27 APRIL 1907, Page 31

THE ATTACK ON SIR HORACE PLUNKETT. [To THE EDITOR or

THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,--•" D.'s" letter in last week's Spectator is most valuable at the present time, and every lover of Ireland should be roused by it to agitate against such a danger to the good of the country as would be caused by the removal of the Right Hon. Sir Horace Plunkett from the Department over which be has presided with such marked success. Unlike " D.," lam a strong Unionist, but I heartily endorse his opinion of Sir Horace. He is fearless in stating his opinions, and has in all his work shown an absolute spirit of self-abnegation; but a Government which can propose to destroy Trinity College is quite capable of bringing the work which Sir Horace is doing