The Irish standard., 1918-12-07
Delegates From
Great Britain

NOTABLE UTTERANcEs ON THE
IRISH QUESTION MADE RY rw,o
ECCLESIASTICAL REPRESENTA-.
IVES FROM ENGLANp-IlIL
Nols sTATEe COUNCIL OF DE-
TENSE ENTERTAINs THE vIsI.
TORS. ''e''
chcago had as its guests last week
the distinguished English ecc1es,,,t,-
cal Mission that came to Amer,co =.
express the good wishes of the Rr;t.
ish hierarchy to his Eminence Car.
olnal Gibbons, on the occasion Of tba
soloen jubilee of his Episcopal Conso.
Grafton. The delegation reached Chi.
cago last Thursday.
IN the party are: the Most Rev n
w. Heating, d. D., Lord Bishon ~
northampton, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Arthur
stapleton Barnes, Chaplain for tho
catholc undergraduates at Oxford
ana Rev. H. c. L. Duchemin. secrot,rv
Oh the Commission.
oS"ss nome Rule.
h saturday, the English visitors Nov.
'he guests of the Irish Fellowship
olup at tho dinner given at the sber.
man ilotei. Among the speakers there
was the Most Rev. Bishop of North
aiiipton who touched upon the genera,
interest he has found in America nm
inc question OF Home Rule for 1ro-
land.
me bishop said, in part, that con.
siderable public notice had been o;vo,
10 an utterance Of his at Catholic 1r,i-
'erslly' III which he expressed his own
conviction, and that of British Catbo.
i'cs generally, that u Home Rule me,-
sure based upon the findings of tbo
IRISH Convention would not Ina ,opu
uelaSed, and would receive the entbu-
siasllc and practically undivided SIM
port OIL the Catholics OF England. as
well as OF the British votes pcnar,1v.
lioi would Ulster be allowed again to
loii the aspirations OF the Irish r,co
by their blind and bitter opnositio,
curlously enough, by an UNDERSIGNED
coincidence, While the Catholic pi.b-
op OF Northampton was speaking in
th's strain at Washington, the Aglican
BISHOP of Oxford CDR. Gore) was
speaking in almost Identical lanpn,oo
at boston, voicing the sentiments Of
,ilae Phase OF British opinion which
liao been regarded hitherto as least
sympathetic to Irish Nationalism
But by far the most important mat
'er III inns connection was the epoch
making pronounccmcnt of His Emi.
nence, Cardinal O'Connell. in rcco;v-
ing the British and French Missions
ilt boston. Having referred to Dr
cores speech and to mine, the Car
dlnal continued:
we accept both these statements.
made on solemn public occasions in
perfect deliberation, by eminently rem.
resentatlve Engishmen, occupying at
least for the moment some official M.
sltlon, as being the true sentiment
ana the real voice Of the real people
Oh England; and, in that case. and I'm.
der those circumstances, we look for
ward to the day when all past mis-
understandings behind us, like good
Christians and good Americans, we
snail love the English people as onlv
celtic hearts can love those who. rec.
ognlzlng the injustice of a cruel mast.
wipe out all its stains by one superb
act OF splendid, generous and lust
recognition of the right"
Guests of Archbishop.
Saturday night the commission via.
tied the Most Rev. Archbishop George
w. Mundelein, D. D., and were the
guests OF His Grace at a dinner at
the arch1episcopal residence. Sunday
the Bishop and his party participated
IN the silver jubilee of the ordination
Kelly, d. D., President of the Catho-
lie Church Extension Society and Edi-
tor OF Extension Magazine. This Ger.
emory took place at Wilmette.
The visit of the English Ecclesias-
tical Commission was closed by a
banquet which was given at the Black
stone Hotel by the State Council of
Defense and the Chicago Association
or Commerce. It was a notable gath
ering presided over by Mr.. Samuel In
sull, Msgr. Carton deWiart pronounced
the invocation. The speakers includ-
ed His Grace, the Most Rev. Arch.