SIR, - - -I do not comprehend properly the political significance or the
sociological impli- cations of the so-called Scottish Conspiracy, but 1 would like to answer Mr. Eric Orr's somewhat mischievous letter by suggesting to him that Home Rule would undoubtedly he a grand thing for England also if her junior partners would make themSelves fully respon- sible for the support and maintenance of their own progeny; but t rather fear that their highfalutin principles fall short of this ideal and by necessity.
The Irish, for instance, wanted Ireland ex- clusively for the Irish, and this object they have achieved: but Eire is such a wonderful place for the Irish nowadays that her charm- ing'citizens (lock over to England (mark you !) in their thousands—complete with a single travelling ticket and the price of a bun and a cup of tea to receive a living wage at the hands of the people they profess to hate and despise.
Nostalgic out-dated sentiment will not sus- tain and nourish the body or the soul in this over-populated world, and it is just about time that the Scottish and Welsh " nationa- lists " dropped their superior attitudes and offered up a little prayer of thanks that the English are not so narrowly nationalistic and exclusive in their outlook.
I think Sir Winston Churchill's remark is a fair and true commentary on this so-called problem. He said: " If I think of the greatness and splendour of Scotland and her wonderful part in the history not only of this island but of the whole world, I really think they ought to keep their silliest people in order."—Yours faithfully, GEORGE A. WHEATLEY
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