The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-09-04
NEW ZEALAND PRELATE IN
WASHINGTON.


Most Rev. Thomas O'Shea, SIN, Co
adjutor Archbishop of Wellington,
New Zealand, arrived in Washington
last week, and is the guest of the
Marist Fathers (of which he is a men,
ber) at their new College at the Cath
Ollie University of America.
In an interview with the writer, the
archbishop gave an interesting &C.
count of his voyagef from New Zealand
to the shores of America. His first
visit, he said, was to the great Expo
sition, which he pronounced as very
deliberately and extensively arranged,
and a decided success from every point
of view. 1.-THE Californians," he con-
tinued, Impressed me most favorably
on account of the great energy they
display"
He next spoke of the Federation of
Catholic Societies at Toledo, Ohio:
what successful gathering it was and
of the pleasure it gave him to be pres
ent. -
Talks on Woman's Suffrage.
"Woman's Suffrage has been in ex-
istence for twenty-five years in New
Zealand, and works out very satisfac-
torily. It does not cause any of the
evils that the opponents of woman's
suffrage claim. Politics in our country
are very clean, and the women, partic-
ularly, are very careful about the
moral character of politician. AS
for woman's suffrage making sweep
ing change in the politics of the coun-
try, don't think so at all, for they
have always been of very high stand
ard. and there is no such thing as
graft.
Catholics in New Zealand.
"The Church in New Zealand is very
strong and growing rapidly. In 1910
there were only 500 Catholics in New
Zealand; now the Catholics number
about one in seven of the population,
which according to the last statistics
published was about 100000"
Effect Of Labor Organizations on
Legislation.
The labor unions in New Zealand are
very beneficial to the working man.
For the last twenty years, or over, the
government has favored the claims of
labor; they obtained legislation on
many subjects for the benefit of labor
which are very fair, and good labor
laws exist now, which are based on
the lines that the Church laid down.
One prime minister, who was RESPONSE
BILE for promoting such legislation was
a great admirer of Pope Leo XIII. He
was an Englishman, and on one of his
visits to Rome, he read to the Pope
during his illness. The prime minis
ter stated that on the whole, the labor
question in New Zealand has been very
successful. For many years we had
no strikes there, because the men were
satisfied with conditions. Then, too,
there Is a law against strikes. The
board of arbitration settles such ques.
tions as regard wages, hours and con-
ditions; inspectors are employed to
enforce those laws; and the concilia-
ton board settles by mutual under
standing. If this board cannot adjust
matters, the board of arbitration takes
the case in hand. OF course, after
a generation of people come up, they
are not content with things as they are,
which results in a strike. Some agi-
tation has been done by members of
the I. w. w. from America and by So
cialists from Australia against labor
laws which resulted in a strike among
the gold miners, but it was a failure,
and there has been no strike of any
importance for twenty-three years.
The Catholic University Of America.
am delighted with the Catholic
University of America. 1t is most
beautifully situated; the buildings are
of very fine character and we'll de-
signed. have not had the pleasure of
seeing It in session, but from what I
know Of the work carried on here, am