THE CATHOLIC PROCESSION.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 65, 15 September 1908, Page 2

THE CATHOLIC PROCESSION.

Press Assn— By telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, yesterday. Many Catholics were intensely disappointed because all ecclesiastical ceremony was eliminated from the; procession. . Special trains were arranged from all parts of the ; counti-y. Archbishop Bourne announced . the ; alterations in>the ceremonial of 'the: procession at- a mass meeting in- Al-; bert Hall amid a storm of howls and; hissing. He added : —Though it is impossible to carry with us our Di- ; vine Master I trust onlopking . Cat-ho-J lies will; make not. only the Cathedral; but the whole of - -Westminster jone; great sanctuary of the Blessed Sacra-; s ment. '-' " " v ' ' /

Fifteen thousand children met on Victoria -Embankment, and Marched to the cathedral to receive Cardinal Yaughan's blessing. . •, :'

: It is announced that a slight, attack of rheumatism has .detained] the

Marqilis of Ripon in the country at his seat and he was unable to; attend the Eucharistic Congress. ( t Mr Asquith sent to Archbishop Bourne, through a confidential agency, an expression that the procession, which he deprecated,;- ought to be abandoned.

The Chronicle - remarks thsit Mr Asquith wished to give an oportunity for acting as if spontaneously. The Chronicle is still unconvinced that any Government -interference was necessary, and upholds the principles of liberty and toleration. V

The Daily Mail, News, and Standard think a possible insult to the Host has been averted.

The Telegraph condemns the weakness- : andMrresohttion shown, "and the susceptibility to pressure and readiness to make concessions to a- few extremists who clamor. Mr Asguith endeavored to induce Archbishop Bourne to act as if he had changed his mind, arid quailed before the .'Protestant Alliance.- Mr Asquith would then have saved his face and diverted the Catholics' disappointment to their own heirarchy's timid surrender. The affair has been stupidly mishandled.