[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—In re Mr.
Stephen G wynn's answer to Miss Richardson's " o'er true tales," in which he challenges her statement of the assault on the Salvation Army officer. That officer, Adjutant Cooke, is still living, and I can easily have his address found if Mr. Gwynn requires it. It is also the truth: no Salvation Army officers can go through Waterford streets in uniform and preach on waste pieces of ground unless under police pro- tection. I pass the huge joke of Mr. Gwynn wiring to a Roman Catholic priest did he know whether Protestants were molested in Ireland, and the priest's answer declaring he never heard of the outrage in the very city where he officiates. True the Salvation Army officers refused to prosecute. I have for some weeks past carefully noted Mr. Gwynn's communica- tions to your paper, and the above is an average sample of their accuracy. The largest employers of labour in Waterford are Protestants and well-to-do people, and probably nine out of ten of them have no more love or desire for the Salvation Army than Mr. Stephen Gwynn. I do not know Miss Richard- son ; but I believe with her that the bulk of the educated population of Ireland, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, abhor the thought of such Home Rule as Mr. Redmond pro.
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