OUR PRINCE.

Shannon News, 15 February 1929, Page 2

OUR PRINCE.

(Eo the Editor)

Sir, —If is with. surprise and delig that many of us, who had,on the pi vious visit of the Prince of Wales, a praised him as a mere figure-head wi a perpetual smile, have now to rec« nise him as a man, with a xnaji heart, to feel for the terrible miseri of his people, and the to defend them. At'the same are astounded at the stupendous r pudenee of the Tory Governmei members which ha,ve even dared impugn * the veracity of the repor rendered by the. Heir to the Throi himself, as to the wretched conditio of the miners.... They would even c air in their power to prevent their b ing made public. ? Reverting to him whom we hope h deed to hail as "our" prince, h people's representative and defende may we quote some lines appropriat They were entitled "A National Aj them." and.ran as follows.— Our Country first, and always,—the our King. As he shall serve with noble woi . and deed |To make her nobler; loyal thu Ave sing • This Anthem, throbbing with Nation's need! A Leader! Mightier far than nan of "King," (Fouled through the ages by t« thousand crimes. Leader of highest thought, his nam shall ring, When we have found him, 1 Earth's farthest climes. When Ave have found him, this des King-to-be, Ah! Who will need to prate < "Loyalty."? Perhaps we have. Wto kaowi Yours etc.— SPEC!£Agfai