CATHOLIC DISABILITIES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 118, 17 May 1909, Page 5

CATHOLIC DISABILITIES.

BILL FOB THEIR REMOVAL.

THE KING'S ACCESSION OATH,

[press association.] (Received May 16, 4.45 p.m.) LONDON, May 15,

Mr W. Redmond's Bill for the re---moral of Catholic disabilities was read a second time by 133 to 123. and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, which is equivalent to shelv"ing it. Mr Asquith approved of the proposal to open the Lord Chancellorship and "the Irish Ticeroyalty to Catholics. 1 The accession declaration Tie characterised as the flimsiest -and'most unnecessary safeguard. . He suggested the appointment of a committee to -find a form of declaration inoffensive to any religious susceptibilities.