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Outstanding Leadership of Pope Pius XII for Enduring Peace .
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Why the U.S. Maintains Special Mission to Holy See The termination of Myron Tay- the policy inaugurated by Presilor's mission to the Vatican as dent Roosevelt, and continued by of President Truman, runs counter the personal representative President Truman would not only to the principle of the separation The aprenew religious rivalries which of Church and State. most Americans had hoped were pointment of a Presidential re"but would presentative at the Vatican canpermanently stilled, also hinder this Government in not affect the provisions of our its efforts to bring about the es- Constitution nor shape our own tablishment of a just and lasting internal policies. "From the purely juridical peace," Sumner Welles, former Under-secretary of State, assert- standpoint the territory known as ON TAYLOR a ed recently in the New York the Vatican City constitutes service to the United "Herald Tribune." States." the Mr. Welles' statement, most forceful by an American Governments so represented public figure of his stature since knew that the Vatican had availrecent agitation to have Mr. Tayable to it sources of information lor recalled, is reprinted by the possessed by very few, if any, 'Catholic News," New York. other Governments. "It is unfortunate that the "The President is intrusted by controversy over Myron Taylor's the Constitution with the conduct mission as the President's perof the foreign relations of the sonal representative at the VatiUnited States. If he is to carry can should have recently flared out these responsibilities successup again, and this time in what fully, he must be free to utilise appears to be an acute and even the services of such agents as he virulent form. The world is almay consider necessary in order ready torn by intolerance, by preto obtain the information he may judice, and by antagonisms of one require whenever that is not kind or another that it is deploravailable through normal chanable that the existing bitterness nels. The history of the United should now be accentuated here in States contains innumerable inthe United States. stances of the exercise of this "The decision of the President right by American Presidents. to continue Mr. Taylor's mission, Personal representatives of the at least until peace has been rePresident have often been apstored, has been violently assailPOPE PIUS XII. pointed where official diplomatic ed and a.s vigorously defended. relations have not existed. -"an outstanding leader." There is no need to question the motives nor the good faith on Called Moral Force. either side in the present dispute. sovereign State. It is so recog"One of the reasons why PreBut the form which the contro- nised by the majority of nations. sident Roosevelt sent his perversy has taken tends to obscure "At the outbreak of the war, sonal representative to the Vatia number of simple facts. almost every country except the can was his realisation that the "Demands for the termination Soviet Union and the United United States Government must of Mr. Taylor's mission have been States, whether constituth u. have available to it every possible based upon the following charges: Protestant as in the case of shred of intelligence which "It is allaged that President Great Britain; whether officially might assist it in prosecuting the Roosevelt's decision to send a non-Christian, as in the case of war or in laying the foundations personal representative to the Japan, or whether anti-Christian, for a just and lasting peace. Vatican violated the principles of as in the case of Nazi Germany, "But I believe that an even the separation of Church and had accredited diplomatic repre- more compelling motive was the State. It is further asserted that sentatives to the Holy See. President's conviction that the the step taken circumvents con- Those diplomatic missions had Vatican represented stitutional requirements. Final. obviously not been appointed in moral force, and that ita wasgreat to in the words of a recent pro- order to further any extension advantage of the American t-st, the Taylor mission is said to of the influence of the Church the people that Government represent 'one of the most dan- over State. They were appoint. should be in their a position where it gerous chapters in modern secret ed because the powerful influence could co-operate effectively with diplomacy.' exercised by the Vatican through- every agency which was "It is hard to understand the out a great part of the world strivingworld for the creation of reasoning behind the charge that was recognised, and because the better international order and fora a peace based upon principles of justice and of morality. "No unprejudiced American citizen, whatever his creed may be, can deny that the Vatican con-
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ful forces in the world of to-day, and that Pope Pius XII. has been an outstanding leader in the battle for the abandonment of policies of cruelty and of aggression, and for the adoption of such For your next special perm have standards in the relations between REMEMBER . . . the latest, the 'NEWTRIX " rations as can make for enduring for its most natural and peace. MAISON WALTAIRE known lasting loveliness. Secrecy Essential. "It is impossible to deal seriProp.: Gaston Wigger (late S iegrist and Simon), First Floor, ously with the charge that Mr. Pastoral House, St. Geor ge's Terrace. Phone B5297 Taylor's mission constitutes a
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dangerous 'chapter in modern sec- United States. It will also be ret diplomacy. The foreign re- seen, as the Rev. Dr. Everett lations of the United States could Clinchy said a few months ago, not be carried on if every report that there has been nothing in rendered to the President by one this mission which 'need alarm of his agents abroad had imme- any sincere Protestant. diately to be made public. Under "At least until peace has been* any such requirement as tnat, the restored to the world, the means sources of American information of co-operation between the Vatwould Ory up within five min- ican and the President of the utes. United States afforded by Mr. "No American diplomatic agent Taylor's mission should continue. in recent years has carried out l'he termination of his mission as his duties with greater discre- a result of the present agitation tion, with greater success and would not only renew religious with a greater regard for his rivalries which most Americans country's interests than Myron had hoped were permanently stillTaylor. When the full story of ed, but it would also hinder this his mission is finally recorded it Government in its efforts to will be recognised that it has bring about the establishment of been of great service to the a just and lasting peace."
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