25 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 3

A definite example of the way in which the Sim

Feinl propaganda works- conies from Dublin. Early on Wednesday- a military detachment went to the Exchange Hotel- to arrest a Sinn Fein leader named Lynch. When the soldiers entered hie, bedroom, Lynch fired upon them. They opened fire in self- defence and shot him dead. The death of this insurgent violently resisting arrest was at once reported by Sinn. Fein journalists. as a deliberate murder committed by the troops upon. a harmless . Irishman. The official report of the case did not appear till. long after the• falsehood had been telegraphed fat and wide. In view of this incident it is well to reserve judgment on Sias . Fein stories of reprisals and " atrocities " until the facts am established.