12 OCTOBER 1912, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have met naval

and military men who happen to be born Ulstermen. They say that when the tug of civil war comes they will be found—not in clubs and jeering—but in the ranks of their countrymen. May I add that, to me, " split sides " are suggestive of—bacon P—I am, Sir, &c.,

SCOTSMAN.