19 AUGUST 1922, Page 2

The King's message to Mrs. Griffith well sums up the

feeling of moderate and reasonable people in regard to Mr. Griffith:— "I have teamed with deep regret of the death of Mr. Arthur Griffith. I offer you my profound sympathy. In spite of his untimely death, I pray that Ireland may soon recover the peace and welfare for which he laboured."

We are glad, but not surprised, to find Sir James Craig, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, writing kindly and generously of the dead man :—

" I deeply regret to learn of the sudden death of your President, Mr. Arthur Griffith. The loss of his judgment and counsel will be greatly felt by Mr. Collins and his colleagues, to whom I tender sincere sympathy."