The Sinn Fein rebels, besides attempting to stop all trade
between Ulster and the South, have during the past few days stirred up fresh riots in Belfast. The Sinn Feiners fired from the top windows of houses on the police, and flung bombs. A special constable and three civilians were killed on Sunday, and many -people were wounded. Three men were taken from their homes and shot dead. One of the city waterworks in the hills was damaged' by fire. In Dublin the attacks on the police and troops continue. The most dastardly outrage reported this week was the murder of the Rev. John Finlay, former Dean of Leighton, an old man of seventy-eight who was living peacefully at his home in County Cavan. On Saturday night a gang of Sinn Feiners dragged this aged Pro- testant from his house, murdered him on the doorstep, and set the house on fire. There will soon • be no Protestants left alive in the Shin Fein area. We have heard of no protests from the Romish Church against this deliberate butchery.
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