THE KINO'S FLAG IN IRELAND

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 707, 5 January 1910, Page 6

THE KINO'S FLAG IN IRELAND

'■■» A.remarkable incident was'.the l subjecti- ; of proceedings, the other ; day Cat thelMew- : townbutler: (Fermanagh) Quarter". Sessions. .; Three members of-the; Orange; Society, of i Maguiresbridga; claimed.; damages /from *. Sergeant/ Thomas , Ca'rroll,'' ot. the?Con-.: stabulary; for' alleged 'assault at that place •' on .thsmorning of. July 12. Counselfor • , the. plaintiffs stated; that, from.; time ; im./ ■memo'rial'itihad'.beeu'the; custom .to .erect Orange, and , flags' iii- tie.-village? on;the date.in'q.uestion;;but,thisyearvi]i : -. : deference to a request ,by '■ the; poficeXthe. . result: of representations made'; to-Dubliiii Castle, it -was decided, not ' arches. : the-.Union; Jacks was ', flo\vn in:a'ifleld belonging:to;the Presby- ■■•: terian body. -'.'Whenrpreparationsiwere ';. being made to hoist the .flag;, said-counseL ,, Sergeant Carroll' came'-on. the' scene; and .i forbade:.the, men'.to-display,'the/national / emblem, 1 "as it was near the house of ; .tha '■ t Eoman, Catholic, curate,. aid. it: .would be ; ant:insult■■ to him' to,-put.it there!"; The.: Orangemen persisted, whereupon the acts', complained of,, were,'committed. / Cpunsely. added that -there ,'was ho serious" Ail-that tne;plaintiifs..desired was,to have J whether'a-citizen.'was-entitled;; to oboist-the: flag, of. his owa.;country',.in.'■'private" grounds without/the interference '■ of.' thepolice. Judge' Craig,';in giving_ a ,' decree.for. the , full ambuntclaimed, with." costs, declared that no person; had 'a right..; to'pirevent anyone; else hoisting the King's ■'■" flag on./ private,property on the ground:, : that a third party or parties" might not c like .it/- . .Why; should- they;not: Bke : it?'; Did they;; not live under the King's flag In:this, case-the.Union' Jack-had been'put' in lieu of oth'er'emblems in' order'; to avoid ; giving, offence,: and; the,'police'.'*or knyone else had no right; whatever' to.'.-; come. and '; order" that' the King's;: flag. ',.'. should ..be, taken down.-v v;. ': :■ ; '! : />>, •