The President took the word of German
officers that the wureless stations in New
Jersey and New r York would not be used un
neutrallv.
*-
Those officers laughed m their sleeves, and
used the w ireless stations as they pleased.
Officials closest to the German ambassador
(concluded on page five.)
attack upon the Roman Catholic faith.
After the National Convention of the Cath
olic Federation had resolved to “put Watson
out of business,” this Secretary Matre went to
New York and prevailed upon Anthony Com
stock, United States Postoffice Inspector to
start a prosecution against me.
I wrote to Comstock and asked him for the
name of the man who had brought our maga
zine to his attention.
He declined to give it, but did not deny that
the Roman Catholics had caused it to be done.
From a source, closer to Matre than he
would easily believe, the information was
given, that he had done it.
He has never denied my repeated state
ments to that effect.
But the clinching evidence, if any more
were needed, is furnished by Metre’s official
report to the Convention of the Catholic Fed
eration at Toledo, Ohio, this year.
His report in part appears in The Irish
World, of New York City, October 30, 1915.
This Romanist paper was founded by Pat
rick Ford, ana is published at 27 Barclay St.
In the issue named, appears, on page 3, an
article headlined in big capitals—
“TOM WATSON ARCH-BIGOT”
Beneath this, appears in smaller capitals
the following statement:
“AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES PAYS ITS RE~
SPECTS TO TOM WATSON”
The article goes on to quote from the of
(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE.) J
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