A DECAYING EMPIRE.
IRISH CARDINAL'S PICTURE. KESTIVE'COLONIES. . "FIRES OF REBELLION." By Telegraph.—Press Association Copyright (Received May 14. 10.10, p.m.) [ , New York, May 14. Interviewed in New York, Cardinal Loguc (Primate of All Ireland) made some sensational statements as to ; the future of the British Empire. The Cardinal said that he saw sign's of Great Britain's certain, dissolution-,. V"The colonies," he went on, "are restive, Australia to-day is practically independent, and the trend of every movement is more and more in the direction of absolute rebellion. " New Zealand is indifferent, and Canada is legislating in a manner that shows her desire to conduct her business in her own way. • " The fires of rebellion have been - lighted in India; • and men and women have been hanged for daring to advocate the doctrine of neverdying freedom.'' ; "* Whet) England sits alone as the result of misgovernment, it will be a day of reckoning for the children of Ireland."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13750, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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154A DECAYING EMPIRE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13750, 15 May 1908, Page 5
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