Those who have complained of the dullness of Irish politics
during the period when the Irish Free State Government has been engaged on the task of trying to set its house in order will apparently have little grounds for further complaint in the near future. Events are moving on the other side of the Irish Channel, though in which direction it would be difficult to foretell. Irish politics are always largely a question of personalities, and at the present moment there are two personalities especially in the limelight. They are Mr. John Devoy, the " stormy petrel " of Fenian days. Since 1879 Mr. Devoy has resided in the United States, where he has carried on an unremitting propaganda against all things British, his journal, the Gaelic-American, having attacked the British Empire on every possible occasion. During his present visit Mr. Devoy will take no part in politics, we are informed, though in all probability he will discuss little else. When he arrived at Queenstown last week, a Guard of Honour of Free State soldiers was on the landing-stage to welcome him.
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