"For centuries the Spanish friars have been the instruments of the Spanish rulers for the spoliation and oppression of the natives. He whom the civil and military officials did not venture to touch fell without hesitation into the hands of the friars. These have been disloyal to the Church, false to their fellows, and through their cruelties and shameless and dishonorable doctrines (credos) have attacked the very principles of the Founder of Christianity." (Italics ours.)

The obvious meaning of this paragraph is that the friars, no exception, for centuries, i. e., from the very beginning, since they have been there only three centuries and a half, taught the Filipinos a Christianity which was not Christ's, and therefore that their religion, the Roman Catholic Apostolical, is not his.

To continue: "It is no wonder, then, that even the most generous and orderloving of the Filipinos revolted in the end and demanded, as they have done, the expulsion of these robbers from the country.

"It is said that for the last 200 years there has been a revolution in each generation; patience being no longer possible, the suffering Filipinos took up arms with the hope of seeing themselves free of their oppressors.

"The sending of the captive rebels to Mindanao 'by the servants of the Church and State' is given as the cause of the Katipunan rebellion.

"One of the leaders confessed the plot to the Spanish friars of Tindo, with the result that the chiefs were immediately seized, etc.

"The Spanish friars knew well that the cause of the rebellion was hatred of themselves, and they determined to insist on great severity in the punishment of the guilty. In fact, they showed themselves so ferocious towards the rebels that the Governor, General Blanco, caused great vexation to the Archbishop of Manila because he would not take the insurrection as seriously as the minister of the Church wished."

Mr. Atkinson used to suppress all that was unfavorable to his system and schemes for educating the Filipinos in the reports of those who did not agree with him. If he was not, as has frequently been charged, a proselyter, his public utterances surely seemed to justify the charge. Witness the article in the Atlantic Monthly already referred to, and his own account of his appointment which is taken verbatim from the Springfield Republican, May 26, 1900, he said at a public farewell reception given in his honor by the board of trade of Springfield :

"You may be interested to know how I came to accept this appointment. About three months ago I returned from a vacation and found that President Eliot had been here to see me, and left a letter for me, asking me to come to Cambridge to see him and to talk with him about the matter of accepting the position. I tossed the letter aside, giving it but little thought that night. The next day I wrote to President Eliot, and told him that I could not come before the end of the week. He telegraphed me to come at once. I went, and he talked the matter over with me. He told me that Judge Taft had asked him to select some one for the position. We talked of the climate, and he told me that Judge Taft was to take his own family out with him.

"He asked me what Church I belonged to, and I replied the Congregational,

and said that I went to Dr. Moxom's Church. That settled it, he said I must go. I said that I would consider the matter.

“Three weeks later I got a letter from Taft to meet the commission at Washington, etc., etc."

THE WORK OF THE FRIARS.

"The Work of the Friars," by Stephen Bonsal, in The North American Review for November, is an article which everyone of our readers should know and recommend to his friends. It is the testimony of one who cannot be suspected of partiality to the Friars. We wish we might say the same of an article in the same number, "The Associations Law in France," by Walter Littlefield, who repeats unblushingly misrepresentations and falsehoods which since 1899 we have refuted over and over again in this magazine.

Our readers will recall especially our editorial for June, 1900, the article entitled "Disowned," from August to December, 1901, and at least seven other articles in the numbers for January, February, March, April and August.

THE INDIAN MISSIONS.

President Roosevelt has appointed Archbishop Ryan of Phila delphia and Charles J. Bonaparte, a prominent lawyer of Baltimore, members of the Indian Commission. The Rev. Dr. H. G. Ganss is at present in New York, establishing in the churches, schools and societies of that Archdiocese the Society for the Preservation of the Faith Among the Indian Children. The object of this society is so excellent that our readers need not wait to hear the appeal of Dr. Ganss for members. Twenty-five cents a year is the membership fee, and the easiest way of paying it is through a promoter, who collects it from each of a band of ten members. If you cannot find a promoter send the offering to Rev. Mother Catherine, Convent of the Blessed Sacrament, Maud P. O., Pa., or better, become a promoter and induce ten others to become members in your band. It needs only $70.00 a year to house, feed, clothe and educate the Indian child for one year, and there are 2,000 of them in our schools. Two years ago there were 3,600, but for want of means 1,600 have been let go. To keep the 2,000 the missionaries and sisters in charge of the schools undergo the most painful privations. We should help them of our abundance and help also the efforts of Archbishop Ryan, who is actively devoting himself to the welfare of the Indians. Last week he attended with Dr. Ganss the Indian conference at Lake Mohonk, N. Y.-the first Catholics to take part in that assembly.

On June 30, 1902, the Indian pupils were distributed as follows:

"For centuries the Spanish friars have been the instruments rulers for the spoliation and oppression of the natives. He wh military officials did not venture to touch fell without hesitati of the friars. These have been disloyal to the Church, false to through their cruelties and shameless and dishonorable doctr attacked the very principles of the Founder of Christianity.”

The obvious meaning of this paragraph is that ception, for centuries, i. e., from the very beg have been there only three centuries and a half, a Christianity which was not Christ's, and religion, the Roman Catholic Apostolical, is r

To continue: "It is no wonder, then, that even th loving of the Filipinos revolted in the end and deman expulsion of these robbers from the country.

"It is said that for the last 200 years there has ' eration; patience being no longer possible, the with the hope of seeing themselves free of their

"The sending of the captive rebels to Mi Church and State' is given as the cause of the "One of the leaders confessed the plot to t result that the chiefs were immediately seiz "The Spanish friars knew well that the c themselves, and they determined to insist of the guilty. In fact, they showed them: that the Governor, General Blanco, caus Manila because he would not take the of the Church wished."

Mr. Atkinson used to suppre tem and schemes for educating who did not agree with him. charged, a proselyter, his pu1 the charge. Witness the referred to, and his own ac verbatim from the Spring a public farewell recept trade of Springfield :

"You may be interested t About three months ago I r Eliot had been here to see Cambridge to see him and position. I tossed the le: next day I wrote to P before the end of the we he talked the matter ove to select some one for t that Judge Taft was to

"He asked me what

CATHOLIC CHRONICLE.

HOME NEWS.

Manila Observatory.-Rev. George Zwack, S.J., of Prairie du Chien, Wis., will soon leave for the Philippine Islands to assist Father Algue in the Manila Observatory. Like Father Algue, Father Zwack also spent some years at the Georgetown Observatory, Washington, D. C.

The Pious Fund.-The International Court of Arbitration at the Hague has concluded its consideration of the Pious Fund case between the United States and Mexico, and has awarded the former $1,420,682, Mexican currency. Mexico must pay annually $43,051 for the purpose for which the fund was instituted. Founded more than two centuries ago to aid the Jesuits in converting the Indians on the Pacific slope and the Southern Peninsula, it has since passed through many hands. For a long time the Franciscans and Dominicans used it to better the condition of the Indians and propagate religion among them from Mexico as far north as San Francisco. In 1842 it was practically confiscated by President Santa Anna of Mexico. Shortly after, it was sold for $2,000,000, and this money was used to replenish the depleted Mexican treasury. The president agreed to pay six per cent. interest for the support of the missions, but the promise was never fulfilled. For a time all traces of the fund were lost. After ten years of careful research two Catholic lawyers found many of the deeds. In 1868 the Bishop of San Francisco claimed the accumulated interest before the United States-Mexican Mixed Commission.

The Bible in the Schools.-A very interesting decision, especially for educators who wish to retain the Bible in our public schools, at least as a literary production, was rendered recently by the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska. The decision is: "Exercises by a teacher in a public school, in a school building, in school hours, and in the presence of the pupils, consisting of the reading of passages from the Bible and in the singing of songs and hymns and offering prayer to the Deity in accordance with the doctrines, beliefs, customs, or usages of sectarian churches or religious organizations, are forbidden by the Constitution of the State." The plaintiff in the case was an atheist, by name, Daniel Freeman.

Chaplain of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.-Right Rev. John J. Glennon, Coadjutor-Bishop of Kansas City, Mo., has been appointed

National Chaplain of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, by the National President, James E. Dolan, of Syracuse, N. Y. In the course of an excellent address to the entire order, President Dolan urges upon the members the closest union of minds and hearts; the spread of the national literature of the Gael, which is recognized by European scholars as of great worth; a thorough education, which can be fostered by having literary exercises in every division, particularly during the winter months; and lastly, and especially, the avoidance of any theatre or other place of amusement where they are made to witness the foul caricatures of their race which have hitherto found favor in some of our theatres.

Episcopal Fubilees.-His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, celebrated on October 3 his Silver Jubilee as Archbishop of Baltimore. This is the third jubilee the Cardinal has had since his arrival in that city. On June 30, 1886, he celebrated his Silver Jubilee as a priest, by choosing it for the day of his investiture as Cardinal; and on August 16, 1893, he celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his consecration as Bishop.

The Right Rev. William George McCloskey, Bishop of Louisville, Ky., celebrated on October 6 the Golden Jubilee of his priesthood. The bishop is a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was born on November 10, 1823. He was ordained priest by Archbishop Hughes at old St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, on October 6, 1852. After acting as assistant to his brother in the Church of the Nativity, he was for a time professor at his alma mater, Mt. St. Mary's Emmittsburg, Maryland. When Pius IX founded the American College at Rome, Dr. McCloskey was appointed its first American president. Many of our American bishops were students there during his incumbency: Archbishop Riordan, of San Francisco, and his Coadjutor, Bishop Montgomery; Bishops Northrop, of Charleston, Richter, of Grand Rapids, and Hortsmann, of Cleveland; also the late Archbishop Corrigan. He was consecrated bishop in the chapel of the college on May 24, 1868, by the celebrated Cardinal Reisach.

Catholic Societies.-The German Roman Catholic Central Verein recently concluded its forty-seventh annual convention at Evansville, Indiana. The meeting was one of the largest ever held by that Society. More than thirty states were represented. True to the example set them by their co-religionists in the Fatherland, the members, by a unanimous vote, adopted a resolution to join the Federation of Catholic Societies. This was brought about by the efforts of Bishop Messmer and Abbot Schmitt, of St. Meinrad's Abbey, Indiana. Among other important resolutions adopted the one which suggested a bureau for the distribution of Catholic literature was of prime