EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12077, 22 June 1932, Page 5

EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS

EMOTIONAL FERVOUR IN DUBLIN IMPRESSIVE SCENES. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. DUBLIN, June 21. Vast crowds turned out to welcome the Papal Legate Cardinal Lauri arriving at Kingstown where he was received by the Archbishop of Dublin and President de Valera. Thousands knelt at the roadside in emotional fervour as the Papal Legate passed slowly over the seven-mile route blessing the multitude. This is the first time a Papal Legate has landed in Ireland for 290 years. It is expected £3,000,000 will be spent in Dublin in connection with the Eucharistic Congress as there are 100,000 visitors from overseas alone and a million from the Irish provinces spending at least a week in Dublin. Dun Laoghaire harbour was ablaze with flags, every ship being fully dressed. The Free State cavalry in hussar uniforms of gold and blue with yellow plumes topping their busbies wheeled to A fanfare of trumpets to escort the Legate’s ear, hut not a single British flag was visible. ACTION OF FREE - STATE NOT ILLEGAL. LONDON, June 20. “In the absence" of a reservation the Statute of Westminster entitles the Irish Free State to repeal the Oath of Allegiance legally,” declared Lord Parm’oor. “The Treaty obligation no longer has its original force.”