% YEAR 83, NO. 102 1 A LACK OF © DISCIPL Nae By Var Snr Gor ett, Comal, VAD YATES A LETTER 70 ARCHBISHOP OF XINGS ? TON, 'With Regard To Bilingual Question == Believes Disturbances Come "¥vom Men Actuated By Selfish Alms, Rev. George Corbett, pastor of St. Columbian's, Cornwall, and vicar Jsneral ot the diocese of Alexandria. 8 written the following letter to the Archbishop of Kingeton, treating the school difficulties in Ontario: To the Most Rev, M. J. Spratt, D.D., _ Archbishop of Kingston: Your Grace: Kingston is the oldes! Bee in Ontario. Just ninety years ago Kingston came out of the womb of Quebec. I trust therefore that it will not be presumptuous for me to ex- Press to its chief pastor mv views on the "language unpleasantness." The silence observed by ecclesias- tical authority in Ontario in face of the prolonged strife over this lan- Euage question may not prove to be the wisest course for the Catholic cause, I am fully convinced that the French-Canadians might have all the French they could reasonably desire if they went on peacefully with their schools. Intelligent Catuolic gentle- men of the laity in Ontario, both Libera] and Conservative, inform me that the disturbance comes from men actuated by selfishuess and po- litical aims. No doubt many in- fluenced by them do not understand this. I do not believe that the priests whe, according to newspaper reports, directed the faithful to in- sult the gesernment school inspect- ors undersgood the separate school law or the seriousness of their act. They cannot have been aware that they were directing the faithful to violi®te a provision of the Roman Ca- 000d ps of our of surprising if you consider the story of our fifty years as a business house - Fifty arch which supports our right to sep- arate schools in Ontario. Without this provision there would have been 2a o tholie school bill passed in Looks After Catholic Interests After the death of Bishop Alex- ander McDonell, in 1840, the Catho- lic schools for which he had received royal sanction and munificent pecun- fary aid had to be organized and es- tablished on a more stable founda- tion. The bishops for several years worked zealously in this cause, but with little practical success. They labored under the disadvantage of not being thoroughly in touch with conditions in Ontario or Upper Can- ada as it was then known, until fin- ally they addressed a letter to Viear- General Angus McDonell, of Kings- ton (born in Glengarry), a priest of long experience ard influence in Can- ada, in which they requested him to | look after all Catholic interests with | which the government was connect-| ed. This letter, which I read and | heard explained by the Vicar-Gener-| al Angus McDonell himself, bore the | signatures of Bishops Phelan, of] Kingston; DeCharbonell, Toronto; | Guigues, Bytown (Ottawa); Ignace | Bourget, Montreai; Cook, Three Riv-| ers; and that of Archbishop Tour-| geon or Baillargeon, of Quebec. Af-| ter accepting this appointment the! vicar-general speut several years in| strenuous labor, Many consultations | were held with bishops, honorable | members of legislature, and with the | chief superintendent of education, Dr. Ryerson. The result was the Ro-| man Catholic school bill, which was | passed in 1863, during the Sandfield- | Macdonald administration, and | which became the basis of the legis- | lation in the British North America| Act that secured to the Catholics of | Upper Canada the right to Catholic] schools under the constitution of the| Dominion. | In this bill as accepted and passed | were two principal stipulations. | First, that Catholics in their schools | should have the right of instruction | in their own religious vrinciples. | Second, that these Catholics schools | should be as completely subject to] governmental regulations as the pub-| s - i { E10 4 to he hs | Lh Intention you avaw are n airet| dom of its distinguished author. Fa-| 2PPOSition to the School Act.' | ther O'Brien, of Broekville, and Fa-| =n | ther Stafford of Lindsay--both edu-| How Trouble Was Met. | cationists of high repute--brought| Within the last few years, strang- | the schools in their respective towns| ers, who did not meet me, came to | to a state of high efficiency and were| Cornwall to stir up trouble in con- | effusive in their praises of Vicar-, hection with our schools. The rem- General Angus McDonell's success. | ®dy we applied was easy. In the pul- On one occasion 1 heard Br. Pit.and in the press We. gave. u-clear: G'Brien, then bishop of Kingston, | ®XPosition of the Separate School Act | say: "The Church will never be right| 88 accepted and sanctioned by the | in Ontario till it has done justice to bishops, and the French-Canadians'! the memory of Vicar-General Angus! have continued to be, as I have al- | McDonell, and his illustrious uncle, Ways found them, peaceful, self-re-! (the Hon. Alexander McDonell, first| SPecting and respected. Now, since such happy bishop of Kingston) for their | results | achievement in the Catholic cause." | have followed our humble efforts in Cornwall, where we have a numer- | ous French Jopulation, would not a clear and kindly explanation from Trouble In Kingston, | the prelacy of Ontario on the Ca- Only two years had elapsed after tholic School Act have a most bene- the passing of this measure when] ficial and pacifying effect throughout there was a violation of one| of its| the province? You are the shepherds important provisions, In Kingston | ~~ mn the principal of the separate school refused admittance to the govern-| { ment inspector. This refusal was; | reported to the education department Need More Iron in the Blood, in Toronto. The chief superintend-| If you are anaemic, you need more | ent of education wrote to the chair-| iror in your blood, and the tell-tale { man of the Catholic school board in| symptoms are a pale face,--color- | Kingston, mentioning his duties as! less lips, ashén finger nails, poor | chief superintendent and the neces-! circulation, and short breath, and | sity of the knowledge he should pos-| more serious diseases are easily con- | sess of each school and quoting the| tracted when in this condition. | words of the Separate School Act:| Mr. W. H. Hodges, of Kansas City, {| "The Roman Catholic schools with Mo. says:--*1 suffered from the ef- | their registers, shall be subject to/ fects of bad blood, was run-down, | such inspection as may be directed | dizzy, had headaches and did not feel | from time to time by the chief sup-| like working. I had tricd Beef Iron | erintendent of education," etc. The | and Wine wilhout any help. After | | matter having been submitted to Dr. | taking Vino! four days I noticed an | Horan, Bishop of Kingston, he wrote | improvement and its continued use { & letter of apology for the conduct) built up my blood and my bad feel- | of the principal, who, he said, had ings disappeared like magic." mistaken his duty, and assured the| The bad effects of poor, devitaliz- { chief superintendent that the in-|ed blood cannot be overestimated, ANAEMIC PEOPLE. | 1y received any time he might think| the true cod liver extracts contain- | | proper to visit the school. In 1871,! ed ic {Vnol, together with beef pep- | i in Toronto, objection was again rais- | tone. that enriches the blood, im-| {ed against the visit of the govern-| proves the circulation and is this | | ment inspector. The visit was call- | natural manner builds up health and | | ed an "imstrusion." The chief sup-| strength. Try it on our guarantee. erintendent replied: "I beg to ob- | Mahood Drug Co., Limited, Kings- serve that the protest you make and, ton, Ont. "Guizues, Horan | outcome of such policy as can be | "IN THE SPRING A YOUNG MAN'S MIND TURNS TO EVERYTHING--BUT WORK.""--Cart oon by Moyer. Ba ~ of the French-Canadians in Ontario. | They owe their allegiance to the pre- lacy of Ontario, it is seriously dan- gerous for a body of Catholics, and especially priests, to insult, unrebuk- ed, a government for a law which | wag accepted and practically framed by your predecessors, and I have con- fidence that the prelacy of Omtario could. have. and u save this large pofsion of their flock from evil counselors'dnd misinformation, The many tedious oversea jour- neys of Bishop Alexander MeDonell tg. knock at the door of the English Parliament for retognition and aid for Catholic education and for the church in its needs; the untiring zeal of Bishops De Charbonell, Phelan, and Vicar-General Angus McDonell, should be strong in- centives to their successors to safe- guard the privileges already secured for Catholic education in Ontario. No doubt a certain delicacy and re- serve may account for the silence ob- served towards this agitating ques- tion, but serious harm may be the ROGERS PROMISES | A Statement About the Ammunition Sale. Ottawa, May 1.--Liberals in Par- | liament are having considerable trou+ ble in securing the production of the Government documents in connection with the sale of small arms ammuni- tion from the Dominion Arsenal, which is alleged to have been sold early in the war to private individu- als with whom J. Wesley Allison was | connected, and then resolt at a high- | er price to the War Office. E. M. Mac- {donald secured an order of the House | tor the return of the correspondence several weeks ago. Premier Borden | has promised several times that it | would be brought down "presently," | but so far there has been no sign of lit. Mr. Macdonald asked again Fri- day what was the cause of the delay, | Hon. Robert Rodgers, for the Prem- | ler, gave the final promise that the {return would be brought down on | Monday next. easily learned from history, | When I read the violent and un- | chastened language which, according to newspapers, has been used by priests in public, and hear of noctur- . nal meetings at which are present | States. priests from other dioceses without Eerlin, April 29, (via London).-- the I'mnowledge of the local pastor, I| With James W. Gerard, the Ameri- wonder what has become of etcles- | can ambassador, on his way to Ger- iastical discipline and authority in| man army headquarters and the Ontario leading German statesmen already George Corbett, there, the day passed quietly in Ber- Pastor of St. Columbian's, Cornwall. | lin, where no new developments oc- s curred with regard to the American !. note to Germany many's method 'of submarine war- ' | £ . Roosevelt Says Any First-Class Pow- |" p. er Could De It. Chicago, May 1.--In a brief STATESMEN OF GERMANY, Meet To Draft Reply to the United U. S. WOULD BE BUTCHERED, newspapers to-day refrained from any comment on the latest de- Chicago Saturday afternoon, Col. | pariure. Theodore . Roosevelt declared that The general situation was not re- war fof America at thie time would | ferred to by the newspapers, except be butchery. The Tages Zeitung, which printed its "Our unpreparedness means we | usual article, laying emphasis on the would be butchered in a conflict with | statement that the under-water boat any first-class power," the Colonel|is a necessity in Germany's warfare declared. | against Great Britain. The Czar Evidently Doesn't Know That "Villa" is Pronounced "Veelya" EE ------ mami | concerning Ger-! ad- | velupments in the situation, merely | ! Bn, ow. spect thereafter would be courteous-i and it is the peptonate of iron and [dress before the University Club of | mentioning Ambassador Gerard's de- | King's county, N.S., writes: IRISH REBELS Sinn Feiners Tried to Burn Dublin Down SO THEY COULD ESCAPE BUT THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS PREVENTED THIS. Rebel Snipers Shot Down Women-- A Battle That for Plcturesqae Fea- tures Eclipsed Anything Seen on European War Fronts, Dublin, April 29.--Amid roaring flames that threatened to sweep this city of more than half a million in- habitants, British troops and Sinn Fein rebels engaged in a furious hand-to-hand struggle, until an early hour Friday. The rebels, routed by the Govern- ment troops, scurried away as dawn broke upon the blackened ruins of Sinn Fein strongholds in the heart| of Dublin. In their flight they were | mowed down by Maxims and rifle! fire, and lost heavily. It is now es- timated that more than 100 persons were killed, or are missing, as the result of the four days of street fighting, + Tried to Burn City. Late Thursday night, as the troops | were closing in, the rebels started! | numerous fires in the heart of the! | city. They evidently planned to | start a great conflagration, hoping] | to escape in the resulting confusion. | Troops were rushed into the blaz- | ing portion of the city with instrue- MOWED DOWN: Government troopers, firing from the shadows in the streets, escaped unharmed by the ds, which stopped just short of thesa principal structures, Sinn Feiners Killed Women, The dead include many civilians picked off by Sinn Fein snipers, and children. were composed entirely of Sinn Fein adherents, The Sinn Feiners the word "Limerick" as a pass " Augustin Birrell, secretary for Ire- land in the British Cabinet, has es- tablished his headquarters at the vice regal lodge with Lord Wim- borne, Lord Lieutenant for Ireland. Wearing khaki meant just the same as a sentence of death. When the revolt began at 1 o'clock Mon- day afternoon the soldiers walking about the city were, as usual, un- armed, and numbers of them paid the full penalty without being able to defend themselves, Other = Governmental uniforms brought discomfort for their wear- ers, the Dublin metropolitan police were exposed to somewhat similar treatment to' that of the soldiers by the rebels and most of the police- ment went to their homes and chang- ed to civilian clothing, Postmen on duty at the general post-office, which was the first build- ing seized by the Sinn Feiners, and later became their headquarters,were sent away and told to come back in a week for their wages, which would be paid to them in Irish Republican coinage, The rebels cut all the wires, destroyed the apparatus, and seized all the money they could find. Everything except failure seemed Ao have been foreseen by the rebels who, when they started the revelt, were as well uniformed as were the regular soldiers. Their clothing, arms and equipment were good and they were even provided with en- trenching tools, whieh they used tions to extinguisn the flames and | kill all Sinn Feiners who opposed | | their work. They had scarcely begun | work when they were subjected to fusilades from the roofs of down- | town buildings. ; | There followed a battle that for picturesque features eclipsed any-| thing seen on the European war| fronts. Blasts of smoke and flame| hid the buildings in. the hands of the Sinn Feiners from sight, rolling away a moment later to disclose a} group of men, standing bolt upright | on the roofs, firing down on the| Government troops below. 1! Hany Tnegots, It was reckless work, The figures of the Sinn Feiners, lined against the background of darkness by the leaping tongues of flame, made them easy targets. 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