17 MARCH 1923, Page 3

We warmly congratulate the. Government of. Northern Ireland in general,

and Lord Londonderry in particular, on . his:Education Bill, which he- introduced• in the Northern Parliament on Wednesday. Here ,is A real :attempt • to set up a sound, thorough and universal system of educa- tion, based on the English Act of 1918. It may be the first step in freeing Ireland from .a tyranny more deadly ' than any. foreigner. :can impose--:-the tyranny of:ignorance, apathy and, above all, of superstition.