Emacs splash screen when starting gnus

[andrew]

Hi,

 I start gnus with the following alias in ~./bashrc:

alias gnus='emacs -f gnus'

but when I type 'gnus'in a Terminal window  I initially get the gnus
startup screen but then followed by the generic emacs startup screen.
Selecting this window manually with mouse rids me of this screen and
returne me to the gnus window.

Is there a way around this?

           Andrew
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