CORRESPONDENCE. IRISH HOME RULE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1710, 29 December 1919, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

IRISH HOME RULE.

TO THE EDITOB. | Sir,—This Homo Rule question is now becoming a very serious matter and must be taken in hand sooner or later, and the sooner the bettor. To begin with, there are three distinct factions in Ireland, namely, Sinn Fein, Home Rulers, and the loyal Irish; the letter, approximately onethird of the Irish population; the balance, say three millions, divided into Homo Rulers and Sinn Fcincrs. The] larger, and certainly the most noisy faction, are the Sinn Feiners, if I may put the, latter in the plural. Ido not know what the actual grievances of the Sinn Feiners and Homo Rulers are, but wo have read that at least one of those factions wished to join our enemy and help ' him to establish a submarine base on the coast of Ireland. And dissatisfaction is 'not confined to Ireland. In our own day wo have seen the same thing in France, which could not pacify this faction. However, when Franco was driven to desperation, she ■ took the short cut and bundled out, bag and baggage, six thousand men and women, and had peace and quietness ever since, that is, so far as internal grievances went. 1 sec no reason why this precedent would not work in Ireland as well as in Franco. The English and Scotch arc taxed to the tune of sixteen millions a year for Ireland, therefore something must bo done without much delay, and soon. I have no grievance against law-abiding people, but certainly no time for disloyalty. Matters have come to this pitch, that about throe million dissatisfied Irish arc endeavoming to domineer over the forty-odd millions of Great Britain. Ireland has better hind laws than either Eng and or Scotland, and the very best land law, the Tenants’ Right Bill, which was passed by the British Parliament for the protection of the tenant farmers of Ireland, but, curious enough, this boncficia law does not apply to Englond or gcothand.—Tjm^etc., 35 Rangitikoi st., Palmerston North. THE STARVING children IN . EUROPE. TO THE CDITOB. Sir, —As few people seem to lie aware of the destitution now prevailing in the famine-stricken areas in Europe, and of the pressing need for immediate assistance, may I ask you to kindly publish the following letter, recently received, from the Archbishop of Canterbury : —“Appeal is being made by our Archbishops, together with Free Church loaders and contemporaneous appeal by (he Pope, for collections on Innocents’ Day, December 28th, for r ief of famine-stricken areas, especially children. Will you do the like?” In response to this appeal, the whole of our collections yesterday (December 28th) were given at our services to this cause, as is being clone, doubtless, in other churches throughout Now Zealand. As very piobablv there wore many who were not at church yesterday, but who would like to spare something from their Christmas plenty to help those who are starving, wo shall be glad to receive any donations towards this object. They can be sent to Mr I \V. A. Skerman, 5 Worcester street, or to I myself, and will be acknowledged m the Uipcr.-l ..«• *. a WiACKMRN E, I All Saints’ Vicarage.