[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sis,-Lord Rothermere's article,
of which you approve, rather reminds me of the letter said to have been written a good many years ago by Sir —, resident in England, to his Irish "went : " You may tell the tenants that if they think they can intimidate me by shooting you they are very much mistaken." If " cutting our loss in the South of Ireland " means abandon- ing and betraying the loyal people there, it is a rather feeble euphemism. To compel all loyal people to leave their homes and businesses would be impossible, to say nothing of getting fair compensation paid them. There are thousands of loyal people in the South. It would be necessary to protect them from the moment they signified their intention to go. To tell them that they must be classed as disloyal if they did not go would he outrageous. " To abandon the men of the South who fought beside us in the Great War would be an unparalleled betrayal." Lord Rothermere's sentence, quoted at the end of pour article, does not require much alteration.—I am, Sir, &c., A SOUTHERNER.
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