CRIME IN IRELAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13453, 1 June 1907, Page 4

CRIME IN IRELAND.

Tin; statements made bv !»! judges as to a remarkable outbrS of crime m certain Irish distrkh have been corroborated by Mr IV roll's admission that '• there is for considerable anxiety in cp „ . limited areas. ' It is a well-k aft « peculiarity of Irish politics that whenever political tension ■ arises and it is thought- desirable to apnfJ pressure to the Imperial GoS merit, this pressure takes the form : of agrarian outrages. For some hi tie time, since the present differ" of opinion upon the legislate Pn> . : posals of the Government became acute, inflammatory speeches and seditious utterances have been in, tematieally made, a "no teat" campaign being ipidisguisedh preached in many districts. Hav and peat burnings, house and bam burnings, sheep and cattle killings arid mannings, have been constantly and increasingly occurring in the dis. turbed districts. Boycotting has been openly resorted to by the Unit. Ed Irish League, and the Nationalist press has been unreserved in ft incitements against " British rule" by which is meant, of course, the British connection. The weakness of the Irish Nationalist movement* is visible in these excesses, which instead of forcing British surrender strengthen the belief that it would be a very bad day for all concerned if the Nationalist aim were attained. The Imperial Parliament ha<i nt right to make , concessions affectini the lives and properties of loyal and law-abiding citizens in the fate o| outbreaks of violence; and if tbt whole truth were known of the'lrisjl' l situation there would be exceeding];! little sympathy with the Nationalist movement felt in any British colony.