Sacerdos sends McMaster an excerpt from a fifteen pages pastoral letter written by the newly consecrated Right Rev. P. J. Baltes, Bishop of Alton, in the Wahrheitsfreund . Sacerdos feels that the excerpt enclosed is a direct attack against the Freeman's Journal, and he sends the excerpt in order that McMaster will have the chance to discuss it. The writer does not send his name, as he is not the author of the article. Excerpt enclosed Bishop Baltes asks support of the Catholic Press, but does not recommend certain papers which have been discussing the Clergy, hierarchy discord, as he feels that these papers can be productive only of evil. Baltes warns these editors, and those who support the papers, that a just God will punish them. He forbids the circulation of these papers amongst the faithful of the Diocese of Alton. :: I-1-n A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.