As regards Mr. C. F. G. Masterman, who was accused
of dis- tributing abroad charts showing the extent of outrages by forces of the Crown, Sir Hamar Greenwood evidently made a mistake. The next day he withdrew his accusation against Mr. Master- man. Sir Hamar Greenwood is a man of courage, and it is unpleasant to criticize the speech of one who has the right objective in Ireland. But we feel bound to say that his state- ment that the only alternative to the present methods in Ireland was to surrender the forces of disorder presented rather a false issue to the House. All sensible people want to see the organization of murder in Ireland utterly broken up by Sir Hamar Greenwood, but also sensible people do not want to see it broken up by allowing the forces of the Crown to usurp
the functions of the Government and to inflict reprisals in what- ever way may seem fit to a particular unit or group of policemen or soldiers.
