Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-13
BY A. G. GARDINER
(Brftain's Greatest Liberal EDITOR


LONDON, June 10-The outlook
In Ireland is desperate. The com
Ing week will be the most momen-
teas in IEish history. Next Friday
the first general election in the Irish
free state is to be held. Upon its
result depends the fate of the treaty
with Great Britain. England awaits
developments with profound anxiety
Apart from the inconsiderable body
= of the Idle hards," represented by
the Morning Post, English opinion
:. overwhelmingly is DESTROYS OF a
: peaceful issue. 1t. accepted the
i treaty as a belated deliverance from
8 a struggle Of which it had grown
: ashamed and will ratify 1t, If pos
( sible, with, relief and thanksgiving.
- If. the Irish people could give a
: Tree verdict undoubtedly the treaty
!. would be safe. They want peace
fne same as the English and are
-satisfied that the treaty lays q
Foundation for peace. But the ter
=rfb,e events Of past years has raised
the spirit Of anarchy in their midst.
= The fear Of this terrorism is the
treason why Collins made his pact
with De Valera for an agrede cleo
ton. Collins good faith is unques-
toned but the compact with DE
valera, who repudiates the treaty,
denies, the Irish people the liberty
: freely to declare their opinion on
the treaty and the proposed consul
tuition. Discussions are proceeding
In London between the British gov
ernment and representatives. OF the
Irish provisional government on the
Asubiect of the draft Of the const1-
i; wit n fTl4-
ty will De Valera accept it? If not,
what follows the agreed election
between two balanced parties which
disagree on the vital issue?
~ Violence Feared
The pact has partly collapsed.
There is prospect Of contests in ~
..out of, 27 Of the member constituent
cies into which the free state is di-
-.Vided. Independent candidates rep
.resenting labor and the farmers
have been nominated to oppose the
Collins and De Valera candidates.
In Dublin the lord mayor stands in
dependent1y as supporter of the
treaty. But grave. concern prevails
as to possible developments between
now and Friday. The atmosphere is
charged with electricity and the
!, fear Of violence is acute. If the in
dependent candidates poll a substan-
tial majority the mischief Of the
pact is rninimized because for the
% most part they are definitely pro
treaty or If they are freely elected
the new parliament should be as
sured a balance on the side of peace
: But nothing cam be forecast and
, 1t is significant that while De Val
era has a walkover in Clare, Collins
: is opposed in, county Cork.
-, Meanwhile the storm in Ulster is
brewing apace. Belfast is the con-
slant theater of battle between Prot
estants, and Catholics and the
slaughter is serious. The provoca-
ton; here undoubtedly came from
the Orangemen who drove the Cath
oiics out of the ship yards. No eff
fective measures have been taken
by the Ulster government to pro-
tect the minority and there is feel
ing that the policy pursued is de-
1fberately directed to intensity mu
tual passions and compel the Brit
---ish government to recant it's pacific
policy and throw over the treaty on
the ground that it has been dishon-
Ored and then return to the old task
of reconquering. Ireland. No other
construction can be placed upon the
provocative proceedings in Ulster
and the demand for British troops.
J, Carson's elevation to the judicial
bench robbed Ulstermen of a hero
and leader but new hero emerged
In the sinister person of General Sir
/: Henry Wilson who, Lloyd George
made chief of staff during the war.
+: He is an Orangeman of the extrem-
LIST type and a. militarist who SCOTS
at. peace anywhere. He is as dan
! gerous as he is able and his entry
!, into the British parliament has Civ
en- the "die hards" a powerful and
ruthless figurehead around whom
: every influence sworn to destroy
the free state gathers.
: England Stalking All
There would be no reason to fear
this if things were going well in the
r free state. But anarchy there plays
/. into the hands of the Ulster pub
!. spiracy. It makes the English pub
! lie lose confidence in a settlement
5 and swings the moderate opinion in
I. to the Ulster scale.
. What of the British government?
: It has staked everything on the
: treaty and undoubtedly wishes to
/. make it a success. But the rank and
: file Of the tory party still Is anti