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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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AUGUSTA, GA.
Scott Traces Waves Of
Prejudice In California Speech
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After the Loyalty Catholics Displayed in the War, the Pre
sent Wave of Intolerance is Almost Unbelievable Says
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San Francisco.—-That the present the days of the brown habited
retrogression to religious prejudice ^dres who came over the border
. o, . , , , , line to San Diego is full of evidence
in the United States should come af-, to thc student and observer of what
ter the close of the world war, with! (his Chtholic Church of ours stands
its wonderful display of service sol- j f or when it comes to the fundamen-
diers of Catholic faith, is one of 1 t a i principles of the brotherhood of
its strongest features, according to | man. Christ from the Cross taught
Joseph Scott, K. S. G., of Los An- ! us the principles of Christian char-
SENATOR REED SCORES
RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE
Any Society That Encourages
It Is Enemy of Constitution
He Says.
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geles, who made the anti-Catholic
agitation that is being carried on
throughout the country the theme
of his address before the Knights
of Columhus of Vallejo on the occa
sion of the dedication of their new
$125,000 building.
Mr. Scott pointed out that Know-
Nothingism in this country was
crushed largely as a result of the
splendid service that Catholic sol
diers rendered the nation in the
Civil War and that the A. P. A.
movement finally succumbed when
Catholics took up arms in the
Spanish-American war. He spoke in
part as follows:
“We are confronted today with
another spasm of paroxysm of na
tional proportions, which this grand
old Church of ours had had to
withstand in the past, and through
which our own beloved country has
passed in three different epochs.
Weatherbeaten calumnies and moss-
backed literature have been resur
rected and circulated with a per
sistency and virulence which passeth
understanding. Before the Civil
War, the “Know Nothing’ party
threatened to engulf our country in
bitter religious warfare, but the
Civil War and the patriotism and
valor of our Catholic soldiers wiped
it off the fkce of the nation. A
little over a generation ago, the
A. P. A. movement was organized
along the same vicious and unscrup
ulous lines, but the Spanish-Ameri
can war again brought the Catholic
citizen to the front. Particularly,
here in California, a splendid re
cord was made by the first regi
ment of our National Guard, com
posed largely of Catholic men, who
gave an exhibition of heroism and
self-sacrifice in the Philippines
which effectively removed the A. P.
A.’s from the map of this State,
and the same was evidenced thru-
out the country.
Strange Feature.
“A strange feature of the pre
sent retrogression to bigotry is that
it should come after the close of
the World War with the wonderful
display of service by the soldiers
of Catholic faith, and thc self sacri
ficing devotion of the Catholic chap
lain, and the war record of the
Knights of Columbus, themselves,
in camp and at the front, under
the broad-gauged principle that ob
tained throughout their activities in
the watchword—“Everybody wel
come and everybody free.”
“It is almost incredible after such
a manifestation of loyalty and de
votion to the prinicples of our coun
try, and to the preservation of its
ideals, and the love and regard
which was thus shown for our fel
low citizens, who are not Catholics,
that there should be permeating the
body politic, behind masks and
gowns, a band of lawless men who
are capitalizing the credulity and ig
norance and bigotry of the unthink
ing, or fanatical members of our
citizenship, to a war of political and
even social discrimination against
the Catholic citizens, to whom this
country owes so much for the pre
servation of its ideals.
“We are meeting here today in
partial testimony of our reverence
for law of God and our respect for
the Constitution of our country. We
want to assure all of our fellow citi
zens who are not Catholics, that in
spite of the horrible and thread
bare libels that are printed about
our order, there is nothing what
ever in our ritual, or our regula
tions, that is inconsistent with the
highest conception of civic duty, and
the supreme sacrifice of every self
ish interest for the welfare of our
county, subject only to the law of
God.
“You and I are challenged to
prove the truth of our statements.
Those who have demonstrated in thc
past by their records what we stand
for, are now from their graves in
France and elsewhere pleading with
you and me to so live the life of
civic virtue and domestic honor and
religious ideals that no fair minded
or observant American could doubt
the truth of the statements I am
endeavoring to place before you.
California’s Record.
“Let us not flinch, however, from
this encounter. The record of the
ity—'“Father forgive them, for they
know not what they do,” and to
those who are ignorant or in good
faith, we can show a spirit of com
passion and forbearance.
“We ask no man to change his
faith by reason of political exped
iency. Anyone of us who would
flinch a hair’s breadth from his
conscientious religious convictions
for some time serving, place hunt
ing political boss, is beneath tha
contempt not only of ourselves, but
of those with whom we would min
gle. We accord to every man and
woman and child the right to wor
ship God according to the dictates
of their conscience, and there should
be no limitation or discrimination
whatever, against them by reason
of their religious belief in accord
ance with the Constitution of our
own State, and Federal Constitution,
itself. As we concede to be the
loyal heritage of the non-Catholic,
so we demand the same in full and
equal measure for ourselves, and we
shall insist with steadfastness and
fortitude that we shall not recede
in the fact of any combination or
organization, whether it travel by
midnight, or sunlight, in our deter
mination to support the Constitu
tion, and the in questionable right
of the Catholic citizens to be ac
corded his full political right
without .the slightest dimunition
whatever.”
D’ANNUNZIO REPORTED
AS ANXIOUS TO REFORM
St. Louis.—Declaring that any so
ciety or group that preaches the
doctrines of religious intolerance
and race hatreds in the United States
is an enemy of constitutional gov
ernment and should be driven from
the country, United States Senator
James A. - Reed leveled a scathing
criticism at the Ku Klux Klan in an
address delivered at the Constitution
Day exercises of the Young Men's
Hebrew Association held here in
Shaare Emeth Synagogue.
Although Senator Reed did not
mention the Ku Klux Klan, his state
ment undoubtedly was directed at
that organization, which had pre
viously been denounced by Rabbi
Louis Witt and Gilbert Harris, who
had preceded him.
“When you deny a man the right
to worship God according to the dic
tates of his conscience,” said Sena
tor Reed, “you deny him the right
to think, or for his own soul to give
expression to its aspirations. That
is an attempt to enslave the mind,
which is forbidden by the constitu
tion. Any man who attempts to
preach the doctrine of religious in
tolerance in the United States, who
attempts to proscribe men because
of their religious faith or stir up
race hatreds is an pnemy of free
government and should be driven
from the country.”
Major Harry B. Hawes, Democratic
congressional nominee, declared that
the Ku Klux Klan would be an issue
in every precinct in the state during
the election.
“The Democratic party in this
State has denounced the Ku Klux
Klan,” said Hawes. “I hope the
leaders af the Republican party will
see fit to do likewise. But whether
they do or do not this organization
which is preaching race-hatreds
Klux Klan are not upholders of the
Constitution.”
The Democratic state platform
which contained a clause that was
nterpreted as a denunciation of the
Ku Klux Klan, did not mention the
organization by name.
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Rome.—Rome has been astonished
by the report that Gabriel d’Annun-
zia, the Italian poet, has expressed
a desire to be received into the
Tliird'Ordcr of St. Francis as a re
sult of a recent visit to a monastery
near Milan.
The report, which has been receiv
ed with considerable reserve in
Catholic circles, is credited to the
“Catholic Citizen,” which indicates
that one of the first visits made by
the poet-soldier, after his recent
confernce, was to a nearby mon-
satery, where he reverently kneeled
and kissed a beautiful Byzantine
crucifix. He gave to the monks an
autographed photograph with the
inscription:
“To my dear brothers in Jesus
Christ, now and always.”
He told the monks further, ac
cording to the report, that he real
ized that all his works had not been
good and that he desired to reform.
It is recalled that in 1920 d’Annun-
zio announced that as soon as the
Fiume question was settled he would'
retire to a monastery.
CLEVELAND HOME FOR
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
Cleveland.—The gift of the old
homestead of the Grasseli family,
of Cleveland, to Bishop Joseph
Schrembs, to be used as a home for
incurably crippled children, was an
nounced a few days ago by Bishop
Schrembs.
The homestead is in an ideal su
burban location, several miles east
of the city limits on Euclid ave
nue.
Sister of the Humility of Mary
will have charge of the remodeled
home, which will be fitted with lat
est appliances and every comfort for
the afflicted children.
DEFEAT OF GREEKS
BLAMED ON ALLIES
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Turks and there has been nothing
more disgraceful than the policy of
aiding the Turks which has been
adopted first by one Christian pow
er and then another. The allies
could have agreed upon an effective
policy; but each was looking after'
its own interests and the common
problem was not solved. France did
not like to see England using the
Greek soldiers to strengthen the
grip on Constantinople. France fur
ther felt that there was a.danger of
losing Syria in war with the Turk
“Basically the question is a reli
gious question, but on the surface it
is political. The Turks have-exter
minated one million Christians
Asia Minor. Smyrna was a beauti
ful city, with a population of about
300,000, including approximately
150,000 Greeks and more than 15,000
European Catho’.cs. It had several
substantial Catholic churches, in
eluding the Cathedral of St. Poly
carp, and there were many fine reli
gious communities carrying on their
work there. Just what the extent of
damage to Catholic church property
is cannot yet be accurately deter
mined.”
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FINE PAINTING LOST IN FIRE
New York—Damage estimated at
$10,000 was caused by fire in St.
George’s Catholic Church for Syr
ians of the Melchite Rite. An oil
painting of St. George fighting the
dragon, said to be over 200 years
old and which was brought from
Rome, was destroyed. It is believed
that the fire was caused by the fall
ing of a candle on the altar.
When the fire was discovered, the
pastor, Father Abraham Bechcwate,
groped his way to the altar through
the smoke and flames and carried
out the chalice and several other sa-
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Washington—Plans for the erec
tion of a new athletic stadium at the
Catholic University, with a seating
capacity of twenty thousand in its
stands when completed, were re
vealed here on the resumption of
Studies this week.
The new stadium will occupy a
tract of land to the side of the new
Catholic University gymnasium and
will include a running track, foot
ball field and baseball diamond.
St.' John's Hall, formerly used as
a rehabilitation school for wounded
service men, will this year he
thrown open as a dormitory for lay
students and as a lecture room for
certain classes.
Five hundred lay students and
about 200 clerical students, of whom
sixty will have residence in Divinity
Hall and others will be housed in the
colleges of different orders, have
1 registered for the scholastic year.
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