IRISH AND LIBERALS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 7

IRISH AND LIBERALS.

.'■;.'-;. :■ ; :, bought at cost of schools, (By. 'Telegraph-Press, Association-CoprriEat.) '.'■'.'"'.,, V-. London, September 21; '

The Most Rev. Dr. fl . Bourne, 'Roman Catholic Arohbishop of: Westminster, speaking, at ;a meeting of tho Catholic Truth Socioty, warned .tho Irish'Loaguo: "that", tho; Bishops did not intend to allow tho schools in. England to be made counters in the game of political bargains. ; ,\ i . 'THE LEAGUE'S ATTITUDE. ■;.( At' '■English '.by-elections' it .sometimes, bappens that the Liberal candidate, owing to' the Liberal education policy, is-repugnant to the' Roman Catholic Bishops, who placo their schools first, while; he : .iV accipted '■'. by tho United Irish.Leaguers'wliti h6po'to : gain,' by 'bargains" with tho Liberals, legislative bene--tits for Ireland. Anotable instance of the: two interests clnshing-was at North-west Manchos- . tor, where Mr.-Churchill: opposed by tho Roman Cntholio Church influence, was rejected,, ■and a •.Unionist and. auti-Homo Ruler was' elected. -. .-; . ' , : './ ,-'.- . :.. ; After that: by-election "' the United'lrishLeague of Great Britain issued a manifesto stating that the Irish' vote 'in Manchester .handed over ihc.seat to- a Unionist, and adding :—"Tho. ad vico given ■ ; to ■' our people amounted to. a recommendation to them to •turntheir hacks upon. Ireland, to,forget altogether, and to betray her' ; cause.'. '" a -..•■'-*-»& "This policy; of forgetting and betraying Ire'lnu'd- is. justified by what aro supposed .to bo the interests of-tho Catholic schools. In truth, isuoh a.policy: would be ultimately US' destructive .of the Catholic schools as of tho Irish 'caiise'.-;-.-»;':j.i' .-.-■■■'.-:■.' ' : "-,' ■-' ■:'.':■ . ."In "the future wn cannot regard- anyone Mfho abandons or advises others to abandon ;the 'cause of Ireland, and who', violates tho fundamental rule of-unity of.aatinn by at, tempting to divide and;destroy her. forces as a loyal ineniber'of our organisation. , . ."It is they, and not we, who are ranging; faith and. fatherland as opposing forces. To us thoy aro not rival raiises, bnt'tho same cause. Vijnally . dear. to Irish' .hearts, equally safo and-.securo in Irish hands."' : ' ''; ,'•