26 DECEMBER 1903, Page 13

THE LIBERALS AND HOME-RULE.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Is Home-rule dead P That is, and must be, as promi- nent a question as any other in the minds of many of us. " Home-rule has ceased to be an essential part of the Liberal creed," you, Sir, say in the Spectator of December 19th. But have the Liberal leaders said so ? If so, when and where ? Mr. J. Redmond stands to his guns. " For them [i.e., the Irish party] there is no such thing as an alternative to Home-rule." Let us have a clear statement of the position of the Liberal leaders. Until we know where they stand, many votes are held in abeyance, amongst them that of yours, &c.,