4 JULY 1914, Page 21

THE PROTESTANTS OF THE SOUTH AND WEST.

[To THE EDITOR OF TRR "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—If Ulster, misguided by bigotry or by desire of Pro- testant ascendancy, excludes herself from the blessings of Home Rule, the Catholic minority there will be secure from oppression, being amply represented in the Imperial Parlia- ment. Far different will be the lot of the minority in the South and West, about equal in numbers, but without repre- sentation in the English or Irish Parliament. The Irish Parliament may treat them well or ill, helpless as they will be as are Jews in Russia or Greeks in Turkey. The problem of how to protect them is of exceeding difficulty. Mr. Dillon, a competent authority, has pronounced the safeguards in the Bill worthless.—I am, Sir, &e., An OLD CROMWELLIAN.