Sir Hamar Greenwood, who replied for the Government, had the
enormous advantage of being in possession of the facts. Mr. Asquith and his followers have relied far too much—we would add even to a discreditable extent—upon evidence which came from prejudiced sources. Sir Hamar Greenwood, who spoke with great courage and force and with transparent sincerity and conviction, derided the picture which Mr. Asquith had in effect drawn of policemen and soldiers going about in motor- cars burning and slaying. The vast majority of Irishmen wanted peace, and they were getting it, thanks to the forces of the Crown, who were breaking down terrorism. "The only solution in dealing with assassinations is to put down the 11138813. sins." Mr. Asquith did not really understand the condition of Ireland. The Irish Republican Bulletin, illegally issued by the murderers in Ireland, had been freely used by the London Liberal Federation, who en the strength of the evidence afforded in the Bulletin had drawn up a chart to show where reprisals had taken place in Ireland. Mr. Asquith was President of that Federation.
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