Correspondents in Ireland have sent us information about the terrorism
which is being practised by Republicans in order to prevent public opinion in favour of the Treaty from being expressed. In one case a resolution in favour of acceptance was carried by a meeting of Cork farmers. When the reporters came out from the meeting they were met by armed men, who informed them that if a single word about the decision were published they would be shot. We also read in the Cork Constitution details of the extraordinary fate which overtook a pamphlet in favour of the Treaty written by Professor Alfred O'Rahilly. The pamphlet had been printed and was being bound when three armed men entered the printing estab- lishment, seized all the copies of the pamphlet and broke up the typo. Meanwhile, all the entrances to the printing works were guarded and a clerk at the telephone was held up at the point of a revolver.
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