ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLVIII, Issue 35, 1 September 1921, Page 17

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Mrs. L. Bail Eireann means Parliament of Ireland. E.C. The British Government, at the instigation and in

the interests of British manufacturers killed the Irish industries. For example, owing to the refusal to pass a Bill enabling Castleconer to link up with the main

line the extra cost of carting coal made competition impossible.

Reader. —We saw that offensive and disgusting cartoon about Ireland. If the editor had .not put his own picture with “Pat’s” in Southern Ireland we could have stood it.

Shandon Bell. — Tossing cups is a mild form of superstition, varying from a vain credulity to a waste of time. If you want to toss cups innocently throw them at the cat provided they are made of metal.

Beaghan. —Mr. McKeon was attacked by six armed men. He beat them off and killed one during the fight. That was what the assassins of Canon Magner described as murder. Of course our local editors with their slavish eye on the job did their bit too.

J. McA. —Why worry about what the forger says? The man is a little too sane for Seacliff and too erratic for the Old Man’s Home. His contempt for Irish is not begotten of familiarity. Those who know him regard him as a hopeless paranoic.

Inquirer. —Yes, Joseph Conrad is a Catholic. His finest work is Bes J cue, which is a beautiful piece of wordpainting. Henri Bordeaux is a Belgian. His novels are usually wholesome and sound reading. We prefer Le Lac Noir. As for German books we have not had any new ones since Germany won the war. Sndermann has, we believe, written several works during the years in which our English romancers were writing about corpse-factories. The works of John A. Ryan, an American priest, will help you. We know of none better on economic and social questions. Macmillan is the publisher. Menge’s book, A Background for Social Workers , is also very good.

W 7 orker. —Your letter has already appeared substantially in our comments on ,the high statesmanship of Lord

v Limavaddy. Still the paid press goes on telling us what a grand bhoyo our Bill is. The fact of the matter is that the burly Orangeman ’ has disgraced us. 'We shquld not be at all astonished if it were, by the unanimous request of the other Premiers (except Hughes) made obligatory on the Dominions to send as representatives in future only persons who had at least a Sixth Standard education. The Manchester Guardian, July 1, has a proper contempt for our man. It says “Of I all the delegates Mr. Massey is the least expert in international affairs, and he obviously could not have realised that a renewal of the alliance [which he wanted] would virtually terminate the possibility of a conference.” j \