Allowing always for the inability of Englishmen to under- stand
Irishmen completely, the King's visit to Ireland has been a continuous success. Perhaps the most striking-inci- dent in Dublin was a reception of poor children, who, to the number of twelve thousand, swarmed into the Phcenix Park to "see the King and Queen " ; but a visit to Maynooth charmed the Roman Catholics, and several visits to the slums gratified the poor, who, on their Majesties' departure on Saturday, filled the streets with cheering crowds. In Belfast, of course, the recep- tion was of the heartiest, to which the King responded in his reply to the municipal address by praising "your farseeing captains of industry" and "your intelligent artisans." In Londonderiy the welcome was the more enthusiastic because no King has ever visited the city except James II., and he was refused admittance. In Galway, most Irish of towns, the people followed the example of Dublin, and so, we doubt not, has Cork, though the record of the King's arrival will not reach us in time for this issue. The goodwill of the people throughout the island is, in fact, unmistakable, and extends to the strongest organs of the Nationalist party. The King's tact and kindliness are universally acknowledged, and though the acknowledgment will not diminish opposition, it will deprive it of something of its virulence. The visit, in fact, is accepted, as it was meant, as a great act of courtesy, and to courtesy every Irish heart responds.
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