There is no dispute about this. It has all been
admitted by Mr. O'Duffy, the Sinn Fein liaison officer for Ulster, who has declared that if the Sinn Fein boycott of Ulster was not enough, Sinn Feiners would put. on " the screw " and use " the lead " against Ulster. He also described how he had posted his gun- men at points of vantage during the Belfast riots, and how he had
ordered them "to cease fire" when he thought fit—which proves that he had them completely under his control. All over Ireland troops of the Irish Republican Army are being drilled, and, as Sir James Craig said, weapons and ammunition are being accu- mulated. New training grounds for the Sinn Fein troops have been chosen and used in several parts of Ulster. Meanwhile the Crown troops actually observe the truce because to do so is a necessary part of military discipline. That Liberals should encourage this kind of thing—because they do encourage it by excusing it or explaining it away—seems to us simply deplorable,
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