The Irish standard. [volume], December 20, 1919, Image 1

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In Most Forotful and Eloquent Ad*
.,, dress He Rejoices In the Privilege
of 8peaklng for Erin's Flag and
Lashes the Anglophile Los Angeles
-Times In Passing.
Following Is the magnificent ad
dress of Joseph Scott, of Los Angeles,
Calif., delivered in that city Sunday
evening, November 22, In Introducing
President de Valera of the Irish Re
public to an audience of over 12,000
people:
Mr. President and Fellow Citizens
of Los Angeles: Here Is one place
under the free sky of California, under
the free sky of Los Angeles where the
rights of free speech and free assem
bly are still an American institution.
(Applause.) I congratulate you, men
and women, free citizens of a free re
public, for showing by your presence
here what you think of the journalis
tic anarchist at First and Broadway,
(Applause). They told you and me
through, the columns of that paper that
they publish, that Los Angeles would
present a long attenuated icicle to the
president ofithe Irish Republic, and
here It is, thanks be to' God. It also
said that it hoped somebody would
turn the hose on President de Valera.
(Applause.)
Aha, I want to tell the editors-ln
chief, and the managers and editorial
-writers of the Lbs Angelec Times that
if all the hose in the fire department
of Los Angeles were turned on that
buttressed fortress at First and Broad
way it would still smell to high
heaven. (Applause.) So they thought,
ha, ha, that they would throw a scare
Into you and me. They thought they
would put a scare Into the men and
women of Irish blood and Irish sympa
thy, and here is your answer.
Now, my friends, they have talked
something about flags in the Los An
geles Times, and on the front page of
that paper they display some benighted
little minister who tells you and me
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Mass Wine
in the
West
Priests In Washington, Oregon and
Idaho Not Permitted-to Make
'jT: Wine for Sacramental Use.
That priests in some of the "dry"
states will soon find. It vety difficult
•to procure wine for the celebration
the Sacrifice of the Mass is becom
ing Increasingly evident. Replying to
a correspondent who stated In a let
tor to America that no anxiety
be felt on this subject because the
eral prohibition law permits "the
in# of wine In the home," a citizen
Seattle says that if any priest or lay
man were to endeavor te
fb Washington, Oregon, or Idaho,
0rm web parpose as
Btiartttce ot
Sail Imprisonment, and would be
tfrirted by the AntMsloai
Moreover, as he points oat, federal
laws, like state law* are always sub
ject to revision or repeal "snd, Jadg-
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Vol XXXVI. No. 8 Minneapolis. Minn.. Saturday. December 20. 1919
sang ilje stars togejfjaT''
3!n tlje mortmtg bmg^ago,
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3In Petljle^em 6ms born.
fetttg, an& get wa btafcem
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own tttottpr
palace
slates were voted dry by very narrow
aujorltles. Less than two years after
wards the prohibitionists, grown
bold, and with a powerfully built-up
political organisation, "steam-rollered"
bone-dry legislation through the legis
lative houses of both Washington and
Oregon. These "bone-dry** laws are
now In effect and not only is it Illegal
for anyone to mate or even possess
within the sanctity of his own home
any liquor, but it Is absolutely prohib
ited by law for any hospital, druggist
or physician to possess liquor or to
administer it for medicinal purposes.
CANADIAN ARCHBISHOP TO BE
MADE CARDINAL.
Winnipeg, Dec. 14.—Confirmatory ad
vices received from Borne by the
cmthnUn archdiocese of Winnipeg to to
the effect that Archbishop Sinnott,
first archbishop of Winnipeg, appoint
ed three years ago, will be created
aext week and to now in
for that purpose. For many
he was secretary to Papal oWi
at Ottawa. He took a strong
on the side of the Allies during
•d is one of the beet
In the ckarch in Canada.
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8o-Called "Dark Ages" One of the
Brightest and Happiest Periods in
Human History.
Gradually the Protestant World,
so long benighted by prejudice and
calumay against the Church, is be
ginning to be illumined by the truth
that the so-called "Dark Ages" were
really one of the brightest and hap
piest periods In human history. It
took a long time for this truth to
overcome the conspiracy hatched by
the heresiarchs .against her, but by
the venerable apothegm still prevails
that "truth crushed to earth shall rise
again." How ignorantly if not mali
this Protestant tradition con
the "Dark Ages" was propar
in historical literature may be
seen from the introduction to the
Cambridge Modem History:
"The loag conspiracy against the
revelation of the troth baa gradually
given way. And competing historians
all over dvfltoed worid have been
to take advantage of the
la view of this it has become
historical writor-of
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ondary authorities. The honest stu
dent finds himself continually deserted
retarded, misled by the classics of
historical literature and has to
hew his oprn way in order to reach
the truth."
It is gratifying to learn that the
"classics of historical literature" are
now beginning to lose the authority
which they held so long in the non
Catholic world. Now that "honest
students** have discredited the Protes
tant tradition concerning the Middle
Ages, may we not hope that the
glories of the Church during that mar
velous epoch may receive the general
attention and admiration which they
so richly deserve? It to surely a
hopeful slgn that the darkness which
covered, not the Middle Ages, but the
Protestant mind in regard to them,
will soon be completely dissipated,
when we find the London Times, the
revered organ of English Protestant
ism and Toryism, admitting that the
Middle Ages did
worthy of praise. In
of that paper we And Ike following:
Church gave the
itjfk
State Cap^to*
Views Expreesed by Men Who Have
Risen to the Plnnaole of Qreatnese
In Thla Country Have Been Most
Admirable and Persuasive, 8aye
Judge John W. Willie of 8t. Paul.
To the Editor: The attitude as
sumed and the views expressed by men
who have risen to the pinnacle ot
greatness In our Amerlsan Republic
are generally admirable.. If not com
pelling they are at least persuasive.
Aft bearing upon the question wheth
er patrlotlo Americans may rightly
express their sympathy for the people
ot Ireland In their eiforts to oust from
Ireland the government by which they
were subjugated, I take pleasure in
citing some excerpts from a speech
delivered in the House of Representa
tives of the United States of Amer
ica in the year 1819 by Hon. Henry
Clay, of Kentucky:
"I beg, In the first place, to correct
misconceptions, If any exist, in re
gard to my opinions. I am averse to
war with Spain, or with any power.
I would give no just cause of war to
any power—not to Spain herself. I
have seen enough of war, and of its
calamities, even when successful. No
country on earth has more Interest
than this in cultivating peace and
avoiding war, as long as it is possible
honorably to avoid it.
"I am no propagandist. I would not
seek to force upon other nations our
principles and our liberty, if they do
not want them, would not 'disturb
the repose even ot a detestable des
potism. But if
pressed ptrople
Rn.M. P,!PowliB« te Catholic Citizen
We are frequently asked: Can a
man be a Socialist without ceasing to
be a Catholic? How far may a Cath
olio accept the teaching of Socialism?
What should be the attitude of Catho
lics towards Socialism? Why has So
cialism been condemned by the
Church? What is the real meaning of
Socialism? All these practically re
solve themselves into this one ques
tion: "How far is Socialism consis
tent with Catholicity?" I shall try to
•answer this question' as briefly as pos
sible.
There are many measures advocated
by Socialists and called by them So
cialistic which are not so, unless they
be regarded as steps to the Socialistic
ideal. For instance, state regulation
of industry, wages and hours of labor,
single tax, inheritance tax, taxation
of incomes, municipal or national
ownership or administration of rail
ways, gas, postofflce, water, electric
light, traction lines and other public
utilities, are not really socialistic nor
even evidence of society drifting
towards Socialism. No doubt these en
terprises can be fitted Into a socialistic
scheme, but they are quite compatible
with the existing social order and some
of them exist under it. As long as the
right of private property remains un
challenged, unimpaired *"4 as
long as compensation to given for
propei ty taken, no Catholic goes be
yond his political rights or violates his
duty by advocating such
no right to
Position of America!
Ireland
an abused and op-
will their freedom, if
they seek to establish it, we have a
right, as a sovereign power, to notice
the fact and to act as circumstances
and our interest require. I will say,
In the language of the venerated
Ifether of my Country, 'born In a land
of liberty, my anxious recollections,
my sympathetic feelings, and my best
wishes are Irresistibly excited when
soever, in any country, I see an op
nation unfurl the banners of
freedom.' Whenever think of Span-
May a Socialist
Be a Catholic?
of social
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Ish America, the image irresistibly
forces itself upon my mind of an elder
brother whose education has been
neglected, whose person has been
abused and maltreated, and who has
been disinherited by the unkindness
of an unnatural parent. And when I
contemplate the glorious struggle
which that country is now making, I
think I behold that brother rising, by
the power and energy of his fine na
tive genluB, to the manly rank which
nature, and nature's God, intended tor
him.
"But it is sometimes said that they
are too ignorant and too superstitious
to admit of the existence of free gov
ernment. This charge of Ignorance is
often urged by persons themselves ac
tually ignorant of the real condition
of that people. I deny the alleged fact
of ignorance I deny the Inference
from that fact, if it were true, that
they want capacity of free government..
And I refuse assent to the further con
clusion if the fact were true, and the:
Inference just, that we are to b« in
different to their fate.
"It is not, therefore, true that the
imputed ignorance exists but if It
do, I repeat, I dispute the Inference.
It is the doctrine of thrones that man
is too ignorant to govern himself.
Their partizans assert his Incapacity,
in reference to all nations if they
cannot command universal assenf to
the proposition, it Is then demanded
to particular nations and our pride
and our presumption J:oo often make
converts of us. I contend that It 1st
to arraign the dispositions of Provi
dence himself to suppose that hs has.
created beings Incapable of governing
themselves, and to be trampled on by
kings. Self-government is the natural
government of man, and for proof I re-,
fer to the aborigines of our own land..
Were I to speculate in hypotheses un
favorable to human liberty, my specu
lations should be founded rather upon
the vices, refinements, or density of
population. Crowded together In com-,
pact masses, even If they were phil-
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ural antagonist between Socialism'
and the Church, because they ignore'
the distinctive marks of that economic^
system. Now common usage jnakes
Socialism signify a comprehensive
remedy for social evils, which pro
poses to transform not only the Indus
trial system but the entire moral or
der on which Christian -society has
hitherto rested. Balfour expresses the
Idea very tersely when be,.says: "So
clallsn^ means, and can mean, nothing
else, than that the community or the
state. Is to take all the means of pro
duction Into Its own bands, that pri
vate enterprise and. private property
are to come to an end, .and. all that/
private enterprise and private property
carry with them. This to Socialism,
and nothing else to Socialism." lids
was the one meaning of the word yee*
ognlzed by Pope Leo Xm, when he
examined and condemned the teach
ings of Socialism. Whoever holds the
central doctrine of collective owner
ship and denies the right of private
property to a Socialist and can not
call himself a Catholic whoever dis
owns these two doctrines may be a
Catholic for be to not a Socialist
The philosophy on which SorisHsm
rests to materialistic its theory of ton
msn life to tm-Christton.
of this colt continually
nstt*a universe to confined :to
world, that he Should think only
this life. They say In
that this to the only
living for, that the Ssst
to
believe thst
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