That 'Relic of Barbarism'

New Zealand Tablet, 24 December 1908, Page 9

That 'Relic of Barbarism'

The agitation arising out of the prohibited Eucharistic procession in London has already begun to score. The rather jaunty and supercilious refusal of Mr. Asquith to deal with the question of Catholic disabilities lias been followed by the second-thought with which justice sometimes overtakes and trips up wrong. A cable message in last week's daily papers runs as follows : — ' Earl Crewe, in reply to a question in the House of Lords, announced that the Government would shortly submit a proposal, hoping, with the co-operation of tlie Opposition, to arrive at a satisfactory solution of tlio King's accession declaration.' The infusion of some truth and decency into that ' relic of barbarism ' will bo a welcome step in the path 0? complete religious tolerance towards Catholics in the British Isles.