Slit,—Surely the question of the genuineness of the Casement diary
was settled some three or four years ago with the publication of the memoirs of Sjt. Sullivan, QC.
In a chapter dealing with the Casement affair he leaves no doubt that the defence knew that the diary was genuine. After describing the efforts of the Crown to ensure that he read the diary before the trial he goes on to say, 'The conduct of the trial broke me down without the strain of perusing this dreadful document of which I knew quite enough. As I have said, Casement was not completely normal and one of the abnormalities of his type is addiction to lamentable practices. He had the further affliction of the craving to record erotica, and this horrible document was in the hands of the Crown.'
To maintain their position that the dial'y was not Casement's, his supporters must surely explain how his defence counsel came to be so completely convinced that it was, particu- larly as Sit. Sullivan cannot possibly be accused of having any interest in blackening the name of his late client. To the best of my knowledge this task has not been attempted and until it has been successfully accomplished I do not think that the friends of Hall and Thomson need fear the verdict of reasonable [This correspondence is now closed.—Editor, Spectator.i
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