THE OPPOSITION AND THE ARMY.
[To THY EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The passage in Mr. Gardiner's book to which I referred as hysterical (Spectator, November 29th) spoke of the Con- servatives as being prepared to fall back on the Army when they lost control of Parliament. In your last issue Mr. Gardiner maintains that this is a mere statement of fact, and, by way of example, refers to "a rebel army" which has for months been drilling in Ulster, thus completely ignoring the distinction between THE Army and ix army, which is, and always has been, the distinction between tyranny and resistance. Of course, tyranny (and Mr. Gardiner) may be right, and resistance (and Sir Frederick Banbury) wrong, but these are difficult questions, and we shall get no nearer to a solution of them by such loose thinking as Mr. Gardiner's letter discloses.—I am, Sir, &c.,
THE WRITER OF THE REVIEW.
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