THE IRISH REVOLT.

Southland Times, Issue 18849, 15 June 1920, Page 7

THE IRISH REVOLT.

To the Editor. Sir, —As a Home Ruler, etc.. I have read your various articles on the “Gentle Art of Propaganda” with interest. I have aLso read the very reasonable, instructive, and fair-minded letters by 'Englishman” and “Ex-Trooper Macßae.” Now, sir, I too fail, to see what benefit it can bo to the Irish Cause to endeavour to stir up) bad blood by referring to events that happened in history some 000 odd years ago as your correspondent “Iona” is doing. It must be remembered that there is another side to the ta.!e “Iona" tells with all the skilled art of the misleading propagandist, ft is surely the height of folly for “Iona” and his Irish fellow-propagandists to l>e sprang up bail blood just when the British Government is doing its best to give Ireland Home Rule. If they really wished to obtain v/nat they desire, would it not be more sane and busi-ness-like to act in a reasonable manner with the people and Government with whom thev have to deal in eonneePon with Horne Rule' 1 If the southern Irish are such excellent Christians as they profess to be. why cannot they form v* 1 the wrongs they seem to think they suffered some three or four hundred years ago .' ’lhe Scots, English and Welsh people have Eke Christians •’orgiven each cither long ago for the wrong thnv indicted on each other. Why cant “lona.” and his Irish friends go and do 1: Vie wise '!

Tire English people had their lands taken from them by the N'o’-man- mi lOfiti. but you never hear of the I-.n.gh hj rushing round ro main one of their landlords though thev b-» of Norman de-rent. And yet nobody s”ems to have any pity for the poor landless English! Of the descendants of the carle Briton' there are about 15,000.000 in England who lost their land about 1000 years ago. and although great numbers of them were slain and great numbers were r.n-da veil nobody ba.s evr-ressed any sorrow for the poor t'em-nfit) Britons—l am, etc,, “PATRIOT Z E AI. A N DIA N.”