It is a good thing that the St. Andrews Societies of London and Glasgow have petitioned the King explaining Scottish grievances and urging their removal. They allege that Ein and is always openly seeking undue prominence in domestic, imperial and. International affairs, forgetting that the 'Scoftisn realm' was an. equal Partner in the union. It is a rulsm that in most cases conquered races often absorb their conquerors. Thus when James I came down from Scotland and attached England to his throne, he set in motion the usual process of which two Societies now complaining, A subordinate race, the English have' after long centuries succeeded in vindicating their right to place in the sun, which heretofore has been overshadowed by. their Scottish rulers, That does not mean that the English are yet free from the Scot, "He is to be found in senior positions in almost every bank, the descendant of cattle reivers. being: entrusted with the Snssenach's money. In Fleet Street, there are so: many Scottish journalists that an Englishman can hardly pass down that thoroughfare without finding one oF two of them under his fect. The Englishman naturally does not Uke "it, but with that easy toperance makes the best of a very bed job, And then to top it all when the mews was published, a note was received from a Scottish reader in these terms:—"His Majesty having more Seotlish blood than any other in his
petition, Can you, then, suggest wel, he wil, naturally grant) our quickest and most humane method of abolishing all Englishmen?" bid for the "Blue Riband" of the While the Queen Mary,
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