"WHERE ARE THE QUOTATION MARKS?"

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24450, 8 November 1940, Page 5

"WHERE ARE THE QUOTATION MARKS?"

to the EDrroa Sir,—"F. S." in a recent issue, protests overmuch. The act of the present Government in imposing a bah on Jehovah's Witnesses—an Act commended by "F. S."—is, in my opinion, just another striking demonstration of the Nazi-like nature of. the Socialist Government. '>•'■■ ■ v Because the Pope's utterance displeases " F. S." and is evidently in his opinion rather calculated to prove the contentions of Jehovah's Witnesses he 'dubs it " an enemy ' release.' " ; Of course; it is an enemy " release, as indeed must be all utterances of the Pope. Is he not an Italian? One gets a little tired of reading so frequently of the many references to "Catholics whose loyal contribution to the Empire," etc.. ad. lib. Why the necessity of such protests? There are many, who like myself from actual experience know why.-—I am, etc.* Digger.

TO THE EDITOS ' Sir,—ln this morning's Daily Times one reads a quotation from the .Tablet in connection with the blessing by the Pope of Italian soldiers. It may be of interest to your readers to know that the London Times of ;* June 24 contained the statement that two Italian archbishops and .47.. bishops had peitioned Mussolini to insist that the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem be taken out'of the hands of Great Britain and entrusted to the Roman House of Savoy! The New York Tribune of April 14 contained a photograph of all army units of Italy passing in review before Monsignor Alfonso Camillo de Romano, General Vicar of the Vatican in Rome, at the blessing of the motorised army of Italy, and the photograph showed.the act of blessing as they were passing riearvthe.Arch of Constantine! One must not forget that in return for the sanctioning of his choice Marconi gave Italy the most powerful-wireless station at that time in the world.—l am. etc.. Truthful.