ENGLISH OR BRITISH ?

Press, Volume L, Issue 15121, 10 November 1914, Page 2

ENGLISH OR BRITISH ?

TO THI EDITOR OT "THK MIMS." Sir, —I was surprised and amused at your support of the specious pronouncement of the "Tablet" on this question as shown in your sub-leader of Saturday last, though I am glad to say your own paper .has not been a heinous offender of late. Wo have- heard a good deal lately about Treaty obligations in connexion with the "Scrap of Paper" incident. You, Sir, are quit© awaro that the Treaty of .Union 1707 provides in Clause 1, "That the kingdoms of Scotland and England shall, on the Ist day of May next ensuing and for ever after be united into ono Kingdom, by the name of Great Britain, and that the ensigns armorial of the said United Kingdom shall be tho Crosses of" St. Andrew and St. George conjoined." You aro also aware that in 1801 Ireland became an integral part of Britain, and that the Cross of St. Patrick was added to those of St. Andrew and ! St. George, so producing that glorious device the British Union Flag. You must agroo with mo that the subject is completely covered by Professor Mussen when he wrote in connexion with the misuse of the term English, "The practice is as unscholarly as it is unconstitutional, and it is a recent and violent departure from the established usage of the best English writers." Now, Sir, for your "credit's sake," and on behalf of the Scots (who have never failed to take their full share of the hardships, death and glory, not only in tho present war, but in every trouble and crisis in which Britain has been involved since she became a nation); I would respectfully ask that the word England as used jn your War Map displayed in Cathedral square be altered to 'correctly designate Britain and British Troops. —Yours, etc., . CHAS. BROUN. Scottish Society Rooms. November 9th. fWe shall strive not to offend heinously, but we,still stand firmly on .ihe caise as snt forth by the "Tablet." —Ed. "Tho Press."]