The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-18

ceremony conducted by 'ho Masonic
lodge last sunday morning. ThIS
Of the tragic state Of the country
orders had been issued 10 tfe po-
lice shortly after De Nalora's land
ing i'm ireland that he was not TO
be arrested. and despite his at
tempts at couCealmcnt II was
very difficuclt businesB for intelll-
genco officers To make believe not
TO see him,
However. n party OF soldiers, In
the course of search for some
minor offenders. blundercd upon
him in a house at BlacIrock. Not
knowing who he was. but finding
compromising papers in his posses
sion. they carried him or to their
Headquarters. The officer In charge,
discovering his identity would have
nothing to do with him and dis
patched him urNicr escort TO the
Castle. but retained the papers
found on him Al the Castle ne
was received with astouishhent by
| tho high civil officials and subsc-
| quently released
The incident itself was absurd.
and the memory OF It was destroyed
a day or two later by the excite
ment engcnderod by the events
| leading up to the truce. Hut among
| the papers were notes OF De Valera =
correspondence with his associates
| In America, some OF which throw u
! curious light upon his policy bo-
! fore the truce and his activities sub
| scqucntly,
DE Valera Writes letter.
on january /, 1921, he writes TO
| Harry Boland announcing his safe
| arrival and continues; Don't let the
peace talk Influence YOU In any of
| your statements. Deal with II ns a
trick of Lloyd George to mislead
the people here and elsewhere. The
people will not be fooled
But by February 2s he seems to
| have changed his ground. Writing
to the same correspondent, he says.
''TnSTo 10 10 uav ia say ,us inat COD
| eireann cannot negotiate on ar'
count OF the mandate which Is given
Il: that simply means that Lloyd
George will be put In a position of
being able To force an Irish party
into existence to oppose US at the
next elections on the platform OF
freedom TO negotiate" Here We see
man desperately anxious for NO
peace with the hated saxon, ycI
seeing tho danger Of powerful
body cf Irish opinion revolving IRON
his extremist policy.
DE Valera, as the leader OF IN,
present republican party OF oposl
tion to the treaty, vyou though suct
opposition be contrary To the wishel
Of tha country M u whole, Is at al
events consistent,
The above are, of course. only
examples taken at random OF the
various successes scored by tbs
british authorities In the score
warfare wnged by them against the
leaders OF their opponents, The
struEglc was a continuous one, II
> which the advantage lay sometlmcl
with one side, sometimes with the
: other. Its results can fairly hc sum
maril,d In tho statement that a
, the time whom the truce was de
clarcd and the struggle ended, IA,
! British had i'm their hands prac
tirally all tho Information they ro
uuircd and that the net was draw
ing ever closer about their quarry,
This advantage had not beer
gained without cost. The intclli
rcuce service has lost many OF 20
best mon, ON more than one oyOp
sion fits enemies had struck "a Couu
, tprhluW and had captured mtoTmu
ton vital 10 themselves. But II II
, gtin doubtful ~ the StruEElO .hat
continued and both Collins and NUl
cahy had been captured, Whuthvl
their capture would not have beer
/, too late to cripple the AvtlyltIo, o.
tho Irish republican army Thcs'
l'adrS had had time 10 doyul1l
+ thtiT organization, and judging b,
present events n seems probable
, that that organization woDhd hay,