Another 'Popish Plot'

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 16, 22 April 1909, Page 621

Another 'Popish Plot'

'The average Orangeman,' says the Christchurch Evening News of April 14, • has a long, keen nose for a Popish plot. His suspicioxis mind sees a conspiracy in a whispered conversation between people professing another religious faith, although tliey might only be swapping tips about prospective Cup winners, or arranging to go fishing on Sunday. / An accidental meeting, a quiet handshake, or an absorbed expression are all sure indications to Orangeite Sherlock Holmes that an attack is contemplated on the Throne and that the foundations of Protestantism are being undermined. To-day vone of these, worthies is reported to have been censuring the GovernorGeneral of Australasia for attending a St. Patrick's Day sports meeting, and warning him that the baleful eye of Orangeism is on him, hence he had better be careful. Lord Dudley is an Irishman and a good sport ; • surely he ought to be able to put a shamrock in his buttonhole and join in the innocent amusements of his own countrymen without incurring the condemnation of religious bigots whose creed is so narrow that charity and tolerance are entirely excluded ? ' ■ - "