Mr. .Aaquith continues to accuse the Government of per- mitting
reprisals against the murder-gangs and their accom- plices in. Ireland. It would be well if Mr. Asquith, as a lawyer, were to examine the -evidence on which he founds his charges. He would discover that the :facts in nine oases out of -ten have been grossly-distorted-by Sinn Fein propagandists. The-reports of incidents in Irish country villages are telegraphed to Dublin by local correspondents. These men, who are well known to 'their neighbours, -are bound' to send reports that are -strongly biased in favour of Sinn Fein. If they told the plain truth they would be boycotted or shot. Moreover, it is strongly suspected that Shin Feiners in the telegraph service suppress awkward details in the -messages which they transmit. The news received in Dublin is thus always coloured, and often wilfully instrue. "The "'special correspondents " in - Dublin who find this news in the Irish papers and transmit it to the London papers give it a semblance of authenticity which it does not deserve, and Mr. Asquith and other opponents of the Govern- ment swallow it whole.
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