20 SEPTEMBER 1913, Page 15

COSSACK METHODS IN IRELAND.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "Srscrevoe."] SIR,—It may be of interest, in view of certain remarks in your journal, to recall the fact that in the spring of 1801 the "Duke of York had actually proposed to introduce a Russian force to coerce and civilize Ireland, and would have done so had not the better sense and feeling of Cornwallis prevailed." I quote from an article on "Invasion Panics," in the Cornhill Magazine for February 1860 (vol. i.).—I am, Sir, &c., Ashdene, Prospect Hill, Walthamstow. T. H. HILKEN.