2 OCTOBER 1920, Page 2

To illustrate his point, Sir Nevil Macready referred to the

case of Inspector Burke, who was much liked by his men and who was assassinated at Balbriggan, Those who avenged the death of that officer did so "knowing well that the orgamz' ers respon- sible for the crime would shelter, rather then give up, the outprIts." All this is, of course, quite true in its way and intelligible in its way, and yet the tendency of it is to condone. Condonation is a lamentable error of judgment in an officer responsible for discipline.