MANNIX TALKS

Evening Star, Issue 17429, 12 August 1920, Page 7

MANNIX TALKS

DETECTIVES WATCH MOVEMENTS. 1 0 Frees Association—-By Triegraph—Oopjrighl. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. , ~. LONDON, August 10. Archbishop Mannix, wearing his episcopal robes and a scarlet cap, posed for the klnema in the garden at Nazareth House. He walked backward with a stately bearFather Vaughan remarked that this would be a good picture for Australia and America. Dr Mannix said that not since the Battle 01 Jutland had the British Navy scored a success comparable to the capture of the Archbishop of Melbourne without the loss of a single British, sailor. An unending stream of callers interviewed Dr Mannix all day long, and a m>wd assembled in the evening outside Nazareth House. Dr Mannix delivered an address, concluding with a blessing and an appeal to disperse quietly. The Archbishop of Perth arrived from Paris and proceeded at once to greet Dr Mannix. It is understood that Dr Mannix will remain at Hammersmith resting for a few days. His next move is the closest secret. Detectives are keeping the closest watch outside the convent. In an interview Dr Mannix said: “1 a u Australian citizen who wishes to visit his native land after seven years spent in Australia. I thought it was my duty as the Archbishop of Melbourne to ;-tand by the weak against the strong. 1 was therefor© compelled to use my Influence on behalf of the workers. Thus my name became associated with Labor politics. The Australian volunteers did more than their share to win the war.” Tho _ interviewer asked: “Were you, then, in favor of recruiting and volunteering 1 ” Dr Mannix replied: ** I asked no man to so. I asked no man to stay.” Archbishop Mannix assailed” Mr Hughes as defeated, discredited, and nervous, because he was losing his hold on office. The interviewer asked: “Do you contemplate taking part in any political agitation ? ” Dr Mannix replied 1 w I have made no plans.” 31 The interviewer: ** Have you seen Mr Hughes’s statement that your return to Australia may be difficult ? ” Dr Mannix: “Yes: but I am bound to return to Australia. Mr Hughes is not my ecclesiastical superior.” Dr Mannix deplored Irish crime, but said it was political. The Irish people were tho most crimeless in the world. Dr Mannix further stated that the Irish Republic was already in existence, and nothing could alter it except a change of opinion among the Irish people themselves. “ You English people seem to agree that if Ireland asks for Dominion Home Rule it should be granted. It seems to follow logically that if Ireland asks for a republic she is entitled to have it. The English say they cannot allow Ireland to be independent for strategical reasons. Germany must have said the same thing about Belgium, and Russia might say the same thing about Poland. Apparently some people in England think tho principle of self-determination should apply to our enemies but not to our friends.” NEW YORK, August 11. A mass meeting of protest against, the removal of Archbishop Mannix from the steamer Baltic has been called for Sunday in Madison Square Garden, New York.