A QUESTION REGARDING ULSTER.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—In the event of armed resistance being offered by Ulster to Home Rule for Ireland would military officers and privates in the service of the Crown be compellable to serve against their consciences in the civil war (ac it would be) thereby engendered? According to Sir George Trevelyan's recent work on George III. and the American Revolution, the British Government of that time exempted its officers from all obligation to serve in the field against their rebellious fellow-subjects, and many of the most distinguished soldiers and sailors of the day declined to do so without incurring any penalty or open displeasure at the hands of the Government. Would this precedent be followed or ignored ?--I am, Sir, &c.,
LOYALIST.
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