10 SEPTEMBER 1927, Page 3

The Republicans -have been circulating preposterous rumours, which will be

damaging to the Government to the extent to which they are believed, that Mr. Cosgrave is financed with English money. Archbishop Mannbc, of Melbourne, has said at a meeting of sympathisers with Mr. De Valera that Ireland is "more respectable than the Empire," and that he hopes he may "live to see Ireland outlive the Empire." "I am certain," he added, "that every penny of the money given to Mr. Cosgrave has come from the bitter enemies of Ireland." All Mr. Cosgrave's speeches are concerned with the Oath, and there again he displays his tactical sense. He flatly accuses the Republicans of perjury and invites "a Christian country" not to condone such impious conduct.