THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF YORK.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 118, 17 November 1908, Page 5

THE ARCHBISHOPRIC OF YORK.

P*ess Assn— By telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, yesterday. • Dr. Lang, Bishop of Stepney, has .been appointed Archbishop of York. . Mr Asquith expresaod to tho Bishop of Hereford regret that hia advanced Age prevented the Government recommending him for the archbishopric The Times says that'MrvAsquith's nomination of Dr Lang has thrown^ precedent to the winds. Plenty of people will insist' the appointment is more courageous than prudent, but admitting the risk the Times expects time will prove them wrong. At ahyrate, it is certain the wealth of the pan-Anglican sympathies will attend Dr Laifg's promotion