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The House of Commons on Thursday week debated the condition

of Ireland. Sir Edward Carson said that utter anarchy prevailed in the South and West, and he asked the Government how and when they proposed to deal seriously with the Republican conspiracy. Sir Hamar Greenwood in reply declared that, under his Criminal Injuries Bill, Exchequer grants payable to Irish local authorities would be withheld from councils which acted illegally. He would introduce a Bill setting up a new criminal court to supersede the Assize Courts, as trial by jury had broken down owing to the intimidation practised by the Sinn Feiners. " The situation was bad ; it might grow worse." We must brace ourselves to face a bitter period in Irish history."

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