13 MAY 1922, Page 1

The only good sign is that the rebel movement., as

we learn from a message by the Special Correspondent of the Morning Post in Tuesday's paper, is waning. This correspondent. says that the leaders of the irregulars or rebels in the field are " fed up," and that before long they will probably make peace with the Provisional Government. If Messrs. Dc Valera and Childers want fresh men to fight for their cause they will have to look for them. On Monday a deputation of refugees from Southern Ireland was received at the House of Commons. Many of them had lost everything except the clothes they stood in. On the same day it was announced in the Commons that Lord Shaw of Dunfermline will act as Chairman of the Commission to consider compensation to the sufferers in Ireland. Mr. Chamber- lain said that the Commission would have power to make interim recommendations in cases of emergency.