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Show THE JESUITS AND THE JEWS. (From the Sacred Heart Review). In response to the calumnies directed against his society, which its enemies accuse of being behind the prosecution of Dreyfus, the provincial of the French Jesuits said the 'other day: "I make the independent statement that persecution perse-cution of the Jews is against the spirit of our religion and against the spirit of the nation. I preach and teach ,that Jews who are in good faith will go to heaven. The Church makes no campaign cam-paign against them. Drumont is not the mouthpiece of the Catholics, neither neith-er is Rochefort. The two most' violent anti-Semites, namely, Arthur Meyer, director of Le Gaulois, and Pollonais, director of Le Soir,.ar'Jews. Israelites are not a menace to" France. They set ..a. good example of industry and thrift. While many honestly believe Dreyfus guilty, we all deplore the horrible attempt at-tempt to intimidate the courtmartial by assaults upon Labori and Bernard j Lazare. Many hold that there is moral ' but not mathematical proof of Dreyfus' guilt. There is no colusion between the clergy and officers. The latter would not allow any interference. There is no danger of a revolution. Arrests Ar-rests are unnecessary, and the republic is safe; safe for Legitimism is dead. Orleansism absurd, and Bonapartism a myth." . |