A UNITED IRELAND
Sir, —The first two paragraphs of Mr. Blair's letter are typical of what one would expect him to write on this, his pet controversial subject. The only real plea that he makes for the continuance of the partition appears in his last paragraph, to quote your correspondent's own words: ". . . the ending of the partition, if agreed to, would mean that the 836,(XH) Protestants domiciled in the six counties would be handed over to the tender mercies of what is predominantly a Roman Catholic Parliament in Dublin." Having lived in England for many years, under a predominantly Protestant Parliament, and being only one of millions of Catholics, in that country, I cannot see that this question of religious belief should enter into the matter at all. The whole question should be decided from an economic point of view, and bigotry of this kind left right out of consideration. M. Fletcher.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19381026.2.179.2
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23178, 26 October 1938, Page 17
Word Count
152A UNITED IRELAND New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23178, 26 October 1938, Page 17
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in