18 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 13

MR. SMILLIE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sse,—In your issue of last week, p. 324, second column, lines 8, 9, &e., you say : " We must not be surprised that a Scots inflamed with the idea of revolution," &c. For your information Bob Smillie is not a Scot, he is an Irishman, and born in Belfast, and came to Scotland when lie was fifteen. If you pursue the subject further you will probably find him a Sinn Feiner and an Irish Republican.—I am, Sir, &c.,