SECTARIANISM.

Grey River Argus, 1 December 1920, Page 3

SECTARIANISM.

The tiling won't keepquiet. It is sprawling itself over the paper every : day ■ this week. A Catholic divine writes that 'Protestanism 1 is- falling to pieces. This has to be replied -to. stage in the debate reached at the moment of writing is a; -muck-raking through jail records to find out "which of the poor unfortunates who, got there profess the Catholic faith and. which the Protestaa + . How very helpful to humanity. ,B : ut what can be done to allay this . religious Mittbrness ? What can, wo expect of the rank and file when, the ■leaders of the*^ suiteful and malignant forces seem ever ready for mis chief? To all those -interested in 'the' Lab- ' our movement irrespective of what religion they profess, there. seems to be b/ut one course iopen in' them— r to work for the . good of the Labour move- ; ment and , as. - far : ■as 'po ssible.- ■ restrain J religious : bias. ■ ■ ! ANOTHER PRINCE HERE. . •. ■. ••■■ » ■- This time it is a Uussian one. • He of course.-. has not had a reception of .. the kind accorded the young man from : Buckingham Palace, 1 but' he has had , something : . to say about Russia/ What ; is. being , done in . that far country is dreadful. Thpse "wicked. .Bolsheviks have aatually taken his private, land and turned: it into public property. ■• This, fact ! 'alone condemns*, the nßdlshe-'' vik Revolution off-hand. iand- gives this ricble prince the right* of entry to*the columns of . an < important capitalist newspaper. So : dreadful were .matters hi one big:' city in 1 Russia^at one: time. |that people dared nofr-.be .. out rafter dark for -fear.- of beibg . ■robbed, ox « r orsc. ; As" illustrating this awful condition of affairs < in 'Ireland.— No,--- no, JJussia — the- 1 npbla'v prince, told -us the story .-of a man who ventured out with . , a watch -in^ Ms! pocket. It was snatch- ' cd at and the: -man.t hough. *he had lost it; He gave) chase,.; mistook . ano.ther • man for his assailant; .and said: '.'Give: me tliat- watch. V Tho;:onan • irajuicdiately handed i over,, his -watch, so cus-. tomary was., .it to be robbed -. in -this city. > The '[peaceful citizen- who thought ■ his'.,watch had been stolen landed home with, his^own ,anid the^other^fclloiw'si watch.- . How. . dreadful ! .; Amusingly s.o. Sydney can beatLithat; any; day of,- the week. 'Wheai.iw.e;. hg.d. pur, ; own .dear •Prince here, we. should haye i got him to : tell us' \stories' like.' that.; Would he have ventured -an?' opinion: as-, to ' Avhenthe' community, is likely to take over flic land that ho..nowitiCalls hia owii.>. Pity we missed that opportunity... SPIRITUALISM. \ We have had Conaii Doyle here this ' jwoefc lecturing to^s upon spiritualism. iHe.is a missionary of the new cult and talks very interestingly., of .life beyond, ,the Grave. . He will be in New Zcailand soon so that you WUl"have an opportunity of either. Searing . or reading, of what ho has- to say. -He is meeting with strong opposition from suet widely separated bodies as the Christian Evidence Society and the Rationa•lists: .Among those who have. been prominent' in 'rediculinp:" spiritualism, is Stei?heiv Leaeock.: -..; He pours eon-