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T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S conduct m this matter. Even the papers that are most hostile to him have kept strangely silent about this. The Roman Catholie Church has a perilous power and influence over the politicians and press of America today Many far sighted Christian people shook their heads when John R. Mott consented to an alliance with the Knights of Columbus in the recent War Work cam paign. Dr. Mott gave as his reason that though first it was against his judgment, it was the wish of the President. ” We see how unsafe it is to go by the wishes of the President when it concerns the question of the Roman Catholie Church. A very prominent Baptist minister of the South Rev. J. B. Gambrell, in the Baptist Standard of December 5th calls attention to the fact tha t: “ In th e course of events every non-Catholic Christian body in America was ou^ ° f th e camps, and th e Catholics had free access to th e camps for th e ir buildings and th e ir denom inational work on both sides of the sea. And in a g reat tor w ar work funds, th e Catholics get th e rise of $30,000,000 for th e ir special work. Not ano th er C hristian denom ination was recognized in any way. I t may be well to say, th a t th e Y. M. C. A. did not and could no t rep resen t any denom ination. I b etray no confidence when I say B rother T ru e tt w anted to go overseas as a simple B aptist preacher, bu t he was not per- m itted to do it. He had to w ear a “ Y” uniform or no t go. Our boards w anted to send men, b u t were no t allowed to do so. We. besought, we protested, we did all we could to get some privileges, b u t nothing could be done. The Catholics swarmed over m th e ir clerical garbs and used th e ir special privileges and the g reat sums given them in th e in terests of th e ir Church. It is in th is way th a t they hope to swing 1,000,000 boys th e ir way.” way tn a t Is it not time that the Protestants of America awakened to the serious ness of the crisis that is upon us, and spoke out, and spoke out in such a way that President Wilson would be forced to listen, and that others who are trying to hand this country over to the Roman Catholic Church would be forced to listen. Mr. Gambrell further says i a ~ nd ° ^ er? have been p u t a t a g reat disadvantage. The unionizers and th e Catholics, working in accord, have had full swing in th e g reatest times we have ever seen. And they still occupy th e w ar stage, all of it. We must recognize accomplished facts, face th e difficulties made for us, get under the heavier burdens, and prove ourselves w orthy of our ancestors by matching diffi culties w ith a new consecration and valor. One good th ing has already refu lted Baptists, of every section of th e country, and all shades of opinion on o ther m at ters, have been b rough t tog eth er on the. w ar issues. The first try ou t of th e Catho lic combine w ith th e Democratic p arty in n ational politics proved disastrous There are many reasons to believe th a t th e South, a fte r the w ar issues are settled m m b e .!.° com-Pletely sh u t up to one party. N atu rally prohibition and woman’s suffrage will soon be settled. We will then face th e Catholic issue in politics No Pa,r t y wUl live m th e South th a t dickers w ith Catholicism. The g reat non- Catholic denom inations, side-tracked during th e war, will smash sectarianism fn as lrf1ede®“ ably as tb e K aiser and his m ilitary machine have been smashed I and thousands of tru e American Catholics will help to do it.” smasnea.i We hope that Dr. Gambrell will prove a true prophet. We are inclined to thmk he will. Any way, President Wilson’s surrender to Roman ' Catholicism ought to arouse all who have any conception of the iniauities and subtleties of the Roman Catholic machine to nation-wide and effective action. l,u ,c
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