lu the. House of Commons on Tuesday Sir Hamar Greenwood
made out a good case for himself in the affair of Generals Tudor and Crozier. The all-important principle is the maintenance of discipline among, the police Auxiliaries in Ireland. We could not possibly say a word in defence of the Government if we thought that they meant to be slack or indifferent about this principle, and to let the Auxiliaries follow their own devices in the matter of reprisals, merely because it was convenient to the Government to let lynch law terrorize the terrorists in Ireland. That way lie disaster and demoralization. We have some sympathy with General Crozier because he spoke the authentic language of the soldier when he urged the absolute necessity of punishing looters. But Sir Hamar Greenwood's case was that there had been much misunderstanding owing to the visit of General Tudor to England, and that both he and General Tudor meant to see that discipline was maintained.
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