Bishop of London is Confident

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 39, 9 May 1927, Page 7

Bishop of London is Confident

empire migration I fOMMES’’ AND SINGAPORE 1 ■ gy Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright Seed. 955 a.m. LONDON, Sunday. The Bishop of London, the Right *ev. A. F. W. Ingram, interviewed on s is return from his world tour, said hat immigration was a difficult ques;ion. “It was true that some of our jeople,” he said, “did not feel very :omfortable in Australia. It was true oo that Australians referred to BritH ish settlers as “pommies.” Then there R-ere a few Bolshevistic agitators who leclared they did not want interfer;nce from an island 12,000 miles away, but they were not representative of the Australians as a whole. “There was no fear that Australia ron 1(1 become Americanised or wish to break away from the Empire. At the same time we must be careful not to rub the Australians the wrong S way. They had their difficulties as we had ours. We must respect their susceptibilities. °»! "Personally, 1 chaffed them about the word ‘pommies,’ and reminded “1 them that they were nearly all 'pom--01 mies' or descendants of ‘pommies.' it . They took my remarks in good part. Then 1 pointed out that if they want a i*. White Australia they must have white i»: settlers or someone else may step in iei Already there are Italians. Germans. Greeks and others. It would be a dog-in-the-manger policy to keep them out, JJ* but the predominant portion of the population must want British. “I am sure that if we can clear ,4 iway misunderstanding we shall come to a happy solution of the immigrates tion problem.” rt. Referring to the Singapore naval «- base, the Bishop said:—“lf we are to 'a keep the Empire together, and particu- ' ‘ larly keep Australia and New Zea- ™ land, we must have this big base. I did not find the Japanese upset about It.” a ( POWER OF CHRISTIANITY 10 "I return more than ever convinced that Christianity is the greatest force 2 for good in the world to-day,” he conln( eluded. “I was greatly impressed by »r- rhurch attendances in Australia, New itt Zealand and America despite the alluring counter-attractions.”—A. and N.Z.