A CATHOLIC PROTEST.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 24, 27 July 1907, Page 5

A CATHOLIC PROTEST.

REGULATIONS REGARDING TRAINING COLLEGES. By Tclc^rr.ph.— l'rcsa Association.— Copyr'fflit LONDON, 25th July. ' An influontial deputation of Catholics, hoaded by Archbishop Bourne, of Westminster, waited on tho ,-Government and protested that the new regulations must destroy the denominational character of training colleges. In replying, Sir H. C. Bannerman (Prima Minister) and Mr. M'Kenna (Minister of " Education) maintained tho equity of tho regulations. They declared that the Government did' not desire to impair the present character of the colleges. If tho regulations did dstroy the character of the colleges, the situation would be reconsidered, but the Government claimed a fair trial of its policy. The remarks of politicians, or even' of statesmen, * cannot always be taken seriously, but one_ppuld readily imagine, from a Campboll-Bannerman utterance made during a 'debate on the Education Bill, that in the British Prime Minister tho Roman Catholics hid a friend full of sympathy. For instance : — "As to the Roman Catholic schools, a man must have the heart of a nether-millstone who is not deeply touched by tKe enormous sacrifices the Roman Catholics of this country have made to "provide for tho education and religious ncads 'of their f ellow-bo-Hovers. They are 'cut off from much that onco, at all event, they were fairly entitled to consider their own — cathedrals and splendid foundations, for instance. They have had cast upon them the obligation of looking after hundreds of thousands of poor Irish folk's' children, whoso fathers or grandfathers were driven gut of Ireland and compelled to como to England under the pressure of circumstances which no man in this House, whatever his party, can hold them responsible for.- I believe I am right in saying that it is a charge which should not bo brought against tho Liberal party that it is without sympathy with those from whom, on many vital points, it must radically differ." THE "UNITED" STATES. — . — «■ — ~_~_ FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS' CLASH. By TeUgrtph.— Pres> Aswiciiilion.— Copyright. NEW YORK, 25th July. Tho Governor of North Carolina refuses to oboy thQ ruling of tho Fgdoral Circuit Court declaring the State law * on railway rates unconstitutional. The Governor rejects all offers of compromise until th* railway company complies with the State law. Serious conflicts between the State and Federal authorities are feared, involving oven tho use of Federal troops to enforce tho order of the court. The press widely condemns the Governor's action. i „ i Speaking at Indianapolis some weeks since, President Roosevelt said, among other things, that property was in less ! jeopardy from Socialists and Anarchists than from predatory men of wealth. The Government, he affirmed, did not intend to refrain from asserting the right of ,tho nation to control tho use of wenlth by business concerns, especially in corporate form. The Govornment must, lio said, exorcise over railways a power analogous to that exorcised over nqtiona! banks. It must prevent over-capitalisation or undue inflation of " securities. "Evory honestly managed railway will," said tho President, "gain undor this policy. The Government purpose is in no sense punitivo or vindictive. No individual State is powerful enough to cope legislatively witli powerful coipor»tions engaged in intev-Stftt(» cosmgrce."-