BOOKS FOR TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
is a painful lesson that one must always be prepared for unpleasant trends in the people one admires most.
But I must confess I did not expect the note of petty bitterness which characterises the paragraph by " Janus " on the right of Trinity College, Dublin, to receive books published in England. He seeks to make a political issue something that is completely divorced from the constitutional differences between the two countries.
Trinity College is a cultural and not a political institution, but in so far as it exerts political influence, I do not think that any more pro-ally column could be found in Southern Ireland.
" Janus " might with advantage compare a list of the alumni who serve the Allied cause, with a list of those who oppose the principles of freedom.
" Janus" says " Eire says we cannot have her ports and we submit with a good grace." I think this statement is open to doubt, for many people, Irish as well as British, still live in justifiable hope that the time will come when the extra burden is removed from the Allied cause.
" Janus " gives evidence of his own " good grace " when he follows his statement with the spiteful quid pro quo, " no ports, no books." Does " Janus" wish to start another economic war?—Yours faithfully, 32 Eagle Court, Wanstead, Essex. DESMOND IRWIN.
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