IRISH OPINIONS ON THE SITUATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 81, 7 April 1920, Page 5

IRISH OPINIONS ON THE SITUATION.

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EXULTANT NEWSPAPERS

{The Ti^"° *o-^'«e^ LONDON, April fi. The Time's, Djtblin r-oiTR c-pondent "•rites: "AH sections of public opinion realise tha.t the Government must r'nanye its methods quickly to pro^e its ea."npstness for a settlement. It must de^'^e ne>v methods to suopi'ess c-'mo'. The authorities. sr n o^nfrontpd with a heavy t^sk. If they are firm and tastful they will find immediate support from large sections of the community.

"A mostr de^orible feature of thn outlasts was the existence of such

a widespread plot- without the authorities having the slightest forekr.owledge. Raids vevo carried out <:irnult.;meous!y throughout the country, the. inoendiarie- in every instance <?.sc-irvin<r dete<+.'on.," Tho Irish Times, commenting on the outrages, says: "T!io govo-n----rv.ent is boing rudeV and swiftly snatched from the En-rl^h."

Tim. Freeman's Journal says: "Patience, and brains haTre already proved 'more than a match for bayoih+s and barricades, and more lneinornb]r> +TMumi>h« aj'3 not likely to be long delayed."