The situation in Dublin remains practically unchanged, though "free labour"
is increasingly employed by the merchants, and great quantities of goods have been removed from the quays to the warehouses. As regards the general condition of life in Dublin, a correspondent of the Times con- tributes a striking article to Tuesday's issue. Away from the quays and Liberty Hall Dublin looks pretty much as she always did, and life goes on much as usual. Round Liberty Hall crowds stand patiently waiting all day long, "waiting for a sign" from their idol. "Has James Larkin," he asks, "ruth in his heart for this unfed multitude, who look up to him and starve at his word P" The Dublin correspondent of the Times sums up the situation by asserting that the strike has really been kept alive by the English trade unionists, the only chance of permanent settlement lying in the action of the Government. He adds that in spite of the declaration of the Freeman's Journal that Home Rule continues to be the main issue for the people of Ireland, nobody is thinking about Home Rule in Dublin to-day, and that Mr. Redmond has become a cipher in the capital of Ireland.
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