Mr. William O'Brien effectively disposes of Mr. Dillon's complaint that
only the O'Brienites were properly reported in the Times and other Tory papers. Writing to Wednesday's Times, Mr. O'Brien quotes a passage from his own speech at Skibbereen which is not to be found in the report which appeared in that paper. " Instead of using the tremendous power that Ireland had in a moderate and conciliatory spirit that would have charmed all England and obtained a splendid harvest of blessings for Ireland, the Molly Maguire statesmen have simply played the game of the worst enemies of Home-rule by arousing English resentment against what is called the Irish Dictatorship, and arousing England's indignation against the ignoble tactics which darkened the last days of King Edward's life, and which have made Mr. Redmond the most mistrusted, and Mr. Asquith the most despised, man in England. Mr. Redmond has capped the climax of his folly by surrendering to the terrorism of the Molly Maguires so far as not to have up to this day uttered one word of sympathy with the sorrow which has for the past week over- spread the civilised world." We welcome Mr. O'Brien's vindi- cation of the good feeling of his fellow-countrymen, but he omits to give what is probably the true reason of Mr. Redmond's silence in the House of Commons,—the necessity of conforming to the wishes of Mr. Patrick Ford.
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