THE ARCHBISHOP OP CASHEL AND THE IRISH WORLD.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IX, Issue 457, 13 January 1882, Page 5

THE ARCHBISHOP OP CASHEL AND THE IRISH WORLD.

The following letter has appeared ia the Dublin Freeman :— The Palace, Tburies, Not. 14.

My dear sir, — On looking over this day's Freeman I was not ft little surprised to read therein a statement, taken from the London Standard, to the effect that " Archbishop Croke had telegraphed a denial of the Irish World's allegation that his present attitude is inconsistent with the advise he gave to the tenants to ' hold the barvest' in 1880." Allow me to assure all those who may take any interest in the matter that I never sent any such cablegram to the Irith World. It is quite true, indeed, that in reply to a long article in reference to me which appeared in the Irish World of the 6th November, and of the tone of which, on the whole, I have no great reason to complain, I thought it necessary, in self-defence, to make a statement or two. I did «o by cable. Here is the exact message which I sent : — " From Archbishop Croke, Thuries, " To Patrick Ford, Irish World Office, New York City. " Never wrote or spoke ' hold the harvest.' I challenge contradiction. All other quotations correct, and I accept legitimate conclusions. I am wholly unchanged. ' No- Rent ' manifesto was inexpedient, besides being objectionable on higher grounds. It will be a signal failure. I speak only for myself, and do not quarrel with those who think differently." In place, then, of denying the allegation that my present attitude is inconsistent with the advice said to have been given by me to the tenants to " hold the harvest" in 1880, 1 have simply, but emphatically, denied that I ever made use of the words in question. Can it be that the Irish World has incorrectly received, or deliberately perverted, my message ? — I remain, my dear sir, your very faithful servant, >J< T. W. Croke, Archbishop of Cashel.