POLITICS AND CANNONS
Evening Herald (Dublin), Tuesday 21 July 1914
I was also much intrigued by the way in which the political crisis came in for reference. By universal consent the green ball (the game was “Snooker”) was dubbed Redmond, the orange ball was, of course, Carson, and the red, equally of course, England. This good-humoured recognition of the “momentous crisis,” as the Press style it, was, I thought, very characteristic of the Dubliners’ attitude, and not altogether devoid of instruction for those who work themselves into fits over the imminence of “Civil War.”