The suffragettes made a great outcry against this Aot e and.
justly hated. it because it was a success. Obviously the Govern. ment ought to have profited by that long and unpleasant lesson. The weakest and most muddle-headed- thing of all was to say that they would never give way and then to give way. That is exactly the kind of material upon which rebellions thrive. As it is, Sir Novil Macready evidently has a policy of his own. No doubt he thinks that as the death of one hunger- striker some time ago—Thomas Ashe—put a very plausible and powerful argument into the hands of the Shin Feinene, he could not at the outset of his new task face the multiplication OP that argument fifty-fold: We must wait for- more- facts before it would be fair to comment on Sir Nevil Macready's scheme. It is, of-course, an advantage to him to start with a clean slate if he means; as we hope and believe he does, to take strong military measures against-the criminals and murderers all over Ireland; and to co=ordinate the constabulary and the troops. This co-ordination should' be his first object. There must be unity of purpose between the two forces; and also unity of command.
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