Evening star., 1922-07-09
BY HENRY ". BUM.
. HE following Is q brief summary. Of the
most important news of the world for
the seven days ended July 8:

most important news of the world for
the seven days ended July 8: :
The BritisA Empire.-Their citadel. the -Four
Courts. destroyed. the Irish irregulars seized
q section of Dublin, including number of
strong buildings. barricaded doors and WIN
dows established underground communfca-
tions and mined the cellarage. The pro-
visional government delayed operations to re-
duce these petty fortresses while the arcn-
bishop and lord mayor Of Dublin ana the
chairman of the labor party tried to persuade
the irregular leaders to surrender them and
avert bloodshed and destruction OF prop
erty. which could avail them nothing.
The die-hards turning a deaf ear. the ma
tional troops proceeded to shoot and smoke
them (using rifles. machine guns, eighteen
Founders and smoke bombs) out Of one strong
hold after another, until on July the last
Of their strongholds was captured ana WIN
it the redoubtable Charles Burgess one time
dali minister of defense. Burgess would not
before he could be made prisoner Che has died
Of his wounds). Upward Of FIVE hundred were
captured in the recent m voIsrs opsrat'ons ou' A"'
one cannot be certain. but it seems unlikely
that the remnant Of desperate irreconenaGhies ,hia
still In Dublin will give much more trouble:
Reports from the province are encouraging
to the provisional government, but: IT,, wisely: y.
issued a proclamation inviting voluntary en-.
lIstments in the national army. The response
Collins evidently intends complete modification
Of the country and disarmne OF ,rresuha,s ha =.
completely discredited their cause. The Irish
people have noted the contrast between Ipe
Dublin Dublin fiehtins ' and I the ferocious methods Of
the irregulars-the latter. for example ar
pantune from meb buildinEs vacated by them teven
by their indiscriminate firing. killing more
ctp ljonc
than the bloodshed. the Irish people will resent
the tactics which made necessary the dessruc- NC
tion of very considerable portion OF the
finest buildings of handsome Dublin. After
all OF course considering the great issue; n. IN,
very considerable-less than one hundred. or
these very few. indeed were irreeulars. M
long ago. the British commons on July>4. by
2s2 to 35 voted approval of the Palestine man
eoneession conc M a pt (Which includes the right to
harness the waters of the Jordan and other
If the American ship subsidy bill is passed
and American foreign policy In general con,
tinues to develop along its present lines ana
may go in for "pan-Britishism'-
solidarity. who might be the leader Of such
movement: Winston GhurchilI; Why not
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Germany.-Berlin had its Fourth of July
demonstration. One hundred thousand so
cialists of various hue and communists
marched and sang for the republic The Sc
curity police kept out Of sight. The marching
discipline was perfect There was no discord.
But though there was no disorder blood
shed in Berlin. elsewhere in Germany there
was especially in Saxony.
Macmillan Harden. the Berlin editor. was
stabbed and blackjacked near his home in
Berlin on July g.; He received iye wounds in
sailants were captured. One Of them had
tional- minded Soldiers" Harden is a brave
fellow.
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Upper sile~ia.-Several weeks ago press
ports declared that very serious fresh dis
orders had broken out in Upper Silesia- Pre-
sumably these disorders subsided or were