• - - AN AMERICAN ULSTERMAN ON THE SETTLEMENT. [TO
THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—We of Ulster origin and blood, although loyal Americans, think the British Government is not using Ulster fair. Or is Lloyd George a Sinn Feiner, or why does he give Sinn Fein everything they ask for, and cut Ulster—the loyal men of Ulster—as he is doing? Ulster, as we have read about it, accepted everything the British Government gave them, and King George himself opened the Ulster Parliament. Now, how in the name of fair play can Ulster be compelled to give up some territory or counties to Sinn Fein? Please answer this through the Spectator. Now, if Ulster is made to come under South Irish rule, and then to give in to De Valera, and demand Ireland as a free republic, how would the British Government like that? And I firmly believe that is what it will be unless England goes out and protects her loyal, faithful subjects, the Ulster people. Why should Ulster fight when England is throwing her over to the Sinn Feiners? We of Ulster ancestors are watching, and Sinn Fein are getting every thing, even underhand, ever since the Easter uprising that they ask from England, and Ulster made to submit to Irish instead of English rule, although Ulster has been England's faithful friend before William ever crossed the Boyne. Why does not England protect them, or is Lloyd George playing into De Valera's hands as a traitor to the British Government, and wants England to go down in defeat? Geographically, England cannot give up Ireland unless they give up British rule in every place. Please explain all this in your next Spectator, and clear the minds of some of your readers and friends of Ulster. Lloyd George may be a good statesman, but we believe he is a friend of De Valera's first, England after.— I am, Sir, &c., H. JOHNSON. Lynn, Mass., U.S.A.
[The only answer to our correspondent's most natural expres- sion of indignation is that the Government let things get to a pass where it became impossible to save Ulster by maintaining the Union. But we would refer him to our footnote to the previous letter.—ED. Spectator.]
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