THE SOCIETY OF THE WHITE ROSE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1577, 6 June 1887, Page 2

THE SOCIETY OF THE WHITE ROSE

The London correspondent of, the '•Manchester Guardtan" writoa:— 'The latest of the associations, which takes more or less for its model the Primrose League, is rather a remarkable one. It Is' "The Society of the White Rose. 11 and is composed of Roman Oathollo ladies belonging almost exclusively to the aristocracy. It is only In process of formation, and its programme has nob yet been formulated. But it is the belief of those who are engaged m the work of organisation that the various revolutionary forces, such as Socialism and Anarohiitn, which are at present attacking society, will destroy the British Throne and Con* stltutton unless the nation ralies round the Church of Rome. It is ostensibly to supply Bach a rallying point that this new league or association is being formed. Several of its members have, however, a subsidiary object. While ultra-loyal and attaohed to the Sovereign, they are yet afraid that the House of Hanover will be wreoked m the storm of revolution. la Buoh an event they believe that the oountry will return to its allegiance to the Stuarts. They even believe that they have overcome the difficulty thai notoriously exfota m finding a representative of that dynasty m a prlnoets of the Italian family of lihte. Should the said necessity arise m her lifetime, they are sAoguiae this lady will come forward m a oandidate for the throne, and be aooepted by a despairing people.