20 AUGUST 1921, Page 2

We are glad to see that Mr. Harold Cox in

the Morning Post of Tuesday is advocating once again the policy of " the clean cut " as the solution of the Sinn Fein question. He agrees with us in thinking that if the Southern Irish are not satisfied to be citizens of the Empire they had better be shown the door. Mr. Cox maintains that " the typical Irishman differs so much in religious and racial mentality from the average Englishman that recon- ciliation is impossible." • We have heaped benefits on .Ireland for generations, but 'the Southern Irish are not only ungrateful, but positively more hostile to us than-ever. We have a respect for law ; they have none. " With such people," says Mr. Cox, " it is impossible for Englishmen to dwell in peace."