CORONATION OATH
Presa Assn.
Any Chang^s Ortly of Political Sigiiificaiica PftOtESTANf FEARS
(By Telegraph -
— Copyriefat.i
(Receited 18, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 17. The Rt. Hon. Stknley Bkldwin'a secretary has sent a letter to the Eev. Longbottom) leader of the Liverpool Protestant Beformere, saying that ehaiiges in the CoronatiOn d'ath occur almost entirely in thaf Section having purely political significance in order to avoid possible misunderstandings in the Dominions conceruing the new constitutional position. "Some small reaxrangement of the phraseology has been effqeted in tho •last section of the oath, dealing with the inaihtbnahce Of the Bfotestant Eeformed religion and the settlement of the Church of England. The forrn of the oath to be used will bo published before the date of the coronation," says the letter. Mr Longbottom urges that any alteration in the oath affecting tho Protestant settlement should Be published as soon as possible.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 5
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