CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13358, 24 December 1906, Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE.

We are not 'responsible for the opin- < lons expressed by correspondents. The writer's name as^ ? trs^artfntee of gt>od faith, s m\\st f& enclbsed'iin tine letter. '- %,,,,. •# :l ; THE HOME BULE QUESTION.- . •ANOTHER ASPECT. -~ s Sir, — 1 am very/ sorry that the publication of those "several paragraphs " from my " speech " on " The Granting, of Self-Gsvernmenf to Ireland '* shpjLil.dJja.ve.distur.b.ed so seriously "E. W. Squires'" mental repose. He gravely^Jnjfogns }Jpuf readers that^be *p&tff several y&iih in Ireland". land " iWel^d months, m Cork." He is therefore familiar with the economic and social conditions prevailing, but he saw nothing that would even " point to ,the people being oppressed." Ha# there been oppression Mr Squire would have' observed it, for his contribution to the Press could have emanated only, from a man of keen powers* of observation. He thinks I made a mistake when I said that the population of Ireland decreased since the Unicn. One would have thought that that was a question of fact, but he says no, it is a- question of *syijo,gisrn* How can the population of "Ireland have vanished, he asks, " when England's increase -in population is T due to the admission- of aliens:"'. Pro-, found reasoning this certainly. Neither ha§ the Union ;,affected ; the, industries df ' Ireland, because- : jdur-J ing September was launched the White Star liner Ardriatic,of 25,000 tons." Then he adds, " l/ail to see how such' ah , instanced £s ' tnls' shows' that the industries are decaying." Had I any influence over Mr Squire I" would! advise, him to^ .consult a specialist, for I am afraid his sense of vision is impaired. Ireland's present population is 4| millions. \Be\ fore the ill-fated Union Kad done its work of havoc -on the nation she carried a^^puMfion of^Bf dhilHo.nsi figures show j, a decrease in population, * s 2ftid* v:^-*is -iirimaterial Aether Mr Squire sees it . or does £pi. • During' effiie--!iS'.-2 yeSrsV from r^49 to 1882, 98,723 families were Evicted— i.e., 500,-GGO^uni^ -tjejngs* - Okpre turned out". of $®fir boir^^'tcs ' S'arve and die upon the ftfadside' in t^e land where Mr Squire could see Hpthing that " pointed to oppression.';, . &&3|&e .been '^ vnti'MZffi^Wfv:'' sands I am under the impression that I'it—would1 ' it—would have increased ' hi& powers of observation. he^ been one^of.-the' i, 000,000 wtp die 4 J|f f arrfir]^— r.e V " who frere , t9bbed

&nd murdered by landlords, since tne Act £>f ."legislative . .spoliation " was .passediwe would' not have had that interesting contribution from" his pen, knd from this point of,.yiewl should %c , sincerely sorry ; Ipit mint'%]a^ hunger woulfl, .have 'Jiirh. what jjfe will not learn from facts and l||gures — viz^aviriore-^^feap^p^cia.? |on' of thej&tectk|n«li^tid property afforded by the Gorlstitutioir \6 *' -His' Majesty's sub - jects in Ireland." , Mr S^mte says fte'Tibefty-, bdtH f of the person -and pie Press, "exist in, Ireland ;" but pisraeli says^neithei'rlrfeerty of the person nor liberty of {He Press exist in Ireland," and I quoted Disraeli' verbatim, but my critic didn't know it..'. If, notwithstanding the authority of Disraeli, he still doubts the stater, ment, I would suggest that he learn the meaning of "coercion" in English legislation, and I would remind him that since the Union we have had equivalency a hundred coercion Acts passed " for 4he -better governmenti^oi-- If eland.^ Ij come tcTdeaif tvifh r fcfie "eiSecf of thej Union on the indusrries of Ireland. I • can almost see the " White Star liner Ardriatic" floating' between me and the horizon. I wonder how many of Ireland's sons and daughters — of the best bone and sinew of the' nation — did she carry away from the British Empire when she made her first trip to the land of the Stars and Stripes. This Ido know, that those exiles breathed not a prayer but a qurse upon the system 'of legislation which forced them from their native land ; 'that already they are working hard to increase America's ' commercial output, 'and -that therefore they are assisting the Empire's coui^ mercial enemy to effect the Empire's commercial ruin ?-- and; 'tjais,* as,- ,t}ie result pfJHPfe „. unjust, .&ospon and tyrannical legislation which Mr Squires says. is Hot. oppression. JVVith your permission, Mr Editor^ i^%diild return "toims subject ■pn "some -otrier occasion, not to enlighten Mr Squire, for I am convinced that he is purblind (trie only remedy I Jmow for him wo)4df be: |aQo|lfer; " year in Cork "), But "to Jspra&P Before your readers some telling, facts of Irish history from the cdntury that has ended secure in the conviction, that they wish happiness and plenty to smile on every portion of the King's Dominions, and-that they^are anxiblfe to hata. extended to 'other's '. the blessings of self-government >which we enjoy. Thanking you in anticK patiori, — I am,'-&c.'i - -J- - ' "- * \ JAMES F. ! MACMAN-US. '

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