For the Hibernians it is suggested that there was deliberate
provocation by Orangemen. We do not pretend to know the whole truth, though there can be no doubt that the Hibernians behaved infamously in letting themselves loose among young children. We fully admit that the Orange mob whose acts of outrage and violence were described in the debate in the Commons on Thursday also behaved disgracefully. The real point for observers is this Liberals tell us that there is no strong feeling about Home Rule in Ulster, or, at all events, that when Home Rule is law Ulster will settle down quietly. But if Sunday-school children are sacrificed to political feeling now, what are we to expect when all restraint has been removed from the contending parties by the with- drawal of the strong hand which controls both ?
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