RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN DUBLIN. [To THE EDITOR Or TER SPECTATOR."1
SIR,—I enclose cutting from the Guardian of November 14th, which is very enlightening as to the fate of Protestants in Ulster should Home Rule ever become law.—I am, Sir, &e.,
AN ULSTERWOMAN.
"An incident that is glaringly symptomatic of Papalist intoler- ance has come to light. A Mr. Walton, a Protestant who had served for thirty-nine years in Messrs. Gill's, the well-known Roman Catholic publishers, has been given notice to quit. He had been admittedly a careful and conscientious worker. The head and front of his offending was this. He has been in the habit for the past thirty-four years of attending on Sunday mornings in the Metropolitan Hall buildings and helping in the distribution of free breakfasts to the poor children of the city. Many of these children are Roman Catholics, and as a consequence Messrs. Gill accused Mr. Walton of proselytism, and he was immediately dismissed without compensation. Such an incident may help to explain the attitude of Ulstermen towards the prospect of a Parliament dominated by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The facts of the case are not denied by the firm referred to."
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