"THE WHITE ROSE."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 275, 13 August 1908, Page 4

"THE WHITE ROSE."

. Sir,—Kijidly permit mo to reply to Mr. A. S, Aldrich's' letter, which appeared in your issuo of August 8, under the above -Heading. (\lr, Aldriph appears to liayq slightly misunderstood .ipe j ajf I did was tp ])umb■ly protest against the present insaiio eraying for' sonsatipiial literature; and j incidentally lupntionfid a-'novel 1 entitled,' "Thp Rosq'Mystery," to -illustrate my aj'giiment. I was not sn foolish as to snpposo that my : letter would havo thp effect flf stopping : fiirther sales of that egregious lucubration, Mr. AJrlj'jcl) does considor it bad taste :to insinuate that any political party is capable of systematic iinirder, and doubtless in Japan siioh acpusatjoris are freely made without let or hindrance, but in moro civilised communities it is counted bad formi Mr, Aldrich professes to be highly apiused nt my political opinions, and is evidently under the impression that the number of. Jacobites throughout 'the wor]d dpps npt exceed a baker's dozen. Let mo assure tllfft gejitlemen that thero are many thousand? of Jacobites in England and Scotland, and eyeij in Now Zealand \vo are not sq insignificant as ho might suppose. In maintaining tlio principle of hereditary right wo aro neither fools or faddists; we claim, and rightly claim, to be the'political descendants of a party that "has playod a great and distinguished part in tho histqry of our- country, and although the Jacobito cause in its appeal to tliP sword has ceased, its appeal to all tliat is cliivalrpus to tho heart, Bwoet in its pathotio spngs, and logical in its appeal to history has rievpr, died. Confident in tho justjeo of our cause,-we can afford to ignors all petty criticisms and.ignorant representor tipns pf our actions,--I am, etc., C. c, BAG'NALL. , • Feilding, August 10.