Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1919 — FR. MERCIER VISITS CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

FR. MERCIER VISITS CHICAGO

Defends Course of America Entering War When She Did. Chicago, Oct. 22. —Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, today, the second of hie visit to Chicago, was permitted to engage In a less strenuous program than yesterday when he was busy from early Imiorning until late at night. Except for a meeting at the Umiverslty of Chicago, where the degree of IzL. D. was bestowed on the prelate, his time today -was given over mainly to visits to Catholic Institutions and greetings to fellowcountrymen. Committees started today to complete a fund of |IOO,000 for rehabilitation of Belgium In the hope that a check for the amount may be presented to the cardinal before his departure for St. Louis tomorrow. In his addrdss last night to the largest audience he said he ever faced, Cardinal Mercier defended the action of the United States In waiting until the tfimSS It did to enter the war. "I think, so far as I know, your people and your country have been right.”