The Archive · 1932

Ethics of Criticism

To the Editor of the "Nowr-Ciina Datty News."

Sin—Be Jabers! Your Irish correspondent "Republic" is right.

Why should. apy British newspaper not criticise adversely the more hostile section of the trish? Why should "Republic" read any newspaper in the hated English Tanguage?

There are enough Irish- [og men here to start one in their own Language if they can read it.

And let the Trish ran their own consulates throughout the world, ind run them in the Trish language writing in a foreign language, I was always under the impression that the Scots were a Celto-Semitic people of Irish origin who, invaded "and conquered Scotland about fourteen centuries ago and [subsequently received a large infusion of Scandinavian and' some! English blood, though the Trish avaaion i Gentinoes, in spite of all we Anglo-Saxons have taught, the ungrateful Scotch. Everybody. knows that the Irish are all descend-Jed from fairies and that they have [descended a long, long way.

In the centuries that have intervened, both the Irish and Scotch became ' such heterogeneous mixtures of colours, races or tribesmen that they were unable to converse in their numerous tongues, 80 adopted English (which they still speak in a "broken" form) as they realled that it was the only language with any important world-wide standing. Later on, they also adopted most of the loose jeurrency of the English Empire, nearly all its good jobs and all its war traditions. The Scots adopted Irish kilts (with German colours) Irish bagpipes and Trish ballyhoo and. the Irish adopted Scotch Jclannishness, Findon haddocks and Scotch whiskey. After this they, began to call" themselves British and allowed us "Limeys" to. use the term as well, The minor international calamity, Don Valera de la Mancha, is of trained in Cook County, Illinois, land the other lively squid. mention Jed as "The Bruce" was a West-rohan from Perth.

George ap Washington was a Californian and President "Erh "over is a "Gor Blimey" Cockney. Wilhelm Von Schakespeare was Gorman'Swiss bell-hop, Oliver O'Cromwell a Honolulu-Scotchman, Bonnie Prince Charlie was really 'a Welshman named Johones-Jones Johnnie, Walker (Johnny) and John Haig were great Baglish inventors and Shanghai Sept. 29.

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