Mr. Trevelyan, the Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, has
been making some good speeches in Ulster. He has declared, in the most explicit way, at Belfast, that "the fixed policy of the present Irish Government is to draw a deep line between what is criminal and. what is political. With political writings and speeches and resolutions at public meet- ings we do not care to concern ourselves, but against crime and outrage we have proclaimed, and we will continue to wage, an undying and unrelenting war." His personal danger had been alluded to, and Mr. Trevelyan did not deny that there was danger to all public men in Ireland ; but he said, "Whatever it may be, it is not greater than that of many a poor cottager or farmer who, without the sense of public duty to sustain him, lives in the constant prospeCt that be himself and those dearest to him may perish by a sudden and horrible fate." Mr. Trevelyan hoped much from the Prevention of Crime Act, so soon as Irishmen understand that if they really give good evidence of outrage, the ciiminals will be surely and adequately punished for the outrages committed. And Mr. Trevelyan has not limited himself to speeches on the crisis of the moment ; in a very eloquent speech at Belfast, he showed the Irish that he knew how much there was for the United Kingdom to be proud of in Ireland, and bow heartily he appreciated the public spirit and energy of that great metropolis of the North.
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