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— ■■ ATTACK ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. • MADE BY A LECTURER. POLICE INTERVENTION NECESSARY./ [FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HAMILTON, This. Day. Angry scenes were witnessed last night at a lecture on,, "Who Caused the War," by the Rev. Howard Elliott. The lecturer sought to show that the Catholics throughout the worh! wore in league against Britain, and ha' was subjected to a tirade of bitter interjections throughout. His declaration thatpthe,.Pope was responsible for the present European conflict in his anxiety to secure world domination caused a tremendousi out. burst of invective, and the lecturer, who had difficulty in proceeding, ordered the police* to remove several interrupters, At the conclusion, the crowd waited for and followed the lecturer, who had to be escorted by the police. He eventually escaped in a motor-
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1917, Page 2
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132AN ANGRY SCENE Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1917, Page 2
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