THE POINT OF VIEW.

New Zealand Tablet, 19 August 1920, Page 35

THE POINT OF VIEW.

(For the N.Z. Tablet.) . ' The other day in Milan, so I read with self-laudation. Troops were told to show no quarter to the rebels of their» nation. Now of this I disapprove, For my gospel as a nation is the strictest moderation, I lay down that Christian patience is more strong than castigation, And I pulpit forth my love. For small peoples so downtrodden, With affection I am sodden, And I mourn their misery. Despite memories of Flodden, I would go in clogs and hodden. Could I only set them free. But I learn with apprehension That the Yankees give attention To what Ireland says of me. Now it passes comprehension, That the States should call detention, That which I call liberty. Some uncharitable people with a lack of observation. , av been publishing a hint, I might say insinuation, Inat for blood was Maxwell paid. He is meek and he is gentle, and he earned his decoration, For with far superior forces, he under provocation turned the other cheek and prayed. That they’re up again in Derry, all the world will hear with sadness, • AUd ICa> 1 3Sk y ° U ’ nay ’ Ibe y° u . in all lad ■Piay, be witness to my acts, For instead of filling prisons as a punishment for badness. And instead of shooting rebels as a penalty for madness, J Campbell’s gone to give them tracts. —E. D. .