New-York tribune., 1921-07-10
Fights Go On
In Erin, Though
Truce Is Near
Armistice News Fails to
Reach Newry District
and Foreman Is Shot;
One Slain Near Omagl
Ulster Papers Hostile
Call Plan for Discussion
of Peace Dishonorable
Trucking to Murderers

! BELFAST, July (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-The authorities, now
that truce has been arranged between
the Sim Feincrs and the crown forces
have cancelled the projected dispatch
of large number of special Ulster
forces to Donegal, which is outside the
six-county area.
Evidently news of the truce had not
reached the Newry district this morn
ing, as a railroad foreman was shot
nine times and is not expected to
survive.
Crown forces encountered party of
men near Omagh, County Tyrone, this
morning and ordered them to halt. The
men ran and the crown forces fired.
killing one of them.
Hostile to Agreement
The new development in Irish pol
tics was coldly received in Belfast.
"Truckling to the murder gang" The
Belfast News Letter captions It's edi-
torial on the truce, saying there are
complications in the Downing Street
truce announcement which are dis
quieting "to all loyal subjects of the
King and repulsive to all honorable
men,"
The first implication, says The News
Letter, is that IAN agreement has been
reached between the Premier of the
United Kingdom and the president of
the Irish Republic, whereby the latter
undertakes that the murder of police,
soldiers and loyal citizens, the burn
ing of residences of Unionists in the
South and West, the wrecking of trains,
seizure of the mails, the cutting of
wires. the robbery of postoffices and
the other outrages which the rebels are
perpetrating shall cease Monday noon,
but, meantime, they are free to COM
NIT as many as they can"
Brands 1t as Dishonorable
The News Letter says it believes
universal opinion will consider such an
agreement most dishonorable and un-
precedented in British history.
The second implication, declares this
newspaper. is that active rebels are
not murderers but patriotic belliger-
ents.
The third implication it considers
equally serious, as "hitherto the gov
ernment has maintained the position
that the ambushing of soldiers and po-
lice and the shooting of unarmed men
by persons dressed as civilians are
murders, properly punishable by death.
The Chief Secretary has stated this
again and again. Now that position is
abandoned. and the claim of the Sim
Feiners that they are honorable bcllig-
erents seems to be admitted.
"But what follows from such an ad-
mission? The government has shot or
hanged number of them, and conse-
quently has been guilty of murder and
inexcusable violation of international
law"
Fears Plan viii Fail
The Northern Whig in its comment
on the new developments says:
"Whatever the government may prom
ise or protest, we doubt if it will be
able entirely to remove the fear that
it's first descent into the valley of hu-
initiation will not only fail to bring
peace to Ireland but may ultimately be
the means of causing many faithful
British subjects to pass through the
valley of the shadow of death Until
the outlook is much clearer than now
we dare not call this truce of God"
The Irish News expresses confidence
that the conference will be held. The
time is opportune, it says, and "if
peace with honor can be secured. no
man or body of men in Ireland or
Great Britain can throw the oppor-
tunity aside without mourning bur
den Of responsibility too heavy to be
borne.'