CARDINAL MORAN’S IDEAS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 19 September 1901, Page 3

CARDINAL MORAN’S IDEAS.

A Somewhat Rebellious Speech.

[per PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.]

Received this day at 9 20 a.m.

Sydney, Sept. 19. In the course of his speech at the opening of the bazaar, Cardinal Moran said that at the present day we in Australia have a genuine republic. He was not going to speak as a rebel, but as a common sense speaker. .Comparing America and Australia, he said that if the same treat* ment was extended to Australia for one month which guided the Home Government in regard to America, before another month Australia would be indepent and she would have my fullest blessings in being so. Regarding the suggested change in the Coronation Oath about which the Catholics of Australia sent a very energetic protest, they greatly were indebted to the Commonwealth for the prompt manner in which it forwarded the manifesto to the Home Government, but they saw to their chagrin how cavilierly Chamberlain, as representing the Home Government had treated the question. He seemed ignorant about the whole question being endorsed by the entire Commonwealth. He would tell Chamberlain that Australians had too much sense to be beguiled by such affrontory. They knew their j rights and were determined to fight for them. One of those rights was when the Coronation Oath insults a great body of Catholics the wording of it should be amended. When the Sovereign came forward and insulted one fourth of the citizens of Australia, they said to the Government of Great Britain who forced such an oath on the King, ! f such thing goes on we know our right*, and an “Independent Australia” will startle you some' day sooner than you expect. He did not think that a more liberal minded man than the King existed, or one who more abhorred the oath he was supposed to take, but the King was, unless he objected, forced by law to make the profession of what he did not believe and insult citizens he would rather honor and respect, All they wanted |was the British Government not to impose such an unpleasant duty on the Sovereign.