AN IRISH "SETTLEMENT."
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR-P]
SIE,—Mr. Dudley Field Malone's suggestion of "a free and frank discussion " (presumably between " American adminis- tration" and the British Government) " of such measures as may bring about a settlement of the Irish question " . . . " gratifying to the people of the United States " is, in effect, a "criticism," if not an actual condemnation, of the plan of " settlement" which has been made by the British Parlia- ment, by virtue of which "Home Rule" has been given to the two sections of Ireland which are divided by race and religion. It is very natural that an Irish-American, that is, a man who is Irish by descent, by religion and otherwise (as is Mr. Malone), should be "gratified" by the interference with Britain's domestic concerns which he appears to advocate, but he cannot really expect un-hyphenated Americana to share his gratification at such suggested interference, especially as he has " no confidence in the American administration," whose interference he seems to suggest. Men of his race are very good talkers and skilled in the arts of creating a milieu in which to air their views. The " Anglo-American Lunching Club," the Times, Lord Rosebery's letter to that paper, and the Spectator's "News of the Week " were opportunities not to
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