"THE PROCESSION TROUBLE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13749, 11 September 1908, Page 5

"THE PROCESSION TROUBLE.

GOVERNMENT, REFUSES TO INTERFERE. LONDON, Sept. It). King Edward, through Colonel Sir Arthur Davidson, equerry to the King, acknowledged tho "Protestant Association's petition, which begged the King to follow the example of his mother, whose Royal proclamation on Juno 15, 1852, forbade- the holding of a Roman Catholic ceremonial procession in *he streets. / > The Daily Telegraph states that the HomeLOflßce has informed the Protestant jdfiputation thav at the instance of Mr Gladstone, Secretary for Home Affairs, the Commissioner of Police lias sanctioned the procession. The Standard -appeals" to Mr GladBttJho to politely intimate that ihe procession must be abandoned. A hint to the promoters, it says, will be sufficient.