18 FEBRUARY 1922, Page 2

Under these most frying and bloody conditions such as might

turn the head of the most experienced rulers and excuse violent measures even on the part of men with a reputation for self- restraint, the. Ulster loyalists have behaved with singular patience. Although the British public has been much misled about the character of the Northern demands, we are glad to be able to feel that at last the truth is prevailing, and that it is admitted more widely than ever before that the last word in iniquity would be to cut down the Northern Parliamentary area—the only area in Ireland where innocent victims can feel tolerably sure of receiving the awards of justice.