11 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 13

THE LORD MAYOR OF CORK AND MARTYRDOM. [To THE EWTOR

or THE " SPECTATOR."1

Sin,—The ancient Irish Church distinguished three kinds of martyrdom—the Red, the White, and the Green. If the Mayor dies to witness to his faith in an independent Ireland, to be achieved by treacheries and murders, he will be " a man of the Red Martyrdom." If the Government endures Irish fury and English pitifulness to witness to their faith in the necessity of justice for the preservation of civilized society, they will be men of the White or the Green Martyrdoms, which are not clearly discriminated. If we contrast the colours of the martyrdoms let us also contrast the characters of the respective