13 NOVEMBER 1920, Page 2

On Monday the Prime Minister, in reply to Lord Hugh

Cecil, deolined to order a public inquiry into the question whether the troops and police in Ireland. who were charged with committing reprisals, had acted under orders. The country, he said, was satisfied that the Government were breaking up the murder conspiracy, whatever the newspapers hostile to the Government might say. The persons who suffered from reprisals were men engaged in the conspiracy. While there were rebels, making war, some innocent persons were sure to be hurt.