The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-11

" Nu1 FNNla " NAtunAN my uNtA4 " aN~@
dispensation- will make no rsfereOos
10 the Pops, bat Be- OontSnt with the simple
assertion that The declaration 10 made
without any dispensaticn OF hops Of
dlspsnaaton.
Law ogEiUHRs ~ DOUBT.
Some doubt appears To exist regarding
the 0ovsEnment's Intentions IN thia Toapsct
owing 20 tho opinion q laW Oeaosrs %
tho Crown that sons suoh provision IL
necr~sAry 10 guard against q possible
dispensatioA- II n anticipated that the
Governments proposals. Will not satiafy
sither the Roman Catholic msmbers
or the extreme, PrOtsatants. bat the hill
h unlikely 10 b. made . party Issue.
Il 10 amazing there should be any din
Guilty in the matter in q country bodating
Of its religious federation. but the fact IL
large section of tho British people are
still ~ ianaibOal In matters Of rsligiCus
belief ~ though 10 we're the seventeenth
century. when tho Bal Of Rights. which
aTst imposed the declaration on the sov.
ereign. vas passed by Parliament.
The REASONS for that imposition. which
arr familiar % students % English his
tory. had then no htils Justification. In
the view % many PrOtsstants In Great
Britain and Ireland they still remain.
THE IsSrR ~ 1901.
The question had bssn in AbsyAncs
long time Whsn the imminsncs 81 King
Edwards accession again brought II Ia
notice. Bgotry quickly made II acute.
There was. however. no dms to
adequately consider the matter. ~ the
accession almost OOlncidsd with the Opsn-
inG 81 the new session u Parliament. and
the law requires the declaration bO be
made on the ocAsiOn 81 the meeting q a
new sovereign aud has first Parliament
or at bis oorOnatioh. whichever hApp-ns
fret.
King Edward had no option In the
matter. and he reluctantly. ~ Il we'll
known. confOrmod to the law Tho pub
lie. however. was much stirred and ths
Government appointed a Parliamentary
to consider tho question.
The lord ChRncsllor Lord HalsbuTy.
presided. The late Earl u salisbury. the
Duke % Argyll. the Earl % CadOgan. tbs
Earl of Crswe. the Earl 1t Dunraven and
tho late Lord Tw.edmOuth were msmbsrs
ot the commiaa.on.
INFORMED DEoLARATIoN DROPPED
They framed new declaration aud Lord
Salisbury. who was then Primo Minister.
embodied Il In a bill. but the measure did
not NEST with great favor and IL was
dropped. The BeHt step Was taken in the
House Of Lords where Earl 0rey brought
IN q bin ab0lishinE the declaration alto
gsthsr This met with the opposition Of
sven moderate men. and in the hops that
Il would be many years before II would
DO necessary again to make an accession
declaration the House q Jor,is rejected
II BY q vote Ut iOo 10 a.
Mr. Redmond again raised tho subject
ast year Whsn the Roman Catholic dis-
abilities removal bill was before Parlia-
nsnt but the bill vas dropped ANY
lction nov must 10 taken speedily 10 IL
= TO hs elective
u 10 understood that King George IL
- strongly opposed 70 the declaration
- vAs HE father. and he would bo glad I
Z Parliament would provide means Ut
'soaPe from making w.
FROTEsTANTs AROUSED
Maanwhils Gsrcs wrath has bpen auak- |
med NnOne shOss Protsssants Who arr
pnabIs 10 distinguish betwesp mattsrs |
y faith and natters Of fact. Already. i'm |
he hachn~vot Woria Of their chanpions |
hev see In irpaRiontion the martyr fr.. |
n Smith6eld r.IFht..d and pr,iict With |
.ubHma iudlNcr.oo. "a 40 psr,.c,,,i,,ns |
4 Catholics bv Prote,tants a revival Of /
h. tVrapnIas u the Tudor On.an Mary
IN. ..cre,arv ~ the prot..tant Aua,o.
,as written In hot bast. to Prim, Ain
.t,.r A.o,,ith d.Souncing Az Rsd,,,,.I !,
or invading tb.. snl,nDiti.s ~ th,. nr,,.,.r,
nomsn, and couclud,ns. ". bsr.bv
.smipd Won A r~pr~ssotativ. az tbs
,ation that the ACCESSION oath Il the Ia
n the land aud must NO, h, in,.rf,r.,I 80
rad with
onD cosp,1c,1tox.
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