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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9954, 25 April 1918, Page 8

'TIow can you account for the fact that Britain is allied with at least three'Catholio oonntries —France, Belgium and Italy—and is fighting a country where Iratheranism is the State religion and ■whence the Protestant movement arose?" asked a questioner of the Bev, Howard Elliott at the P.P.A. meirtiaj; at ■&« Town Hall last night. The rereresbd gentleman said that ha was Tery glad to have the question. Italy had come into the -war on the express condition that the Pope should not h«nro any ha/nd i°the settlement after tie war. "Why waa Belgium smashed?" he asked. ''Why did the Pope refuse to receive Coadinal schools in Belgium? Because th« Kaiser thought that tho Pope had arranged for him to have free passage through Belgium, and the opposition of Bt&giani meant the Kaiser losing the wsir." Cardinal Mercier, he added, at the instance of the Pope, had asked King .Albert to crre the German army free passage. ''But," nsked King Albert, "what about me? When lam thus in the Kaiser's ooat4ail pocket •will the Pope get me out? No 1 We will fight for our country, and the Pope has no right to promiso a.nything else." (Applause.) Prance was once tho seat of Popery, but eho had _. 1.---WJ. _ll XT.- Sl—_ „™(. TTV.. Kaiser had been tracking to Pope twenty-fire years, and had been i ing at the Vatican to bring about this world war for the polittoal domination of Gormany and the spiritual domiasvtion of* Borne. CAppiauie.) Before going out in cold wet weather, take NAZOf/ on sugar. This will keep coughs and colds away. Thousands use NJ&OL. Sisty. dosea la 6d.