UNDER NO FLAG.
Union Jack Taboo in Ireland. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON", March 27. The Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Augustine Birrell), speaking in the House of Commons, defended his refusal to allow the Union Jack to be hoisted ! over the Irish national schools on the' ground that n o political symbol was per- ' mitted. ) "The Daily Telegraph'" characterises Mr. Birrell's decision a≤ disgraceful, and asks, "Why should the feelings of loyal ' Unionists be violated in order to avoid 1 the faintest offence to the disloyal sus- ( ceptibilities of Nationalists?"
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 76, 28 March 1908, Page 5
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90UNDER NO FLAG. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 76, 28 March 1908, Page 5
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