20 SEPTEMBER 1919, Page 2

On Friday week the Irish--Government iproolaimed the sup- pression of

the " Dail Eireann " or so-called- Sinn Fein Perlin. meat as a dangerous assooiation.. The headquarters of the agitation• in Dublin and other suspected places throughout the country were searched. Two Sinn Fein Members were arrested. The same night a Dublin detective officer was assassinated out- side the centrkl poliee-station, as if= to show that the encmpaige of murder would still continue despite the proclamation. It is clear that the policy of pretending that Sinn Fein is mere play- acting has failed, and that-it must be treated as a criminal con- spiracy. Timidity in• governing does notopay.