Cardinal Logue, speaking in a Tyrone church last week, said
that " he knew for a fact that if the people in Ireland abandoned crime they could obtain everything that was necessary for the country." " An Irish Republic," he added, " they would never obtain so long as England had a man to fight. If they got a full measure of self-government with control of the taxa- tion, that would give them all they asked for." Cardinal Logue, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, spoke wisely and, we are sure, sincerely. But his Church has, we fear, allowed the Slim Fein murder-gangs to acquire too firm a hold. Mr. De Valera on Tuesday issued a manifesto to Irish electors, informing them that a vote for Sinn Fein will be a vote for " nothing less than the legitimacy of a Republic for Ireland against England." Mr. De Valera thus repudiated Cardinal Logue's well-meant advice.
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