23 OCTOBER 1920, Page 3

We may add that the Irish Government stated on Wednesday

that Sinn Feiners disguised as soldiers had been raiding houses in Dublin. One party on October 2nd entered a house and out off a woman's hair. There can be little doubt that Sinn Feiners elsewhere use khaki as a disguise, so that their crimes may be plausibly attributed to the soldiers. It may be noted, too, that the proprietors of the Freeman's Journal have been summoned before a military court for " spreading false reports and making statements likely to cause disaffection " in con- nexion with the newspaper's account of a shooting affray at Tullow last month. It would be well if this case were heard in open court and fully reported, that the public may judge.