29th Dec.
'THE news that we publish this morning, that there has been a dynamite outrage in Dublin outside the Chief Secretary's office, in which a detective was killed and a great deal of damage was done, cannot but be received with great regret. There will be many doubtless who will urge that it shows the hopelessness of attempting to conciliate Ireland, and the necessity for the immediate reimposition of coercion. Mr. John Morley, however, may be trusted not to lose his head, even in the face of an attack apparently directed at himself, and the first thing will be to discover who is responsible for the outrage. As there never yt was a conspiracy in Ireland without an informer, this discovery should soon be made, Logically, it would seem to be the protest of some one who does not want to see Home Rule granted to Ireland; and undoubtedly it will increase the opposition in England to any Home Rule measure. We cannot suppose for a moment that the author of the outrage is a Unionist he is probably to be found in the
trade, it is hoped, will be abolished if ranks of the {erie agitators whose Ireland is ever pacified by Home Rule. The hope is, there is too much reason to fear, a vain one: when Home Rulers disagree among themselves as the Parnellites and anti-Parnellites do, the pacification of the most distressful country is obviously a long way off.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.