2 MARCH 1912, Page 13

DR. HORTON AND ULSTEA.

[To THE EDITOR OP TEl " SPECTATOR:]

SIR,—Was Dr. Horton's "curious dream of getting rid of the large Irish population in Great Britain," by "a certain shift-

ing of population," which he hopes will take place, suggested by the following quotation? We know, at any rate, what happened then. The " shifting " did not occur :—

" Thus saith the King of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards."—Isaiah xxxvi. 10, 17.