ARCHBISHOP JULIUS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 16 March 1923, Page 5

ARCHBISHOP JULIUS.

‘ ‘FLAG WAVING” DEPRECATED. Christchurch, March 15. Interviewed to-day on his return from Australia Archbishop Julius referred to the “waving of the flag” question. He said that as a citizen of ihe British Empire for 75 years he deprecated having to sign a form of allegiance on returning to New Zealand after’ an absence of about a fortnight. Surely he did not change his politics or his regard for the Empire within a fortnight. He had noticed m Australia no aggressive national sentiment such as existed in New Zealand. Though he had been over two years away from New South Wales he had to sign nothing at all when he arrived at Sydney. The authorities there had taken no account of him, not even medically, but coming into New Zealand was apparently a very serious m Conoerning the Labour Government His Grace said that he had heard little about it except abuse. Ihe genural feeling was tiiat the perfect democratic government had Y et rived. At present it was not tne best men who came to the fore, but the mediocrities. •