19 OCTOBER 1912, Page 14

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."]

Sin,—In your last issue Mr. Clement Shorter compares the agitation against Home Rale with that against the disestablish- ment and disendowment of the Irish Church. Is he aware that about ninety-six per cent. of all members of Protestant denominations are against Home Rule, whilst the Presbyterians and other Nonconforming bodies were on Mr. Gladstone's side P Ignoring this, his argument is worthless. The northern counties of Ireland were Liberal till Mr. Gladstone went for