AN AMERICAN BISHOP ON THE STATE OF IRELAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIII, Issue 43, 21 February 1896, Page 6

AN AMERICAN BISHOP ON THE STATE OF IRELAND

Bishop Burke of Albany, U.S.A., a periooal fii^nd of the late Bishop Moran, who recently vis ted Kurope thus spokd to the Argus uteiTiewer, of tbe State of Iteland : — 'On arriving in Southampton I went to Loudou, and then to Dublin, where I ppeut a week. While I saw prospec'B <.f improvement in lrelani I was soiry to see signs of great poverty and still more sorry to witness tho dissen-ioi.s and fights among those whose united action only coLld hope to obtain Home Bule for Ireland. iheleaierß are fighting among themselves aod while these conditions continue there is no hope for H ime Rule, which, I may Btate right here, is no way in prospect.