19 JULY 1935, Page 3

Rioting in .Belfast The rioting which began 'in Belfast with

the Twelfth of July celebrations was resumed again and again in , the days that followed. Several lives were lost, and more than a hundred persons sent to hospital for treatment. It is not sufficiently reassuring to be told that these acts of violence and incendiarisrn take. place only in one quarter of the city where Catholic and Protestant poor live in unhappy proximity, and are easily stirred to angry mob action when a few irresponsible youths start the mischief. It is well known beforehand that in the Orange celebrations there is always danger of trouble. Police preparations on an adequate scale could surely be made in advance to nip such outbreaks of disorder in the bud, just as .arrangements were recently made in Paris, with success, to prevent a clash between Fascist and ComMunist processions. If the religious leaders are unable to restrain the sectarian bitterness of their flocks, and prevent the savagery that flows from it, it , is amaiing that the secular authorities should nOt make ampler proyision to get rid of a recurrent disgrace to the city. •