THE SUICIDE OF MR. MucSWINEY.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOFf.”1
Sni,—The Sinn Feiners carry on war by means of little frauds, conjoined with honest fighting, not devoid of humour, which have to be dealt with seriously now that England, the attacked party, is in earnest. We are very grateful to you for the line you have taken about the suicide of Mr. MacSwiney, Mayor ,f Cork. In the face of the direct teaching of the Roman Catholic religion, in the face of all thinking that makes life worth living, Mr. MacSwiney has committed suicide in Brixton gaol, abetted by relatives and friends. I notice that there is an enormous amount of very bad reasoning on the subject. Eves
the Times thinks that the Cabinet has made a mistake, having regard to the popular feeling. As to Mr. Asquith and the effete old Liberal Party, they, of course, are endeavouring to make political capital over• this suicide. They do not seem to understand that English feeling regards them with contempt. One or two charming ladies of my acquaintance are full of horror. Non ragionam di tor. They have other duties to perform.
If Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Balfour, and the rest of the ministry are to be assassinated by revengeful Irishmen, they could no doubt go to the grave content. To govern success- telly, to give the lead to other less common-senseful nations is
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