The Bomb Outrages The attacks on electricity services which occurred
in several areas early this week have been both officially and popularly attributed to members of the I.R.A. Their re- sponsibility has still to be positively proved, but the simul- taneous issue of I.R.A. " proclamations," the homespun nature of the explosives, and the recent presence in England of known members of this discredited force, are certainly sufficient to justify these suspicions. The I.R.A. represent a small and politically impotent section of opinion in Ireland; and though many of their compatriots share their dislike of the partition of their country, they will find no one outside their own ranks to condone their methods. Stupidity, as much as infamy, is the hallmark of these out- rages, if they are the work. of the I.R.A. If they produce any result beyond disgust and a momentary dismay, it will be that of providing the Government of Northern Ireland, in the eyes both of Great Britain and of Ireland, with a justification of the powers they have taken to deal with their opponents.
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