THE IRISH REBELLION AND RELIEF.
[TO THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sur,—In order to substantiate the general remarks made by " Ulster- woman " on the subject of relief for sufferers through the Irish Rebellion, may I say that the Irish Times on August 28th publishes a Report of the- Dublin Mansion House Committee of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund, and states that £11,513 had already been dispensed out of this public fund ? " Of this £3,500 was dispensed in cash relief and £6,376 in relief employment to those who had lost their employment owing to recent fires or whose breadwinners were wounded or killed in the streets during the Rebellion." The Report does not state whether the killed and wounded were rebels or loyal citizens. I mention this fund particularly in this connexion as it is a purely British fund. There were many other funds which were dispensed in answer to appeals and subscribed to by Irish people only. This bears out " Ulsterwoman's " contention that no appeals to outside States were necessary. Your readers may be interested to know that the new War Charities Regis- tration Act does not apply to Ireland. It is only what one might
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