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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3533, 22 July 1920, Page 3

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(N.Z. He-aid). , j Oji his tour of the United States' j Archbishop Mannix has met with congonial company. At Plattsburg there ' would bo no difficulty in arranging for ; him an anti-British audience, and his ! inflammatory speech would be report- '■ ed with relish by the Hearst news- I papers. It was Quito up to his usual standard. The words of it were as \ ugly and as di,loyal as any he has ' eve' uttered, and the taste of it was I more execrabe than anything of which j ha has been gui ty i. n Australia. For | the moment he is probably the hero of ! the yel'.ow press of New York, but his | performance must have brought a blush l to many an Australia!! cheek. It may I bo open to sump doubt whether Dr. | Mannix was speaking- to Ireland or to • America when ho said. "England was! you-; enemy, is your enemy, and. shall ' be your enemy for all time.' 7 Per- j

hups a man who confuses "God Save the King" with the "Star-Spangled Banner" may n.i( take pains to place his meaning on such' a point beyond doubt. But whichever way TuTs sen-

tence nay be read, it is abundantly elcar that Dr. Mannix is an enemy of En of and. and b'.ing an enemy of England he is an enemy of Australia. He boasts that lie does not, mince his words. Such candour merits recognition, and it would be a fitting acknowledgment if the Australian Government considered seriously whether it should any longer mince its deeds in relation to Dr Mannix. If an unknown man, who sought a landing in Australia, was i)\9 subjci-t of a police report showing flr.'t he had given expression to such

' ■■ ft- "*" M'tnniix indulged in at Plattsburg, h" 1 wovld b r - turned to the right-about as ?.n undesirable immigrant. Js tJhere any reader, why a man of the standing and influence of an ArchbislKU) .should' he diff treated? ft hc>- fV-faii'y been ~rimoured that Dr. Mannix may save the Australian Government from coming to a decision on this troublesome point by fin(lsnj?" another sphere for his activities. For the credit and peace of Australia it is to be hop-d that he will.