PUBLIC CRITICISM.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9999, 21 March 1910, Page 5

PUBLIC CRITICISM.

LORD DUDLEY AND HOME RULE.

United Press Asseciation-By Electric Telegraph Capyright, MELBOURNE, March 20.

The correspondence arising out of a public criticism by Mr Snowball, bead of the Orange Order, of a peech delivered by Lord Dudley, Governor-General, at the opening of the Catholic College, had beeD published.

Mr Snowball, in the course of his remarks, said: "Lord Dudley might havaseenfitto say that he never would countenance anybody who was not in favour of giving Irish separate rule," addin-r, "Lord Dudley rai*hfc have thought hia position as Gover-nor-General justified him in saying such things.''

Lord Dudley's private secretary wrote, pointing out the difference be. tween Lord Dudley's actual remarks —which were that he would take no part with any organisation or bodj which had not for its purpose tha advancement, progress, and prosperity of Ireland—and those to hun

Mr Snowball, in justifying his criticisms, added: "It is distinctly offensive lo a largs [section of the people for their Governor-General to publicly throw his 'necessarily weighty official influence into the advocacy and encouragement of an agitation for Home Rule for Ireland."

The private secretary's response to his was that Lord Dudley didnot propose to discuss the desirability of either Home Rule or the government of Ireland. He expressed no opinion regarding the former; the latter he had advocated when he was in a position to take part in political controversy, but never, then or now, had he any sympathy with any change of government for Ireland which would involve, or in the slightest way lead to, separation trora the Empire.

The correspondence closes with a letter from Mr Snowball, expressing his pleasure at perceiving that Lord Dudley bad no real sympathy with thoss who advocate Ireland's separation from Britain.