Sir, – In his article ("Casement's good reputation has so far weathered the era of cancellation", September 17th) Diarmaid Ferriter omitted a significant aspect of the Casement story; his active dissent, both before and during the first World War, against British foreign policy in relation to Germany.
In this he was at one with his old comrade from the campaign to expose the enslavement, with attendant atrocities, of native peoples in the Congo. This was the man who along with Casement founded the Congo Reform Association; the journalist ED Morel.
The Crime against Europe (1915) by Casement and Truth and the War (1916) by Morel are two books with a similar overall view; by way of secret diplomatic agreements Britain had destabilised the relationships between the European powers making war an imminent possibility.
Could Casement’s dissident stance at such a crucial point in history have contributed to a need in certain quarters for his legacy and reputation to be undermined? – Yours, etc,
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TIM O’SULLIVAN,
Drumcondra, Dublin 9.