1 JANUARY 1921, Page 9

On Wednesday there was a Labour Conference to consider the

Report on Ireland. Mr. A. G. Cameron, who presided, said that "if the British people knew the facts they would not tolerate them for five minutes." As the result of her handling of the Irish question " Britain had not a friend in the world." Mr. Arthur Greenwood, who was Secretary to the Commission, described the " Black and Tans " as a " band of military adventurers who had been let loose in Ireland." The members of the Commission when they were in Cork became "ashamed of the name of Englishmen." Mr. J. Brornley moved a resolu- tion demanding an immediate inquiry into reprisals, and chal- lenging the Government to disprove the statements of the Labour Commission. The resolution was carried unanimously;