The sun., 1919-05-16

and his associates of the American
Peace Commission TO insist upon thu
carrying out of our arranged pro
gramme. We are not worried about tho
outcome.
"A striking thing in ireland Is tn,
complete separation Of the so-callec
British Government and people of Ire
land. They are seemingly in touch but
really they are miles apart We could
not but notice II.
Take last Friday when the military
came to Mansion House to arrest Dr.
OKelly, Robert Barton and Michael
Collins, These men were In hiding. we
saw the Irish volunteers join hands
around DR.. O'Keily and no British
soldiers attempted to break the ring
As for Mr.. Collins, who is secretary OF
the treasury of the Irish Republic, he
had appeared that very morning before
the Irish Congress and made an ex-
tensive report on Irish finances, showing
that during the fiscal year the British
Empire will collect sixty million dollars
in excess Of what It spends there.
AS for Mr.. Barton who 10 land
owner and formerly q captain in the
British army who linked himself with
the Irish cause after the Easter riots, ne
was exchanging greetings openly with
convert after being one Of the guard
over de Valera, resigned from the army
and was supposed to be in hiding but
was really out in the open every day.
We visited his country house at enc
of a lane was the sign Puzzle for the
royal Irish constabulary, find Barton
Two members OF the constabulary were
at the top Of the lane when, with Bar
ton and de Valera in our Limousine, we
came out of tho grounds. The British
soldiers saluted. Mr.. de Valera, his
brown eyes flashing said I'm the face OF
fundamental justice, artificial law gives
way
De Valera Outlets Crowds.
when a crowd in Dublin got noisy
Mr.. Dunno remarked that a British In
spector Of police called upon Mr.. de
Valera TO quiet them and he did. When
at another end of the town 1t looked like
another row, the British military au-
thorities asked. the Lord Mayor Of Dublin
to say a few quieting words and he did
with the desired effect. Again and again
/ saw uharmed Irish volunteers Join
hands and let the British military pass
between them and street crowds"
Then asked the two delegates II
they had properly sounded the Ulster
QueStlOn 10 inc IcpuuiiS. We opNcN
everybody about 1t who would talk
with u.s." Mr.. Walsh replied. Some
want modified home rule. while others
want dominion rule, and the extremists
desire the present British control con-
tinued without change. We had F. J.
Lee. court reporter of New York city
along to take down what they said and
have a full record.
lone curious fact Is that even promi-
nent unionists we met objected to par
titioning Ireland into two States. A.
for Mr.. de Valera and his associates
they are viciously against the division
OF ireland. and called our attention to
the fact that in Ulster they had carried
the majority OF the counties in the last
election"
The delegates said they had left Mr.
Lee In Ireland to write up his notes
and that he would follow them to Paris
where the Irish trio expects to remain
until the League of Nations ASSEMBLIES
and is ready to hear the facts they
have cleaned upon the Irish problem.
The American delegates departed this
morning for Paris.