0"ENGLAND."

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 6

O"ENGLAND."

Sir,l imagine your correspondent. T.N.M., has missed the main point in your patriotic article claiming England as the homeland of the Empire. In his desire to advance Old Caledonia, and the part it; < has '■} taken ■: in , the ' great work of, Empire building,-; he has not , perceived, how the article, with delicate tact ana consideration, admitted how other forces have contributed toward making England great and - glorious. ; I 7: prefer, myself as an Irishman to cut out all these hateful reminiscences of the past, .and view England as the homeland of tho! Pacificator, and not as 'a turbulent disturber ■; of -the peace amongst the nations. ,- Her example in J': conciliating ;•' Ireland ? has '■ ■' already % won the admiration of America, : France, and all civilised nations. I like 'to ponder on the poetic : influences which make England' so dear to her "■ sons and daughters. I see them - arm-in-arm, walking" through lanes and •: scenes of rural splendour, >so beautifully illustrated ; for us by her ■ great writers and poets. : (It is this sentiment, no less than her immense power' wielded in all f branches of > industry, fr arid the march of scientific knowledge which makes one truly call her the homeland of tho Empire. Shane O'Dala.';;