28 MAY 1932, Page 16

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] S1R,—How can the Governor-General

of the Irish Free State, Who represents the King, sign the Oath Bill, if it happens to pass Dail and Senate Would not the Governor-General's assent be equivalent to the King's taking the side of one Dominion against another ? The King assents to Bills which come to him after full discussion in both Houses of Parliament, but he does not give the force of law to documents submitted to him by a party. The Oath Bill has never been discussed by the parties who signed the Treaty.—I am, Sir, &c.,

H. R. C.