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CHURCH CALENDAR.
7 Week July 26-Aug. 2.
July 26—Saturday—St. Ann.
July 27—Sunday—St. Pantaleon.
July 28—Monday—St. Victor.
July 29—Tuesday—St. Martha.
July 30—Wednesday—SS. Abdon and Sennen.
July 31—Thursday—St. Ignatius.
Aug. 1—Friday—St. Domitian.
AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS ALIGNED ON
IRELAND'S SIDE.
Slowly but surely the cause of Ireland is gaining
ground in the editorial sanctums of the great Ameri
can metropolitan daily newspapers. From motives
which might be unpleasant to analyze or scrutinize
too closely many of these publications have assumed
an attitude of smug indifference or peevish hos
tility toward the Irish movement for freedom and
democracy during1 and after the close of the world
war. In dealing with Irish matters they have taken
their cues largely from the customs of the British
journals which resort to the "conspiracy of silence"
procedure, or the stand-pat policy of blank and un
supported denial when charges of acts of injustice
and savagery have been made against the British
administration in Ireland. But this policy has not
been found tenable in America, the land of the free.
The American conscience is not so dull and sodden
as that of Britain. Its reaction to a sense of shame
and mortification cannot be stifled by suppression
or concealment of the facts of the situation, as the
smug and complacent Britishers have schooled
themselves to do so effectively.
It is the conscience of the American people rather
than any impulse originating in the editorial sanc
tums that is forcing a change in the attitude of many
of our big newspapers toward Ireland. But what
ever may be the real cause it is palpably evident
that there has been noted a great change in this
respect during the past iew weeks, coincident with
the coming of President De Valera of the Irish
Republic to our shores. Quotation marks intended
to indicate sarcasm have been always appended to
the words "President" and "Irish Republic" in cer
tain newspapers. But the newspapers of Boston,
always conspicuous for their fairness and for straight
Americanism, made no such use of quotation marks
on the occasion of the splendid reception to De
Valera in the Massachusetts capita4. The "Herald,"
the "Globe" and the "Post" of that city gave their
front pages to the exploitation of that historic inci
dent, and spared no space, expense, to give an ade
quate presentation of the meeting. Photographic
illustrations were lavishly displayed, and the
news features were supplemented by approving
editorial comment. It is not exaggerating to say
that the several movements of the Irish President
during his stay at the "Hub" were chronicled with
the same fidelity as were those of President Wilson
upon his arrival from Europe.
When De Valera arrived in New York something
of the same treatment was accorded him by most
of the big newspapers of that city, though falling
short of the pace set by the Boston papers. New
York, of course, hates to "go wild" over any per
sonage, however distinguished or meritorious, but
its big journals did not fail to sense the De Valera
item as a popular news story, and generous columns
of their best space were appropriated to it.
And now comes the Chicago Tribune, which pro
claims itself to be "the world's greatest newspaper,"
with an almost flat-footed demand for Irish freedom.
Says the Tribune:
"If England wants to know how all this stir came
about, it has only to refer to the theory of the guar
anteed integrity of race. The Irish are a race and
they claim nobody has guaranteed them anything
except English rule. They want their independence
warranted. They allege that warranty nas been
promised. The longer it is denied the longer it will
complicate English and American politics.
"The home rule bill has been tabled again. There
has been a reiteration of the policy that Ulster must
not be coerced. Ulster is the minority, but it is
Irish. Whoever heard of any people, any gathering,
any organization, being in sweet accord? Some
body always votes no. As well order the moon not
to shine until all the stars turn pink.
"The British resent our interest in the Irish ques
tion. Well, we'll agree it isn't the best American
policy. But England can arrange the whole .busi
ness very neatly by making a settlement with Ire
land."
The Tribune has steadfastly resisted the intrusion
the Irish question into American politics during
the past three years, but has now come to the con
clusion that Ireland is entitled to independence and
to American support in her struggle therefor.
The Hearst papers too have aligned themselves
on the side of Ireland in the battle which is now
reaching an acute stage, although some of the
articles bearing the signature of Mr. Hearst himself
jane not entirely consonant with the Irish aspirations.
Changes in attitude of the kind noted are sig
nificant of what has already taken place in the minds
a|id hearts of the American people. The news
papers are not directing, but following the lead of
public opinion in the matter. The American masses
^igaiinot ^ee why tyranny and oppression can be justi
^illed in one place and condemned in another. They
not differentiate between a thralldom maintained
i0y' Srjtain in ^Ireland under the camouflage of a
domestic "question and that maintained uuArmenia
the Turkish pashas. Thank heaven, we have
|«$ lM|ched such a state of transcendental psv
lonrtiiat we approve the one and condemn tne"
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ties of the past three centuries in Ireland is mani
fest in this cogent and meaningful passage in his
New York address, the punch and power of which
are apparent to all who are familiar with the John
Bull type of hypocrisy:
"Englishmen, it will be said, now regret all this.
Englishmen never have any difficulty in admitting
and regretting the sins of their grandfathers or their
fathers even. The trouble, comes when we want
Englishmen to admit their own and reform them
selves. At every period, even whilst those pictures
of these atrocities which have been described were
committed, the English of that day, too, were repent
ing the sins of their grandfathers, and no doubt in
ten years time they will be regretting the atrocities
they are committing* today. They will then be try
ing to discredit the efforts of our children as they
are now trying to discredit ours, and they will mock
their tears as they will tomorrow mock you who
have listened to this recital this evening and who
jyeep because you heard first hand from your fathers
and grandfathers the tales of the famine and the
evictions and you know these pictures to be true.
"If England wants to repent and dp justice to Ire
land, now is the time and not ten years hence."
THE IRISH PEOPLE A SPLENDID LEAVEN.
It was Henry Ward Beecher who made the re
mark, "The Irish are a splendid leaven." The truth
of this epigram is manifested in a striking degree in
this important epoch of American life and history,
as the President of the Irish Republic, De Valera, is
making a triumphal progress throughout the coun
try. His coming is coincident with the public dis
cussion of a proposed departure from our traditional
policies involving an entanglement in European
affairs against which the Fathers of the Republic
have strongly admonished us as a nation. That
question has now assumed definite and positive form
land calls for almost immediate decision and judg
ment—to be or not to be joined in the League of
\Nations.
Whatever may be the outcome of our decision
ion this great issue it cannot be denied that the ad
vent of the Irish President has been a beneficial
.influence to us in exercising our right of choice iir
fthe matter. He has revived in us the spirit of
and the harrowing days of Valley Forge. He has
\brought back vividly the recollection of the heroes
of our own Revolution, and the heart-rending trials
of the patriots of that glorious epoch. He has made
jus to hear again the voices of Adams, of Patrick
'Henry, of Franklin, and the rest of the brilliant
galaxy of statesmen who pledged their lives upon
the foundation of the American Republic. He has
made to resound again the historic shot at Concord
that was "heard round the world" and the clattering
(of the hoof-beats of the horse of Paul Revere as he
,rode down from Boston to warn the countryside
(against the approach of the British soldiery. We
.have heard sung again in their original -and un
expurgated form the glorious stanzas of the "Star
spangled Banner" as written by Francis Scott Key
jn expression of his wrath over the ruthlessness of
the British in setting fire to the National Capitol at
Washington, and we rejoice with him that "their
blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution."
President De Valera's arrival has served to in
tensify and stimulate what may be properly called
the good, old-fashioned Americanism, as contrasted
with the Tory Americanism which still persists in
many quarters the Anglo-Saxon Americanism
which still regards "the States" as essentially a part
of the British dominions and subservient to them.
Andrew Carnegie has frankly expressed his senti
ment upon the subject, and there are a-plenty of
his type who share his views, but have not the hardi
hood of the Scotch millionaire to declare themselves
in writing. In strong contrast to these discordant
notes comes the ^voice of Ireland's chief which is
attuned to the original keynote of American liberty
and democracy. At Boston, at Chicago, and at San
Francisco, from border to border of the country, he
has been received with the same magnificent ac
claim—-the heartfelt response of the people of
America to the aspirations of the Irish people. It is
a wholesome and refreshing proof of the perennial
quality of the American heart and mind that such
generous sympathy and enthusiasm has been evoked
at the touch of the personality of De Valera. Like
the quality of mercy "it blesseth him that giv6s and
him that takes." It is a leavening influence that will
redound to our national good in the future, in all
that appertains to our welfare and policies. Yes,
the Irish people are a powerful and wholesome
leaven in America, especially at this crucial period in
our destiny.
CARSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE IRISH
CAUSE. ::Y
Carson's orange day of yawp, wherein he forbade
America to interfere in Irish affairs, is likely to be
the swan-song of that Kaiser-friend Ulsterite. The
English newspapers have jumped upon him vigor
ously on account of his latest exhibition of pig
headedness, and he must be surprised to learn that
his wisdom and statesmanship are so poorly appre
ciated even by those whoSe interests he assumes to
advocate. There is little doubt that the British press
and public would at this time like to see the thick
skinned Orangeman relegated to the same oblivion
that awaits his quondam friend William Hohen
zollern, of rank and rotten memory. Friends of the
Irish cause, however, should be glad of utterances
and happenings like those of the Orange day cele
bration at Belfast. Anything ^Jhat will elicit the
public inquiry, "Who and what is Carson?" and
"What lias he been doing during the past five
years?" will constitute an effective argument in be
half of Irish freedom. Many have come to the belief
that the Kaiser was convinced that England would
,be prevented from entering the-world war because
of the rebellion, in Ulster fostered by Carson and. his
tribesmen. It is not denied that German arms and
munitions were brotight'to Ulster at the instance of
the Unionists. Why then were not Carson and his
.associates tried and convicted of treason to the Em
pire? Why were they not subjected to the same fate
as the unfortunate Roger Casement? Instead of
this, Caftion was rewarded with a portfolio in the
British cabinet,^ from which he resigned doubtless
because the duties of the place required fiim to ex
tend his mediocre mentality beyond the limits of
Oran^peism. By no means let the censor place re
strictions on the mouthings of Carson. All that he
has said and may say in Hie future will make for the
advancement of the Irish cause, die only precedent
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MEN TO SAVE FIMCE
Fund of Ten Million Dollars Will Be
Used to Evangelize Catholic Franc«.
—Doctor Mott and Others Offer
Hope for Benighted Catholics—
Y. M. C. A. Shows True Colors.
Another onslaught on the Christian
faith of the French people is to be
made by the Y. M. C. A. backed up
by the wives and daughters of mem
bers of our present federal govern
ment, says the Pittsburgh Observer.
Preliminary steps for it have been
taken at a meeting addressed by a
Wesleyan bishop, who explained the
purpose to which the sum of $10,000,
000, that is now being raised, is to
be devoted:
"We are going to restore these shat
tered homes, these great churches,
these great cathedrals in France, in
world ideals. It is not doors and walls
and windows we intend to replace.
The stones of France are not crying
out for windows and doors. What we
will do, what the stones of France are
crying out to us to do, is the re
placing of Christ, that He might oc
cupy the place where the Prophet
stood." In other words, as he subse
quently explained, this other "drive"
6n Catholic France is to made in or
der "that she may be lifted out of the
darkness of Rome" and placed in the
refulgence emanating from the lead
ing lights of American "evangelism!"
Dr. Mott, head of the Y. M. C. A.,
who President Wilson so much ad
mires that he offered him, a few years
ago, the post of American ambassador
to China, was there too and he made
these significant remarks: "These
are testing times. I -never saw
straighter, never was my mind more
convinced, my vision more thorough,
than when President Wilson wired the
Y. M. C. A. that the* United States
needed it in the war. Before I paid
any attention tot athletics, to educa
tional work, I proceeded to form a
committee of evangelical work among
the churches. Week by week this
committee met, and the result was the
evolution of a religious program."
The Providence "Visitor" tells us
some of the incidents that attended
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the working out of the program when
it says "The spectacle of mixing
religious service with social enter
tainments and thus forcing the at
tendance of our Catholic men de
served censure—war or no war. One
incident came under our notice where
several Catholic sailors received pub
lic rebuff because they refused to
'hit the trail' in a Y. M. C. A. hut-in
this state. Charity does not demand us
to be silent about this nor about the
efforts of the Y. M. C. A. to compel
the Knights of Columbus to change
their policy of free distributions nor
the attempts takeep the K. of C. hats
from being built in camps."
Dr. Mott went on to say: "When the
story of the war is written of the Y.
M. C. A., yes and the Y. W. C. A., are
not on record as the Evangelical
Church of America, then I and many
others will hand in our resignations,
tor the "Y" will have lost its interest.
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much opposed to any semblance of
connection between Church and State
ought to note—and Cotholics also
should pay attention to the fact—
that this Y. M. C. A. movement is
being actively supported by Miss Wil
son, daughter of the president Mr.
Sayre, son-in-law of the president, Mr.
Sharp, son of the American ambassa
dor to France Mrs. Lansing, wife of
the Secretary of State Mrs. House,
wife of Colonel House and many
others prominently connected with
our government.
THE IRISH ISSUE.
The Irish people everywhere are
now asserting themselves. Ireland's
crisis is at hand. If the great powers
intend to deny justice to Ireland, all
are entitled to know the reason. The
Big Four have preached justice and
taught the world to look for it. Let
them now say whether it is to be
made subject to Expediency.
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some decision on the Irish issue. The
powers there represented were fa
miliar with all its phases. They knew
that volumes might be written cata
loguing the debts of honor due to Ire
land, especially by Great Britain,
France and the United States. -Yet
the veriest bankrupt could not have
dodged a creditor with half the skill
that the representatives of these
countries "have dodged the Irish Is
sue.
So much for debts of honor so
much for Liberty and. Justice, when
these are backed only by moral
forces.
The Big Three have run away from
the Irish issue at Paris, but it will be
awaiting them "back home." The
masses now are studying it, thanks
to the attitude of Irish men every
where. Already the powerful labor oi_
ganizations of England, the United
States and "Dominions beyond Uie
seas" have expressed themselves
favorable to Irish aspiratipns. The
empire will know no peace while Irish
discontent remains.
The time is past for any tricky,
makeshift statement. No one wants
to hear any more of the politicanB*
sham philosophy about how Ireland
should be governed. Facts are be
coming public showing how she is now
governed. These facts are almost-as
revolting as if borrowed from the era
of Cromwell they furnish, to say the
least, sad reading in these enlightened
times.—Winnipeg Review.
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