30 DECEMBER 1922, Page 2

Yet the head of the Roman Church let pass without

public comment or reproval a portent so terrible as the publication of the article in defence of murder issued with the imprimatur of the Archbishop of Dublin. It is true that there was a weak and futile apology, issued after the exposure of the article by the Spectator, which sought to throw the blame for the use of the imprimatur on the printer ! The Papacy, however, gave no public contra- diction of the hateful citations of the casuists of 850 years ago in favour of basing civil war on assassination.