Unchristian and Bolshevik are the terms in which the “Guardian”, an English newspaper published at Verdun, a suburb of Montreal, refers to the separate Jewish school bill which it scathingly attacks. The motive behind the attack is said to be the fact that the Protestant schools at Verdun are running at a loss and the withdrawal of Jewish children from the schools would increase the financial burden of these schools.
The “Guardian” declared that “Canada can never allow a school with an official status and non-Christian character. The province of Quebec will yet deplore the division of school taxes in order to satisfy certain groups. How can the Catholic majority justify such action? It may at the present moment settle a small political issue but is it necessary on that account to drive Christ out of the schools and make room for Semitic teachings?
“There is no doubt that very many children of the Bolshevist element of Russia will be found attending these non-Christian schools when they are created and it may not take very long before they will begin preaching the doctrines of Lenin and Trotsky. Why shouldn’t the Catholic majority and Protestant minority stand united and let it be known that Canada must remain a Christian country?”
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