THE OVERSEAS CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 4 January 1913, Page 6

THE OVERSEAS CLUB.

. ' .'(To the Editor.)'. > -.. " „rl' - 4,A etter und « this heading siini s e<l by "Non-Subscriber/' appeafed ?n j your issue of December 17, ffie£ t bers of the Overseas Club hero in AuCk--1 land have been surprised to- observe that 1 ?r1 r6 ?l y te appeal ei her 'nf m fi the oreal l , . scr Wrench) or any [ branch 6 , CMCUtIV6 , ° f th r Wellington. 3 As the letter is calculated to do'harni I to a worthy, cause, it should, I think be ■ rephed to: "Non-Subscriber 5 ' asks to be' t intormed of the connection betweent-thS , Overseas Club and : tho "Daily Mail" '■ n r f?, S 0 ?). but it is obvious Ht f 116 ob^ ct thß ™t«'has in view, 1 ■?','•? P«Mly a malicious attempt to ' wS 0 v ft f^ m,i ?? rcial of • n J,OT A h , ch ,^ B ( fo roiorly Mr. Alfred ( Hannsworth), the principal proprietor of the Overseas Daily Mail," and to injure i a patriotic institution. • i Neither Lord Northcliffe nor his enter- . pnses are likely to be affected ,by the i pm-pneks of an anonymous enemy, but . some of your readers. may, unfortunately, bo influenced to look upon tho Overseas, Club as being merely an. advertisement for the' sale of tho "Daily Mail" (Overseas Edition). This would be a pity, as the idea of the Overseas Club emanated from.that' great, Englishman Khodes—and the ;inib'ation of the club is an honest ar.d patriotic effort instituted, by the organiser (Mr. Evelyn Wrench) to draw all British! subjects overseas into a more intimate understanding of their respective countries; and to incnlcate patriotism, and the necessity" of supporting the Imperial unity idea. This ■ idea is explained, in the members' creed, which runs thus:—"Believing the British Empire ,to stand for justice, freedom, order, and good government, we pletlgo ourselves, as citizons of tho greatest Empire in the world, to maintain the heritage handed down to us by our fathers." Fortunately, in the Overseas Edition of the "Daily, Mail" tho club possesses a powerful press organ, through the medium of which Britishers in all lands, overseas may keep themselves in touch with their kith nnd km anywhere and everywhere throughout the world; and, as all men ought to know,, the "Daily Mail" was.a leading London- newspaper long before the inception.of the Overseas Club, so the insinuation of "NonSubscriber" loses its/application."' It is even' conceivable that Lord Northcliffe mnjr bo a patriotic Englishman; anyway, he is a generous supporter of-many patriotic endeavours and charities, and, it may 'incidentally, be .mentioned, that he paid the organising expenses of the Overseas Club by .p'resentinc the organiser with a cheque for .£IOOO, which enabled' tho club to enter-the second year of its existence cleared.of, debt. , ' ~ ! If "Non-Subscriber" wero " better .informed, ' he •-would have-stated that, all commumoations concerning ■ tho tousiness of the club should be addressed.'to;the organiser, and that only matter intended for publication in the-"Daily Mail" (Overseas Edition) should toe addressed to the editor—lam, etc., '• •-.-' C. A. YOTJNfI, detain. No. 3072, O.S.C. Auckland, January 1. . . .-= - * :