26 JUNE 1920, Page 13

DOMINION GOVERNMENT IN IRELAND.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—It seems to me to be a contradiction in terms to speak of "Dominion Government" without "Defence." What would one of the Dominions say if their Executive could not raise or command any sort of soldiers, and if their Parliament had to vote money for military and naval purposes to be apportioned and spent by someone else? This is not Dominion Government, it is a cross between Dominion and Crown Colony Government, possessing neither the advantages nor certainly the finality 0! either. Does a practical man like Sir Horace Plunkett really believe that it could last three years?—I am, Sir, &c.,