Sir: The situation in Northe r t, Ireland is surely tragic enolig,„r:
and we should be spared pat. attempts by Irishmen, real and n called, to confuse the issue by
use of meaningless statements.
his letter of November 13 Mr FitzGibbon propounds the meaningless dogma "The British have no business in Ireland at all." Since Americans and Germans in swarms, and almost any other nationals in the world appear to have business there, and the Irish, also in swarms, appear to have business wherever they please, I assume that Mr FitzGibbon, when he writes "business " means " right." British-so-called-people Were domiciled in Ireland centuries before any white men set foot in America. The first syllable in Mr Pitz,Gibbonts name seemes to indicate that he himself is descended from some of them. If the dogma quoted above is worth the ink it is Written with, then the multi-million Population of the USA, including a million or two Irishmen — real or so-called — have no right there. It of course follows also that we English have no right in England and, Lord help us, the Irish no right in Ireland. In short the statement "anyone has the right to be anywhere on the face of the earth," is claptrap, and reduces any argument in which it is used to the level of pop humour.
R. H. Stone Nethercote, Pound Street, Bishops Castle, Salop.
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