COMMENT IN LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17538, 2 August 1920, Page 5

COMMENT IN LONDON.

; CONTROVERSY INEVITABLE. ! A. and N.Z. LONDON. July 30. I The Spectator in a trenchant article I recalling Dr. Mannix's activities in Aus- ; tralia, and referring to the rumour that i the Vatican contemplated giving Dr. ManI nix an Irish appointment, says:—"We | can hardly believe that the Vatican really j wants to" throw another firebrand into Ireland. It would be madness for the ' Government to allow Dr. Mannix to visit Ireland : it has already gone too far in ; allowing complete personal immunity to i seditious priests." 1 Considerable centrov<irsy is inevitable I in the event of the Government resorti ing to the wartime Defence of the Realm ; Regulations to prevent Dr. Mannix land--1 ing in Ireland. I RECEPTION ARRANGEMENTS. i QUEENSTOWN PREPARATIONS. ! Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. j (Reed. 11.15 p.m.) LONDON. July 31. ! The chairman of the Queenstown Council, interviewed regarding the arrangements for a public welcome to Dr. Mannix, said : " W'e do not intend to alter any arrangements to give a hearty welcome to such a distinguished churchman as the Archbishop of Melbourne. If the British Government adopts measures to prevent him disembarking at Queenstown it will be the crowning act of folly in their dealings with Ireland and the i Irish people. Such an insane act would be a gross affront to the Roman Catholic Church, and would be strongly resented .by Romaja Catholics. How -will the I British representative at the Vatican explain to the Pope the reason for the ' treatment extended to a man who is going to Rome to fulfil the obligations arising out of his sacred office?"