10 JULY 1920, Page 13

NO FOOLISH CONSISTENCY IN IRELAND. (To THE EDITOR OF THE

" SPECTATOR.")

Sca,—I hope you did not fail to notice recently the resolutions of the Roman Catholic clerical managers of the Irish schools. The first resolution denounced the conduct of British Depart- ments in "interfering with Irish affairs." The second resolu- tion called upon the Treasury to "do some measure of justice to Irish teachers." When there is money to be got somehow the Irish are admirable exponents of the Emersonian dictum : "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."—