24 JULY 1920, page 2

The Violence Of The Sinn Feiners During The Week Has

exceeded all previous limits. Last Saturday Colonel a F. Smyth, . Divisional Commissioner of Constabulary for Munster, was shot dead by a party of disguised men who burst into......

After Lord Midkton Had Made A Firm And Just Speech

worthy of an ex-Secretary of State for India and for War, and the Lord Chancellor had defended the Government in a clever and captious harangue, Lord Ampthill, with a boldness......

It Has Been Reported That The Frenoh Ultimatum To The

Arabs in Syria demands that the railway between Rayak and Aleppo shall be handed over to French control, that the French mandato shall be - unconditionally accepted, that the......

In The House Of Commons On Monday Mr. Ormsby-gore Moved

the adjournment of the House to call attention to affairs in Syria, and the consequent danger to British interests in the Middle East. Mr. Boner Law pointed out that as a......

The Debate Was Continued On Tuesday By Lord Milner, His

speech, though marked by great ability, and what we admit is, per se, a good sign, loyalty to his colleagues, was not convincing. For example, he declared that the Army Council......

Archbishop Mannix, Roman Catholic Archbishop Of Mel-...

long distinguished himself by trying to instil ' a violently anti-British spirit into Australians, is at present visiting the United States. The New York correspondent of ' the......

In The House Of Lords On Monday, Lord Finlay Moved

"That this House deplores the oonduct of the case of General Dyer as unjust to that officer, and as establishing a precedent dangerous to the preservation of order in face of......

Every Proper Precaution, Colonel Smyth Promised, Would Be...

protect the police at inquests, and no information would -- be given to Siam Fein as to the individual movements of the police. Finally, Colonel Smyth stated that he wished it......

Lord Curzon Pounced Upon This Point And Would Not Admit

that General Dyer's action had saved the Punjab. Lord Curzon's reference to Lord Canning was a very clever piece of Parliamen- tary dialectic, but it was really foreign to the......

On Monday Night, At Tuam In Co. Galway, The Police,

enraged at the murder of two of their colleagues, did what Colonel Smyth with so much firmness and foresight had warned his own men against. They entered upon a great reprisal.......

Lord Salisbury, Who Spoke Last In The Debate, Ended With

a passage so sound that we shall quote it verbatim :— " If officers placed in such positions were not supported the confidence of leaders whose business it was to maintain law......

The Power Of The Emir Feisul Is Based On The

important towns of Damascus, Aleppo, Horns and Hamah, and the French desire that their mandate should extend over the whole of Syria, including, of course, the towns and the......