NEWS OF THE WEEK.
IllHE state of Ireland has become worse rather than better, _L and there is no prospect of improvement no long as the Government are divided in counsel. On one side we see the Prime Minister giving some degree of sanction to American and Sinn Fein conspirators, and on the other side we see the Chief Secretary for Ireland and the Lord-Lieutenant doing what they ought to do in the attempt to maintain order and to protect the lives of innocent persons. In the House oLCounnons on Wednesday Mr. Boner Law said that the Prime Minister would not receive the American visitors who have been parading Ireland in the interests of an Irish Republic. Mr. Boner Law then went on to explain that the Prime Minister had " thought it would be rather an advantage that American citizens inter- ested in Ireland should be received by him, when he would have an opportunity of putting the British case and having it widely reported in America."
