31 JANUARY 1920, Page 2

We should like to ask the Hierarchy one question. When

they speak about the "acknowledged right of civilized nations to choose their own Government" being denied to Ireland, do they intend to deny this right to the Protestants and Unionists of North-East Ulster 7 Meanwhile we notice that the Archbishop of Caehel has sent a cheque for £.50 to the Irish Republican Loan in America and has bestowed his blessing upon Mr. De Valera. The American financial paper, The Street, as we learn from the Times, has published a strong protest against this Irish Republican Loan in America. It describes it as "a charity drive, half-masked as a bond issue to swindle the inexperienced," and adds that Americans who help the "loan" are "guilty of criminal lunacy."