ARCHBISHOP MANNIX.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1921, Page 5

ARCHBISHOP MANNIX.

A FAREWELL SPEECH.

By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, May 11. A large number of Irish priesis and bishops came to London and were entertained by Archbishop Mannix at luncheon, prior to his departure for Australia on Saturday. The priests preeented Archbishop Mannix with gifts, including vestments. Archbishop Mannix, replying, eaid that the British Government had endeavored to put the Irish people in one camp and the* bishops and priests in another, but all were united. He was not allowed to visit Ireland, because he had refused to do the Government’s work there. The Government in asking him to do its work backed the wrong horse. He was taking a message to Australia that everything he had said and done before and since he left Australia regarding Ireland had been endorsed by the cardinals, archbishops and priests. He would be able to tell Australia that the crimes and outrages in Ireland must not be placed to the discredit of the Irish people. England could have peace in Ireland to-day by ceasing British crime and British aggression. The Irish people were asking nothing but what they were entitled to. They were asking for self-determination, to which all nations great and small were entitled. Received May 12, 5.5 p.m. London, May 11. It is believed Archbishop Mannix’s name is included in a list which a meeting of Irish archbishops and bishops is submitting to the Pope, from whom to select the new Archbishop of Dublin.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.