FOR THE KING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 108, 7 April 1932, Page 8

FOR THE KING.

Air L. G. Redmond Howard, a nephew of John Redmond, the famous Irish politician, in a letter to the London Times, recalls the Royal consideration he received when appealing for the truce which preceded the conclusion of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. He suggests that the treaty may be a defensive bulwark in tho event of Anglo-Irish friction. He adds: “It proved thus in 1920, when the King stood out loyally to save Ireland, even risking the resignation of the Cabinet, in order to prevent the guerrilla campaign developing into open hostilities. “He was moved to this b ythe sacrifices of the Irishmen who stood by the Empire during the war. Thousands of Irishmen who are alive to-day owe their lives to that Royal intervention. Surely it might be acknowledged before an unqualified personal affront is launched.

“The same principle which gave us peace may yet, if not renounced, give Ireland unity. I shall always continue to sing ‘God save tho King,’ because, in her darkest hour, tho King, in effect, sang ‘God Save Ireland.’ There are millions of people who think like me.”