New-York tribune., 1921-09-05
Collins Appeals
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ment camps. especially Spike Island
which, he said, had been a reception
hospital for the most loathsoine dis
eases of modern times before the Sim
Fein prisoners were taken there. and
ne asked for an independent inquiry
listers claims that she had enjoyed
prosperity under English rule he de-
clared to be untrue. 1.-THE emigration
figures" he said, ego to show that
more Protestants than Catholics left
the northern counties to escape it,
The taxation of Ulster to pay England
which he estimated at s10 a head. he
asserted, was sufficient to bring the
Ulsterites into United Ireland, but
II it did not the lines of custom
houses would.
England" said Mr.. Collins, "wants
truce to-day because she wants to
save her face"
In the course Of speech Mr.. Collins
paid tribute to "the glorious dead" and
thousands imprisoned in British iails
or internment camps Owing to their
fight there was truce to-day and q
necessity for peace.
The bulk Of his speech was devoted
to the position of the six Ulster coun-
ties. Mr.. Collins said the argument
had been ased that the six counties
were prosperous and the rest of Ire
land would tax them out of existence.
These six counties, he declared, hac
lost 411,000 of their population since
1851 and there were S,49S fewer houses.
County Antrim headed the emigration
list, County Down coming second.
The existing religious intolerance,
he further asserted, was a product of
the English policy. The British terms
TO the Dali Eireann were not accept
able because they failed to give the
substance Of freedom, and, he added,
at no former time had Irish unity been
imperilled. The Orangenen had been
used as q tool to prevent what was
inevitable.
The moment was near, declared Mr..
Collins, when they would be no longer
useful, and, standing in the way of an
agreement essential to British inter-
ests, would be thrown over. Irish
freedom was coming, and nobody could
stop it, and, with freedom, an era of
prosperity, development and growing
Industries.
Would the six counties, he asked,
deprive themselves of the advantage of
and accept the status of an English
shire and pay shillings income tax
while the rest of Ireland paid one
shilling or less?
eve can afford to give them even
more than justice" he said, eve car
afford to be generous. That is our
message to the north"
Asked this evening whether Eamon
de Valera's reply to Prime Minister
Lloyd George could be regarded as a
rejection of the British government 3
offer, Mr.. Collins said:
Better let the reply speak for itself.
Our position is unchanged. We have
taken our stand on government by
consent of the governed Its accept
ance in principle by Great Britain
would mean q speedy peace.'
Owen o. Duffy, chief liaison officer
for the northern district, in dealing
with Ulster, was more emphatic than
his chief.
Duffy Threatens Ulster
"Tf Ulster fails to come into united
Ireland" he declared, 1--WE will tighten
the boycott. If that is not success
iul we will bring lead against them.
Ulster cannot remain a bridgehead
against the advance of the nation"
Collins's followers from all over Coun-
ty Armagh, including delegations from
various civic bodies, as we'll as the Lord
Mayor of Londonderry and representa-
tives of the Monaghan, Tyrone and
to greet him. There also were thou
sands of visitors from the surrounding
towns and villages, including many
from Belfast, who came by special
train.
Mr.. Collins had sort of triumphal
progress from Dublin, receptions being
arranged for him at Dundalk, Castle
blayney and Ready before he entered
Armagh, accompanied by Harry J. Bo-
land, secretary to Eamon de Valera
and Sean Milroy, chairman of the Sinn
officers wore Sam Browne belt in
which was loaded revolver.
After luncheon Mr. Collins went
from the City Hall to st. Patrick's Col
lege. which was a mass of yellow and
green, to receive addresses from vari-
ous civic bodies and clubs. He then
took his place in procession which,
starting from Green Park, passed
through the city streets to st. Pat
about two miles.
AIiSA <SIiuy MAINTAINS OfQGT
The first northern division Of the
Irish republican army had charge of
the arrangements, the police having
been notified the Sim Fein would
undertake to maintain law and order
In the procession were part of the
9TH Division of the republican army
the 9TH Cyclist Corps, part of the I'd
Division and the whole Sd Division
All were in civilian clothes. There
were also in the procession represent
clubs, Fianna, or Boy Scouts. and
Cumann, or Girl Scouts.
The Irish republican army men kep,
good order in the streets, doing perhaps
better with the Irish crowd than coulc
have ordinary constabies. There were
several Irish republican army officer:
wearing Sam Browne belts, with serv
ice revolyers in their holsters. The,
directed the larger force and KEEP
watch on Mr.. Collins, vino with his
usual long and nervous stride walked
from the luncheon room to the City
Hall across the road. The crowd wa.
kept well away from him, for while
doubtless most Of its members were
friendly, in this part of Ireland the
Sim Fein does not trust everybody
Cheers went up whenever Mr.. Collins
one of the real fighters OF the Sim
Fem, appeared, and it was as that
more than as Finance Minister in the
Irish republican cabinet that the peo-
ple looked upon him.
Negro Held as Highwayman
Hugh Peacock, collector for sewing