THE IRISH INVASION [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
Sta,—Under the above heading Mr. L. T. Fleming contributes an article in The Spectator of September 24th. It is merely a repetition of what frequently appears in the English Press, but he has added a lot on his own or perhaps from information he has gained, false of course as is the rest of the propaganda about the Irish residents in Britain. I have visited England on many occasions, and have studied the English side of humanity, and what a contrast. I have lived all my life in Ireland, but never witnessed anything here on such a level as is to be found across the Channel. Never have I come in contact with either young or old men here walking about with heavy boots, cap tilted askew, and with a walk half a slouch, half a swagger, as Mr. Fleming describes the Irishman as seen at the Marble Arch and Hyde Park. Quite the contrary is the fact ; the manly and upright gait of the Irishman is admired the world over, and what about their slouch on the English Battle-. fields ? Enough said, Mr. Fleming, about the Irish Slouchers ; I have not been to the Marble Arch or Hyde Park for some years, but like Mr. Fleming I have read in some English papers that the slouch is to be found. There are English and Welsh up in London from the distressed areas of the North of England and also Wales. Let Mr. Fleming pay his attention to those areas and he will find enough matter to write about the specimens of human beings that are to be found there—and they won't
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