Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1920. DR. MANNIX BUBS IT IN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2152, 20 July 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1920. DR. MANNIX BUBS IT IN.

IT is an open question whether the Church should seek to interfere with affairs of State, but Archbishop Mannix makes no bones about tlw question. arrival in the United States he has declared himself an out-and-out Sinn Feincr, and is smiting poor old England hip and thigh for her “misgovernment of Ireland.” Here are a few of the .Archbishop’s thrusts; —“ . . . . England was the greatest’hypocrite in tiie world. He hoped that Ireland would light England the same as the Americans had done. He declared that British denunciation of his attitude had been an excellent advertisement.// He ' roundly abused all things British, and declared that England always bad been the United, States’ enemy, and always would be.” The Australian Press Association interviewed Archbishop Mannix. The correspondent asked; “How can the .Archbishop reconcile his statement regarding America’s enthusiasm for the Irish cause with the fact that neither the Republican nor the Democratic Conventions endorsed the recognition of the Irish Republic ?” Archbishop Mannix replied that the Convention’s action was due to the fact that perhaps th.e Irish vote was nut sufiiciently large to bring about an endorsement of the recognition, but we must remember that more than 409 of (he 1,090 delegates at the Democratic Convention voted for recognition.” The correspondent asked: “Do you think de Valera was wise in obtaining recognition as a plank from the third party, since the party has radical tendencies'?” Archbishop Mannix replied; “de Valera has been judicious throughout. He is not attempting to force or even indicate to which party Americans would attach themselves.” The correspondent asked Dr. Mannix would there be a possibility that the official recognition of Ireland by (he United States might be a eausus belli be!ween the United Stales and England. The Archbishop replied: “England would not at this time go to war witli the United States. Stic could not do it. England might go lo war with the United Stales at some future lime, but not now. There might be diplomatic unpleasantness from such a recognition, but (he United Slates could better afford it in the cause of Irish freedom than any other country.’’ IVliat about the P.P.A. letting Mr Howard Elliott loose on an American lour to counterbalance matters?