Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-14
THREE ARE KILLED
AS NEW R|OT|NC
BEGINS IN IRELAND
DeVaIera Faction Seen in
Ascendancy - Orders for
Return of Troops to Eng
land Suspended

BELFAST, Feb. 13.-Rioting be-
tween Sim Feiners and Ulstcrmen
broke out again here today.
Three persons were reported
killed as the street fighting got I'M
der way.
Detachments Of troops and con-
stables rushed to the scene to sup
press the outbreak. Stray bullets
were smashing windows md endan-
gering lives of citizens.
DE VALERA FACTION
SEEN IN ASCENDANCY
LONDON, Feb. 13-(By the Asso-
ciated Press).-The situation in Ire
land, which had seemed to be I'M
proving under the apparent efforts
of Arthur Griffith and Michael Col
Inns, to obtain the release OF the
kidnapped Ulstermen, has become
acutely dangerous as the result OF
the Clones affray on Saturday.
The Times Dublin correspondent
SAYS dismay follows the news of the
clash in which four special Ulster
constables were killed, eight wound
ed and six made prisoner, and the
leader of the Sim Feiners, Matthew
Fitzpatrick, shot dead.
The provisional government was
perturbed, as the affair dashed the
high hopes based upon its amnesty
proclamation and the British de-
cision to release all prisoners held
for offenses committed in England
from Irish political motives prior to
the truce in Ireland. Developments
are awaited with thetutmost anxiety.
Accounts in Conflict
There is some conflict in the ac-
counts of how the shooting was pre-
cipitated. Irish republican army men
at Clones and their sympathlzers
take the stand that armed and uni
formed FISHERMEN had no right to
enter free state territory and sub
iected themselves to arrest by so
doing.
1t is pointed out that the Gaelic
football players now in the Derry
jail were arrested for a similar rea'
son by the Obstetrics.
The account of the shooting from
the same source is that Fitzpatrick
approached the Ulster constables and
ordered them to raise their hands,
promising no violence if they sur
rendered. The only reply to this
demand, it is said, was the shooting
and killing of Fitzpatrick, and then
the republican army men fired.
Belfast Contentious
In Belfast, on the other hand, 1t is
contended that the riIhts of south
ern Ireland were not infringed by
sending the police from Belfast to
Enniskillen by train, although the
line passes for a few miles through
free state territory.
Northern police are declared to
have treveled that route on Thurs
day and Friday without molestation
or protest, either locally or from the
provisional government.
Against this it is maintained by
the Irish republican army support
ers that, knowing the state OF ten
sion on the frontier, the Belfast au-
thorities should have ordered the
police to detrain before reaching the
border, finishing their journey by
road, and it is minated similar IN
cidents will be risked If northern
forces again enter the free state.
De VaIerites' Gain Ground
Regarding the kidnapped Ulster
men, the Times Dublin correspon-
dent reiterates that the provisional
government is doing its utmost to
procure their release, but says II
seems to have met with fiat dell
ance from the irish republican army
in County Monaghan, which Will
only agree to exchange these union
lists for the football players in Der
The Morning Posts Dublin CORE
spondent, while declaring that Grit
fifth and Collins "mean well, and II
they got the chance would do well,
SAYS their difficulties are overcoming
them and chat they are steadily los
ing ground to the republicans.
Irish public opinion, always IN
stable" he asserts, has decided the
De Valeraites are on top and al
ready is making up its mind to be
on the winning side"
Henry Ford's Check