26 AUGUST 1922, page 1

News Of The Week.

T HE laying waste of Ireland has continued without a check during the week. The official Free State reports speak of the successful scattering and final rounding up of the Irre-......

To Our Readers.

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the "Spectator" regularly and promptly through the abolition of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly subscribers and......

After This Follows A Passage Which, Though We Admire Its

felicity of phrase, appears owing to its pessimism to be in contradiction to the ferocious " optimism" of the no prisoners and cemetery passage. " ` What matter if for Ireland......

The Newspapers Have Been Filled With Praises Of Mr. Collins,

who was undoubtedly the idol of his supporters. He was, more- over, a man well suited to become a legendary figure. He was brave, and when he was conducting the campaign against......

Now That Mr. Collins And Mr. Griffith Have Gone And

since Mr. Barton has joined the Republicans and another Minister has resigned, there is only one signatory left who can be held to be personally committed to the Treaty. Mr.......

Mr. Bernard Shaw's Interview With The Representative Of...

girlies, published here in Tuesday's papers, reads strangely and uncannily in view of the murder of Mr. Collins. It adds a poignant touch to Mr. Shaw's lament over the futility......

Mr. Coffins Was Ldlled In The Desolate District Between...

and Bandon. He was engaged in a tour of inspection with his staff and was driving in a motor-car. The Irregulars had pre- pared an ambush for him near the village of Crookstown.......