this great Republic has been thrilled, during
the past week by the announcement of the arrival
upon its shores of Eammon de Valera, president of
Ireland. He would be indeed a spineless American
who would fail to acclaim with joy the advent of a
leader of the Valera type, no matter where he came
from or what his creed, race, or color might be.
Whether he hailed from the jungles of Africa, the
deserts of Asia or the wildernesses of Australia anc
whether he was of Carcasian, Mongolian, Etheopian
or other stock, a man who had put up such a gal
lant, courageous and sacrificing fight in behalf of
his down-trodden fellow-countrymen would be wel
'comed most cordially in "the land of the free anc
the home of the brave." American hearts have ever
in our history gone out to those who have attempte
to gain for themselves the blessings of liberty anc
independence which we have the privilege to enjoy,
whether it be a Kossuth, a Toussaint L'Ouvertare,
a Parnell or a Paderewski.
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of Nations measure, wherein he warns an unsus
pecting world that the adoption of the League
Covenant would bring the nations of the earth under
the domination of the Vatican. A few weeks before
Senator Sherman's discovery, a somewhat similar
diagnosis of the League situation was made by
Senator Cummins of Iowa who demonstrated with
mathematical precision that the Covenant, if
adopted, would shift the hegemony of the civilized
world from the white races to the yellow, brown
and black constituencies. The conclusions of the
two learned Senators, of course, do not jibe, and
the country is happily relieved of the danger of
being caught on either horn of the dilemma, as there
are many other ways open for the consideration of
the question.
Here is the gist of the Sherman proposition:
"From an earlv age," said the Illinois senator,
the occupants of the Vatican have believed iri the
inherent right of papal authority to administer civil
government. It is with the utmost regret I fail
to find recorded in the course of papal claims of
later days any renunciation or disavowal of the
doctrine. So far as a layman can discover the Vati
can still believes it ought, and would if the power
permitted, assume to administer ecclesiastical and
civil government as its joint, exclusive and para
mount power.
"Of the original 32 member nations, signatories
to the proposed league, 28 are Christian nations and
four of other faiths, of these 28 Christian nations 17
are Catholic nations either a majority or an over
whelming preponderance of the population being
of that religious faith, and eleven are protestant
The Catholic 10 members are Belgium, Bolivia,
Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland,
Portugal, Uruguay, and Czech-Slovakia. The 17
nations will be represented in the league in all hu
man probability by Catholic delegates."
Because a majority or almost the entirety of the
populations of many of these countries is Catholic,
the Senator prognosticates the danger of a union of
civil and religious power under which the ^apal
authority would be supreme, with a break down
of every, barrier built up against such union by
"centuries of struggle and sacrifice." Because the
head of the church "proclaims and teaches his infal
libility" it would follow that the Catholic nation
league members would be in duty bound to yielc
implicit obedience to the forthcoming mandates of
the Pope.
".Senator Sherman's argument will surprise no one
more than the Catholics who may be concerned in
the matter. Hitherto they have labored under the
delusion that their relations to Papal authority hac
to do exclusively with matters of faith and morals
and not with civil or political questions. It has
remained for an astute gentleman outside of the
faith to point out to them the perilsr of their beliefs,
which might ultimately give anothe'r setback to the
hands of the clock of civilization as bad as tha':
"made in Germany." From the watch tower a:
Washington the gentleman from Illinois has a far
better vision of the plans and policies of the Papacy
than those who have been affiliated with it all their
lives and have made exhaustive studies of its history
and institutions. Hence it becomes the duty pf al'
Catholics to give timely heed to the stentorian
shouts of Mr. Sherman, lest they and the whole
world be cast upon the shoals of destruction.
The Senator does not even allow the Church the
customary benefit of the doubt in the premises, oi
even take into account its previous good character.
It is usual to give the accused the presumption
innocence until guilt is proved. But this maxim
of jurisprudence" and logic is reversed in this case,
It is assumed that the Vatican is or will be guilty
of the horrible things adumbrated in the Sherman
vision^ because it has not heretofore disavowed its
intention to refrain from them. But then it should
be remembered that the Church authorities had no
previous intimation of the charges lodged in the
Senator's indictment, and could not therefore be
expected to assume the burden of establishing its
innocence in the matter.
The civil authority exercised by the Church of
which mention is made was that of certain territory
in Italy known as the "States of the Church." It
lasted for about one thousand years up to 1870, wjheji.
the Italian government took sovereignty over tfrem.
These, states had their inception iri voluntary grants'
of various strips of territory made from time to
time by the owners of large estates, and the revenues
were used for Church maintenance. Many colleges,
churche's, hospitals and charitable institutions Were
established in these areas, and they were virtually
a part of the Church organization for the cdnduct
of its general ecclesiastical government. They Were
used and governed in much the same way a$ the
United States government exercises jurisdiction in
the District of Columbia, though including a far
greater extent of territory. When they were added
to the Italian sovereignty in 1870 a grant of several
million francs was appropriated annually to this Vat
ican by way of compensation for them. These
grants have been refused by the Vatican and have
been allowed to accumulate in the Italian treasury
for nearly half a century, but no disavowal of he?
right to these possessions has been made by the
Church.
Such is the slender basis on which Senator Sher
man bases his ludicrous charge that the adoption
of the League Covenant implies the domination of
world politics by the Vatican. In the light. o£ such
an absurd and extravagant contention the stand of
neutrality as maintained by the Holy Father
throughout the harrowing war period is amply vin
dicated.
THE SCULLERY DRUDGE NOW A
PRINCESS.
For the rest, the rage of the English Government
and the English Press' is that their scullery drudge
should have a friend in the world. ''The cheek of
her!" Because England is down on her, the world
forsooth must be down on her! But England and
her backers everywhere are going to hear more of
our "airs" and our pretentions. Something has
come to Ireland's soul that has left a sacramental
stamp on it. She is in the position of a princess
who has been shown the certificate of her parents'
marriage.—Gal way Express. v.: A
Misfortunes never come singly, 'tis siid!
example, from die point of view of many people',
prohibition on July 1, and shortly afterward
haps, the League of Nations. Life
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The National Catholic War Council,
composed of the fourteen Archbishops
of the United States, and functioning
through an administrative committee
composed of Rt. Rev. P. J. Muldoon,
D„ Bishop of Rockford Rt. Rev.
Joseph Schrembs, D. D., Bishop of To
ledo Rt. Rev. Tt Russell, D. D., Bish
op of Charleston, and Rt. Rev. Joseph
Glass, C. 11., D. D., Bishop of dalt
Lake City, Utah, and a committee on
Special War Activities, of which Rev.
John J. Burke, C.S.P., Editor of the
Catholic World, Is chairman, and Wal
ter G. Hooke is executive secretary,
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ly bulletin, of which Michael Williams
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ganizations of Catholic Laymen and
Lay women have been co-ordinated
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The Bulletin records the leading
featfires of the work of the Council,
which acts in close cooperation with
the United States Government, and
with other, welfare organizations.
The varied nature of the work is
shown by the articles in this first
number. The Rt. Rev. Peter J. Mul
doon, "Bishop of Rockford, Chairman'
of the Administrative Committee, is
the author of the leading article, which
reviews the past work of the council
and outlines the important activities
in the field of social reconstruction
which lie ahead. In the course of
his article he quotes from the recent
letter of Pope Benedict XV, to the
American Bishops, in which they are
exhorted to carry on the work, and
place it on a permanent basis thru
two commissions, to be appointed at
the annual meeting of the Bishops.
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commissions is to deal
Witli social questions and the other
wlthr educational problems. "So ur
gent is the call to a zealous and per
sistent econpmico-social activity"
writes the Pope, "that we need not
further exhort you in this matter. Be
watchful, however, lest your flocks,
carried away by vain opinions and
noisy agitation, abandon to their detri
ment the Christian principles estab
lished by our .predecessor of happy
memory, Leo XIII, in his Encyclical
Letter, Rerum Novarum. More peril1
ous than ever would this be at the
present moment, when the whole
structure of human society is in dan
ger, and all civic charity swept by
storms and envious^ hate, seems like
to shrivel up and "disappear."
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