When the murder campaign was at its height many Sinn
Fein workmen in Belfast were boycotted by their Unionist mates in Belfast as a protest. The murder campaign had penetrated into Ulster, and the Unionists said in effect, " We won't have this sort of thing here." The original offence, in fine, came from the murderers and not from the boycotters. Since then protest, retaliation, and counter-retaliation have been in operation, but it is to be remarked that the Sinn Feiners have eclipsed all their past records in the way of violence and threats in Ulster. They have boycotted all Belfast merchandise, and loyalist shop- keepers in Ulster have sent us evidence of the terrorism to which they are daily exposed. Sinn Fein gunmen have been regularly organized in Belfast, and without provocation have opened fire upon Unionists who were walking to the factories and the dockyards.
