4 JANUARY 1919, Page 3

We print elsewhere a letter referring to the desecration of

the British graves at Gallipoli by the Turks. We are sorry to find that these ghouls have their imitators nearer home. On Satur- day last the Sinn Feiner at Cork blew up and destroyed the fine Celtic cross erected by public subscription to the soldiers of County Cork who fell in South Africa. The malevolence which could prompt Irishmen to such an outrage might he understood in Germany or Turkey, but it is so foreign to the British teleran that it will be incomprehensible to most of our readers. The incident, however, is worth recording as an illustration of the true nature of Sinn Fein, which is Nationalism run mad.