The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-22


 and full of inspiration. Nothing that England can do can touch that
 Yes indeed, the spirit of Irish na- tionality that anti-recruiters in Ire land are keeping alive is immortal.
 Iris brought by tale and song to us,
 Of glory. grief and wrong to us From many a scene by Faith serene
 and valor sactified.
 The foe can make no grave for #,
 No prison pen or cave for it,
 Tis bayonet proof and bullet proof
 and prison proof beside"
 Oh, MT. Craig, you surely must al- low some poetic license for the lines Before the uhlans deadly lance The flower of England's armies reel"
 You must allow me to look upon the war as heretofore waged as one vast present act, Crhe present tense reel is necessary for the rhyme, you know.) The English did reel from Mons to the very gates of Paris. Today the game is stale mate with Germany entrenched in the countries of her enemies, no foe on her soil, save captives. At @normous losses of men and munitions occasionally the far flung battle lines sway and waver, as lately at Nouve Chappele, as lately also at Soissons.
 With regard to the ensign of England that MT. Craig says is loved by every race that lies under the English flag will answer by quoting q only want half an excuse to quote poetry. and MT. Craig has given it) the following poem from MT Labouchere's 'Labby's" great paper, Truth. It could scarcely be published in England today. Tt will give the other viewpoint. The poem is entitled, WHERE IS THE FLAG OF ENGLAND? And the winds of the world make answer
 North, south, and east and west; Wherever there's wealth to covet,
 Or land that can be possessed: Wherever are savage races
 To cozen, coerce and scare,
 Ye shall find the vaunted ensign:
 For the English flag is there! Aye, it waves o'er the blazing novels Whence African victims fly, To be shot by explosive bullets Or to wretchedly starve and die And where the beach-comber narrres The isles of the Southern sea, At the peak of his hellish vessels 'Tis the English flag flies free The Maori full oft have cursed it With his bitterest dying breath; And the Arab has hssed his hatred As he spits at its folds in death. The hapless fellah has feared it On Tel-el-Kebir's parched plain, And the Zulu's blood has stained it With a deep indeible stain. | It has floated OCT scenes of pillage It has Haunted OCT deeds of shame, 1 It has waved OCT the fell marauder, AS he ravished with sword and flamo | It has looked upon ruthless slaughter, | And massacres dire and grim:
 It has heard the shieks of the victims Drown even the lingo hymn. Where is the flag of England? Seek the lands where the natives rot; ] Where decay and assured extinction l Must soon be the peoples lot Go, search for the once glad islands, l Where diseases and death are rife, And the greed of callous commerce | Now fattens on human life!
 Where is the flag of England? Go, sail where rich galleons come With shoddy and '1oaded'' cottons, | And, beer and Bibles, and rumi 1 Go, too, where brute force has triumphed, l And hypocricy makes its lair;
 And your question will find its answer, | For the flag of England is there.
 Sincerely, JAMES F. coYLE. | Birmingham, March 20, 1915. l More About Bond Issue
 To the Editor of the Age-Herald: l wish to make reply to MT. Wards statement in this mornings issue of your paper, and as this Is a matter that con. cerns the people so vitally. I feel that ] am entitled to the same space and prom. hence as that accorded MT. Ward. The prominence of the question and not the writers Is the issue.
 It is merely matter of opinion that these bonds could be sold at par. wher they are mortgages against a city which is running behind at the rate of 5000 pei day. According to the relief committed of 100. the 6-mill increase Is necessary tt meet this loss. It appears to me to be { ba6 investment to buy bonds of a cit, that is SO financially crippled that they