23 JULY 1921, Page 2

We have alluded elsewhrre to the very striking letter by

the Duke of Northumberland v hiaa appeared in the Morning Post of Monday last. Here is the sai )st important paragraph:

" If our Government will not do its plain duty and subdue the rebellion in Ireland, let it at least adopt the lesser of two evils and, instead of Dominion Hoene Rule, impose an indepen• dent Republic upon Southern Ireland. That is .the demand of inn Fein ; let them have it. Southern Ireland would then be

a foreign and potentially hostile country. So long as we were not at war with any great Power this could do us little harm, and in the event of any overt act of hostility, Ireland would be at our mercy."