1 JANUARY 1921, Page 9

The Report winds up with a recommendation. " solution," it

is said, " will be found through a policy of violence or vengeance ; the only solution is granting to Ireland the freedom which is her due." These are most unhelpful words —another pretence. So far as their general meaning goes we all, of course, agree with them. The authors refrain from defining their precise meaning because they know that nothing accurately defined in terms of freedom with safety and justice would be accepted by the Irish Republicans.