Evening star., 1922-08-26
IRISH PAY TRIBUTE
T0FALLENLEADER
Dublin City Hall Is Scene Of
Sorrow as Throngs
Pass Bier.
MILITARY RITES PLANNED
Body Will Be Laid to Rest Be-
side That of Arthur
Griffith.
MILITARY RITES PLANNED
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
| DUBLIN. August 2s.-Sorrowine
throngs continued today to pass the
bier OF Michael Collins, the slain chief
| or the new Free State army. living in
state in the historic city hall, heavily
! draped in mourning
| Meanwhile plans are going forward
| Tor the state military funeral and
J burial OF the martyred head of the
( provisional government which will
! take place Monday in the Glasneyin
| cemetery. the final resting place Of
Arthur Griffith. Parnell and other
conspicuous Irish leaders
Ihese solemn preparations recall a.
conversation of Collins only a fort
night ago after Collins had helped
bear the body of Griffith down the
aises of the great Dublin pro-ca.
thedral Reverently Collins spoke Of
| the man by whose side he had fought
| for Irish freedom, and reverentlv he
walked slowly through the streets Of
the capital to his unknown destiny.
Pathetic Scenes Enacted.
In the same building where Griffith
lay in state Collins is now stretched
cold but serene in death His work;
was finished" say the resigned and
faithful who accepted his destiny
without question.
Men and women alike. as they
paused 10 view the features of their
beloved leader, would fall to their
knees in sobs. The four officers stand
ing guard of honor upon obsery-
ing these scenes of grief would sone-
times sway slightly and then stifren
as their lips moved in prayer
Collins, like former President Roos.-
welt. was man of dynamic force. lie
lived the strenuous life amid few or
naments In his office at the govern
ment building is a bronze plaque of
Roosevelt, the gift of American
friends. on which the following quo
tation is engraved:
II wish 10 preach not the doctrine
of ignoble ease. but the doctrine "f
the strenuous life of toll and of ef-.
fort and of la bor and strive to preach
comes not to the man who desires mere
case and peace, but to him who does
not shrink from danger. hardships or
bitter toll. and who, out of thesa
wins the splendid and ultimate
triumph
That was Collins creed
Brother Views Body.
a pathetic scene took place yester-
day when the city hall was closed for
a time to the public, and relatives and
close friends of the dead general wers
admitted to pay their respects. Sean
Collins. a brother. broke down COM
pleteiy and threw himself across tho
body The silence inside the MOI
tuary chapel was broken only by the
sobs of the mourners and the low
voice of the priest informing words of
consolation.
Many thousands of persons viewed
the face of Collins during the day. the
lid of the coffin having been removed
early this morning in order that the
populace might see for the last time
the features of the man who had
fought so bravely for the provisional
government.
The Free State government has de-
clared Monday, the day on which Gen.
Collins will be buried. day Of gen
eral mourning. All industry except
the essential services will cease.
throughout the twenty-six counties
there will be a general stoppage of
activities between IL o'clock and l2
o'clock noon. except for the celebra-
tion of masses and the formation OF
professions.