New-York tribune., 1922-08-27
Irish Fight On
While tanning
Collins Burial
Early Recovery of Valentia
Cable Station, Thus Re-
storing Unrestricted Com
munication, Is Predicted
Terror Campaign General
Criminals Posing as Repub-
.lican Soldiers Add to the
Troubles of the Country

DUbLlN, Aug. 26 (By The Associat-
ed Press) MILITARY activities continue
while plans for the national funeral Of
Michael Collins go forward. The pro-
visional government announced to-day
that Free State troops had recovered
the Waterville cable station, recently
seized by the irregulars. This insures
communication again with the United
States. Early recovery of the valentia
station is predicted
Guerrilla warfare Of Irish irregulars
and of the criminal element posing as
part Of the republican army continues
to reduce Ireland to state Of terror.
The Dublin newspapers to-day are
filled with incidents indicating the per-
sistence of sporadic attacks in Dublin
streets and elsewhere and photographs
showing cases of pillage and the burn
ing of buildings throughout the coun-
try, which the newspapers describe as
"wanton.p
An automobile carrying an officer of
the national army was bombed on the
chief Dublin thoroughfare last night,
but, nobody was wounded. A soldier Of
the national army was fired at by three
men in civilian clothes as he was trav-
ersing Parnell Square.
Looting in Remote Districts
Many telephone and telegraph wires
have been cut In remote country dis
tricts, where there are but few soldiers
or police, armed bands are looting and
committing other excesses.
A party of national troops operating
in the Ballaghaderreen area Of County
Mayo captured twelve irregulars, to-
gether with quantity of arms, am
biles, according to an official state
ment. Among the prisoners were two
of the irregulars' leaders in eastern
Mayo, named Corney and Josiah Kelly.
The statement adds that Lieutenant
Mccormack, who was killed in the
ambush yesterday at Glasson, near
Athlone, was deliberately shot while
bandaging his wounded comrade, Cap
tain Rattigan."
Sorrowing throngs continued to-day
to pass the bier of Collins, the slain
chief Of the new Free State Army,
lying in state in the historic City Hall,
heavily draped in mourning.
The state military funeral and burial
of the martyred head Of the provision
al government will take place Monday
in Glasnevin Cemetery, the final rest
ing place of Arthur Griffith. Parnell
and other conspicuous Irish leaders.
"The Herald" published a letter to-
day saying that canon de Valera did
not and could not withdraw any of the
moneys from the banks in New York
now restrained by the injunction grant
ed by New York court from releasing
any funds on deposit for the Irish re-
publican cause.
The letter declared that none Of the
moneys collected for the Irish repub-
lie .could be withdrawn without the
unanimous consent Of the three trus-
tees, who are De Valera, Bishop Fo-
garty and Stephen O'Mara.
The letter was signed by Mrs. Mary
McWharter, president Of the Celtic
Cross Association; Adelia Christy, ma
tional vice-president of that associa-
tion in the United States; Edward ].
Hearty, vice-president Of the American
Association for the Recognition of the
Irish Republic, and Joseph Doran, state
treasurer of the latter association in
Illinois.