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As for the Free Press in Ireland, we all know how _that_ is dealt with. It is simply suppressed at the will of the police. AS FOR THE FREE PRESS IN IRELAND WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT IS DEALT WITH IT IS SIMPLY SUPPRESSED AT THE WILL OF THE POLICE
ness" under the editorship of Mr. Cecil Chesterton, who took it over from me some years ago, and now under the editorship of his brother, Mr. Gilbert Chesterton) with the special object of providing a new organ of free expression. I knew from intimate personal experience exactly how formidable all these obstacles were. I knew how my own paper could not but appear particular and personal, and could not but suffer from that eccentricity to general opinion of which I have spoken. I had a half-tragic and half-comic experience of the economic difficulty; of the difficulty of obtaining information; of the difficulty in distribution, and all the rest of it. The editor of "The New Age" could provide an exactly similar record. I had experience, and after me Mr. Cecil Chesterton had experience, of the threats levelled by the professional politicians and their modern lawyers against the free expression of truth, and I have no doubt that the editor of "The New Age" could provide similar testimony. BY THE NEW WITNESS UNDER THE EDITORSHIP OF MISTER CECIL CHESTERTON WHO TOOK IT OVER FROM ME SOME YEARS AGO AND NOW UNDER THE EDITORSHIP OF HIS BROTHER MISTER GILBERT CHESTERTON WITH THE SPECIAL OBJECT OF PROVIDING A NEW ORGAN OF FREE EXPRESSION I KNEW FROM INTIMATE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE EXACTLY HOW FORMIDABLE ALL THESE OBSTACLES WERE I KNEW HOW MY OWN PAPER COULD NOT BUT APPEAR PARTICULAR AND PERSONAL AND COULD NOT BUT SUFFER FROM THAT ECCENTRICITY TO GENERAL OPINION OF WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN I HAD A HALF TRAGIC AND HALF COMIC EXPERIENCE OF THE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTY OF THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING INFORMATION OF THE DIFFICULTY IN DISTRIBUTION IN ALL THE REST OF IT THE EDITOR OF THE NEW AGE COULD PROVIDE AN EXACTLY SIMILAR RECORD I HAD EXPERIENCE AND AFTER ME MISTER CECIL CHESTERTON HAD EXPERIENCE OF THE THREATS LEVELLED BY THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS AND THEIR MODERN LAWYERS AGAINST THE FREE EXPRESSION OF TRUTH AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE EDITOR OF THE NEW AGE COULD PROVIDE SIMILAR TESTIMONY
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