But this having occurred, it was inevitable that Rome, which has to deal with a world-wide and complex system of the most varied and delicate human affairs, should proceed in the matter with infinite patience and care.

In January 1887 the Propaganda accordingly cabled thus to the Archbishop of New York,--Dr.M'Glynn persisting in his refusal to go to Rome--"for prudential reasons Propaganda has heretofore postponed action in the case of Dr.M'Glynn.
The Sovereign Pontiff has now taken the matter into his own hands." In the hands of his Holiness the matter was safe; and in the Papal Decree of April 20, 1888, we have at once the most conclusive vindication of the wisdom and courage shown by the Archbishop of New York in 1886, and the most emphatic condemnation of the attitude assumed in 1886 by the Archbishop of Dublin.
VIII.
It must not be assumed that Mr.George has been finally defeated in America.

On the contrary, he was never more active.

A legacy left to him by an Irish-American for the propagation of his doctrines has just been declared by the Vice-Chancellor of New Jersey, to be invalid on the ground that George's doctrines are "in opposition to the laws"; and this decision has bred an uproar in the press which is reviving popular attention all over the country to the doctrines and to their author.

He is astute, persevering, as much in earnest as Mr.Davitt, and as familiar with the weak points in the political machinery of the United States as is Mr.Davitt with the weak points in the political machinery of Great Britain.