The Morning Post of Thursday drew attention to the operations
of the Free State Military Censor. Apparently he allows the Republican organ Poblach na h-Eireannfull freedom of exister ce. The special correspondent of the Morning Post points out that this paper, by describing the Free State troops as Black-and-Tans, by denouncing all other newspapers as venal prints, by serving notices upon journalists that they are sentenced to death, by reporting great Republican victories, and by adjuring every- body to become a Republican, is greatly helping the De Valera party. The correspondent remarks that it probably secures a hundred recruits a day for the rebels and prevents five hundred other persons from becoming active Free Staters. Although this paper is sold without restraint in Dublin, the Spectator is banned. It is satisfactory to be able to add that the suppression of the Sinn Fein gunmen in Belfast has produced a vast improve- ment in the conditions of the city—a sure identification of the source of the former violence.
