To the Editor of the "Nowrn-Ciixa Dau News"
Sim,—At this late date your assistance. jy desired in the attempt to rectify what appears to be the stakes in judgment on the part of those responsible for ministering the educational needs of the community in the new Tifeng Road School for Boys. I refer to the un: doubted fact" what this schoo!
Si—The controversy between the British Government ani Valera although apparently a involving some 000,000 1 storm, ina tea-cup—only directly
may have much greater significance than appears on the surface.
In facing present-day difficulties two schools of _thought—neither certain of itself—are making appeal to the people of the these are the school which advocates Democracy and the school which advocates Dictatorship.
Your readers will probably hay rmodate}¢eatablish the Irish Republic noticed that Mr. de Valera proposes Ta} No proper assembly hall "Democrat" appealing to the de-(HY US Byetutaium fmoceatie spirit of Britain" and. the (ULD) No workshop hen to net as "Dictator"
{iv} No luncheon the realm of Southern Ire-Ty} Re umee om for play-|'and: and finally to obtain u United ireland by acting as "Dictator the Northern people who are of mature judgment who share. my'
1 have spoken to several perses sion ately loyal to the British' Com-that the abandonment of the monwealth or more particularly to 1 plans for this school build-JGreat Britain herself.
grievous error committd As an Englishman T was proud the. name. of economy." There lof the stand which my country took, seems little doubt that had this dee even during the Great War period, been shared. in by those en-against Dictatorship; and. Tam:
led to be consulted the mistakes Prouder still that, notwithstanding complained of would not have been almost unbearable provocation, made.
Great Britain still stands firm in Under the present circumstances liber sdvoeacy of Democracy.
But this brings Englishmen up fas constructive sugges the following may be put forward against Mr. de Valera and his fol-Firat the building of an. addition lowers in w way which the world at to serve as combined assembly hall large may' not realise but which gymnasium to. be authorized seems to me so important. that it and speeded to. completion. should be clearly and considerately.
Second, the organisation of a stated. To do this T must ask the Parents' Association to, safeguard! waur of your readers for being the interests of the children attend ing the Vu. Yuen Girls School and personal' in order to bring points home. the Tifeng Road Boys S: hool "Third, that the Municipal Coun-My own feelings are based upon it approach the military authority the four terrible years of the War ushareference to the ro moral of the period: upon the sending forth of ores Depat now occupying jour boys of 17 and 18 years of age urgently required by both the a the boys' schools for playing to die upon the battle fields of Flanders crying out for their mothers in their death agony; of Accomplishment of the third sug escaping Air raids in London by. gestion should not be dificult now! minutes or hours to arrive That the garrison ig reduced to one Yorkshire in time to sco the Ger-battalion. Land. formerly. occupied van sir-shins circling round and inby barracks could be utilized. for! discriminately dropping bombs on this much "needed relose of land! town and country-side: and then to. once used by the Girls' School, awake to the fact that amid this 'Pending. the organisation of the Secht for our very life Treland wor Parents' Association suggested, the stabbing us in the bck—our resi. attention of. the British Women's ments must go to Treland instead of Association, the American Woman's to Flanders to free the common Club" and other civic organisations ig invited to this important matter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.