BELGIUM IN MOURNING.
LATE CARDINAL MERCIER. WORLD-WIDE CONDOLENCES. TOUCHING FINAL SCENES. By Telegraph—Press Association—-Copyright. (Received 11.5 p.m.) Sun. BRUSSELS. Jan. 24. Crowds of people who wept and prayed j surrounded the house of Cardinal Mercier j during his last hours The dying cardinal received the last j sacraments and then said: "Now I am ; ready to die in peace." Condolences have been received from ! all parts of the world in connection with j the cardinal's death. His body now lies ! in state, attired in cardinal's robes. The police were, not able to restrain the huge crowd of mourners who desired to pass the bier. They arrested several persons and closed the gates of th? palace. JARRING NOTE STRUCK. JUNKERS IN GERMANY. OUTBURST OF CALUMNY. (Received 11.25 p.m.) ' Sun. BERLIN. Jan. 24. The resentment caused by the late Cardinal Mercier's conduct in the Great ' War has culminated in an unparalleled outburst of calumny in the junker news- ■ papers. i They declare that he was Germany's most dangerous enemy and that he "opposed the Germans' kindness and humanity in Belgium."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19235, 26 January 1926, Page 9
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