Skye's Claim on the British Nation.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 78, 10 April 1885, Page 4

Skye's Claim on the British Nation.

(To the Editor' Sib,-I omitted to state JniSkSl. of only 20 000, hasi^ft the sympathy and protection of (_SJB • nation than perhaps any otW__s_. United Kingfom4the^Sgj military services it has rende__s__; country both at home andSj^ claim has been repeatedfeaiSS' but not practically met!»» time of need This hnJlwi^.--accountably strange,; aad^Kul ever at the presenUime,. hen ß jJ,s ultra-Liberal Scottish Pre__£isS2? a Scottish constituency, holditlSft Government. BincethebeginbiSlu^ wars of the French BevofuttoaMf 3 forth from her wild shores 2. Km*' Generals andMajor-Generala^Ei Colonels, 600 eommiartoneftitemSX; soldierß, 4Governor_ icolo.i4loS! General, 1 Adjutant-GeneraVlM^ of England, and Il.Tj^jfcJjE! Court of Scotland, besides 91 <tejS eluding the Rev. Norman _M«(jffi_i of the Rev, Dr. Norman MohSoCSf Columba, Glasgow, and tte_4tlit ( ;S McLeod, of Morven, grandEathet _;ji world-famed Rev. Dr. KonnM,JiM.; the Barony, Glasgow. KJLotd-ltS) and other Skye landlordslgnore'feucltti^ttl' —-^a they certainly do by'Wiii^l lof their tenants—the .natjoi^tlm^ however, overlook its obligaltoi^flS insular land of the Coolin Bills find Bins —I am, &_., J. Hat. . Auckland, Bihis