[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."]
Srn,—It seems hard to one living in Ireland to realize that there are some people in England who wish to see justice done in the case of the unfortunate Captain Bowen-Colthurst. All over Ireland, Nationalist bodies such as District Cciuncils and Boards of Guardians are passing resolutions "calling on the Government to have indicted and tried all the accomplices and accessories to the Portobello murders of Easter, 1916, and have Colthurst tried for the murder of Conde and other crimes." Some speakers even go further, and say that Colthurst should have been shot, whether he was mad or not. These are the people who are welcoming as heroes and martyrs the men whom the Government have recently released from prison, who planned the deliberate murder of harmless citizens and unarmed policemen. Yet as far as I can gather, the only thing that English papers will insert about Ireland is continual abuse of the Ulstermen who are fighting for the Empire in Flanders; and the English Government keeps Captain Colthurst at Broadmoor, although the medical reports show that he has recovered.—I am, Sir, dm.,
AN Tanen Baloney.
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