"Yours truly,

"W. MOORE."

In reply the Estates Commissioner wrote:--

"Mr. Bailey desires to acknowledge receipt of Mr. Moore's
letter of the 19th inst., and inasmuch as it contains grave
statements of a threatening and unfounded character he will
take an early opportunity of bringing the matter under notice
in the proper quarter."

The final letter was Mr. Moore's reply:--

"ULSTER CLUB,

"BELFAST, March 25th.

"Mr. Moore hopes that when Mr. Bailey publishes the
correspondence he will make it clear that Mr. Moore's reply was
directed to a disloyal attack by Mr. Bailey on one of his
colleagues in his letter to Mr. Moore. This is all that was
omitted from Mr. Moore's reply."

The next step in this discreditable incident occurred on July 23rd, on
which day Mr. Moore denounced Mr. Bailey in the House of Commons for his
partisanship towards the Nationalists, and gave a graphic picture of the
private letter which Mr. Bailey had written to him to protest against
his personal attacks. Mr. Redmond rose and asked that Mr. Russell should