17 MAY 1919, Page 2

In this context we may note that the crowd that

greeted the Irish-American delegates encountered in one of their processions in Dublin a Union flag flown by an Irish lady. The flag was stoned and the windows of the house from which the national colours were flying were broken. The Morning Poet states that the feeling caused by this outrage amongst the loyal inhabitants of Ireland has been very" acute, and that there has been no such sense of indignation "since the burning of the American flag in Galway shortly after the Americans entered into the war." We do not hear of the British Government having taken any steps to punish those guilty of this mean and cowardly insult, but that is too much to expect from our present rulers.