4 FEBRUARY 1938, Page 18

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR, —In your issue of

January 28th, writing of "Southern Ireland's Hopes" you write "The position of Lord Craigavon, who stands for partition, depends on bitter hostility." Not only is this untrue but for a paper of your standing it is unjust and ungenerous.

What Lord Craigavon stands for is the maintenance of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom and loyalty to the Crown and Constitution, the electorate will give their opinion on these very points on February 9th. It is the main- tenance of these two points which makes it impossible for North and South to unite.—Yours, &c.,