"ENGLAND" OR "BRITAIN."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 15

"ENGLAND" OR "BRITAIN."

kEATED'JDEBATB 'BY' GEOGRAPH-' -'.'■■lt is.'seldom/that : -ariything : disturbs,the; •dignified cbmposiirlioi that eminent body the Royal Scottish.Geographical.Society, but. at■ the recent'annual-; meeting a:de-r "bvee'is.e" ;; was -raised :attd-aU over' the use,- or. rathe'ri misuse," of v the,simple; ■:word-''fenglaid."'!'' : . •":;/!:-; : 'V;> ■ ■'• After the annual report of .thesCouilcil ! had- been formally; adopted, Mr: WanliSs,. lately > ; member of ■•Parliament, referred to an;article {appearing, iu'the Stf6iety'e,nittgazine';KTitt*ii by-.v&lr.;, ■George ■Chish6lm ) ile6turtr:,oa;:gedEraphy "at, Ediriburgh :;QniyMsityi : iliV .which ■ term "England"•Vαa , : used.instead, oi .-. eti- ; >tain?' -Heitook.objection--.to thoiVoso,of.. ! ; the that-ui-•structiohs be..Bifeu:.that,.ip.ithe;;pu(jUca;,tibn.oj..th'6'society issued tp'theimembers. :;carp, ,ehpuld : r.bo': thp,,, t ter m.s ; i'"England-',and '"English".->uSed-(in»an-Imperial:.sense.;i.v:» >,°i-:γ-i.'''. ■•'/' aProfessor Gelkie, who.was in'.'the chair,, !said" : he:hadrno'objection-.td the -tei;lh— .'{cries of-."Ohi- oh,'': and':f/Sharae' ■he was: quite: as good a Scotsman as '.-Mi; ; ■Wanliss ..or'anybody .else.-.The, matter,'. '■hivejSti :■ was • no,t one; fof : . disc'dssionjat,; a; j;eneral-meetihg 4 6f/the-sooiety.v-?V;;^ i i *'. .'-. Mr, : Chisholm,•"• whpsejipaper.^wasibeing. called in question,-.desired\Xb;'oxplaih: ; his •position?-'-'The'objection.taken.to the word; was that it was an insult to the people of Scotland and the; members of ■ the soeieb'.- But he.'assured , them.that he had. no such idea. Ho happened to.be a>Scote- ; Scotsmai)i,:V(Applß.usis.)';:: : 'He: couldi- , not iraaginey-anyono exception 'to; the use of the word.:Uiiedin:.the.:way:;he,had ; use'd it-,:: , /- ; --'v,v;'j-.''':Vy. : '.^J/J , :: ; A; . ; ■'■•■MrJ'Burn :i Murdbeh,' another'memper'or :the'-society,'-;said' : that)he icould -not isee 1 'any reason 'whj*' ! the\word ;ehbuld "not .be. ; used in,;it3'j>rpper',term. •■•Thdrt;.TfM*,-nb-,;'right: by they'couldvuso'.'the:•,wordof. "Britain,"': beciuse, that ■•JJ^e>i;s.!V-.0.^;T;% : .' , -V>^^j->'i;'i.!ffi : E- rV - : ~;Vi ';•'Another .\me"mber' ofv ; said ■thafie Vdid.Chot- thinkVthe" : meeting ■ had■any:'business" to*.criticise>the;;Treaty v -of.' 'Phionl ehieholm's'attJoles/.at.suoh-: ! a'''nliceting3s';>W^.;-^'''-v : - :r -;.; 1 -:- ''■'^'■-1 H!; ' : Mr. Burn?■ Murdoch again".rose. t to. his. '■fe'etaria-eaid..that-he.aid.a6t;seSi..*hy_:tlieyV. iipt-'have'perfect Accuracy ■■ l inii ! s6-'/ .ciebr-liko.iheabyal^cottisK.Geographical; Society: '■-He 'Was: only an artist, b«t-ho: ■ made it;Kis businesg'.td-be.accuratoiin i own , - line, and -ho ;did : 'npt: see • whyjprtfe* 6orß,an.dy'6cientist3,'6h6uld-; : not;;d6!tho same. 'THe'' membership';.'of : "tho would':decrease and-'the,subscriptions, for, :the.,'magazine: , miffht • rbe',: ; .withdrawn ;>if;■ suchV a; ; state '■:-of •; continued. ;;;He: for one, and.heipoke for '4' number.'df. . the: othersmembern of the society,-would ••witharaw..".Us : ''subscHptito;:t4til'':.ftv.was:, ■.Te666nised.^that>-tlie i '-.first;'-..term ; ..of..tM-Treafe.'of--Union 'should , be .given .effect: .'to,/andjthe "word" ."Britain''r.used in placa " : -The : chairman'reiorted;.that he very sorry-if'people, were so.weaK-minded'. JW^tb"^^^^^^^-!^^'^^^^^^^^^^: "'f MrV; Bur»; ilurdPch • ;:Jl;!entirojy;^;deny j ■ ; that; 'm;?: ; Ufr ..The chairman:.lt is a.very foolish;ais-. :'cussion altogether.":.: : , ..." ■'; - : : The matter thendropped.i;'../.; ..;',■