The New York herald., 1922-06-27
COMMONS UPHOLDS
POLICY OF IRELAND
: Continued from First Page.


and whether Mr.. Churchill intended to
make representations to this effect to the
Provisional Government
Mr.. Churchill replied that those killed
were fifteen. serving as members of the
Royal Irish Constabulary. eight former
members and seven soldiers, not includ-
ing three officers and two privates kid
mapped. for whose lives no further hope
was entertained.
1--WE are not going 10 let a single
one of these cases drop" Mr.. Churchill
said.
Replying to further questions Mr..
Churchill said Great Britain could not
continue indefinitely to regard with In
difference a progressive degeneration
into anarchy throughout Ireland.
No others About Wilson.
After the grilling OF Secretary
Churchill 1t became the turn of Home
Secretary Shortt. Gen.. Surtees. Coali-
ton Unionist member for Gateshead.
wanted to know the name OF the official
responsible for giving the order to dis
continue police protection of Field Mar
shall Wilson.
"lt would not be correct" replied the
Home Secretary. ITO say that any order
was given to discontinue police protec-
ton of the Field Marshal In November.
1921, a special officer was placed at the
disposal of the War Office for the pro-
lection of the Chief OF the Imperial Cen
eral Staff. IL and when 1t was thought
necessary. That arrangement still holds,
but when Field Marshal Wilson ceased
to be Chief OF the Imperial Staff the
police protection was discontinued. for
Ministers and others" ~ .
Secretary Shortt again denied that
warning had been received OF possible
danger to the Field Marsnai. =
Denounces De Valera.
After reviewing events IN Ireland
leading to the postponement of the cleo
tlon. he declared that the great object
of the British Government had been to
procure for the Irish people as speedily
as possible a free election at which
they could express the views England
believed them to hold. and which. as
events had shown. they held to-day.
He emphasized the way De Valera and
his followers had worked to prevent
tho election by recourse to the So called
Irish Republican Army. In consequence
of a division Of opinion In the Republi-
can Army. the Provisional Government
had been forced into a series of weak
and unsatisfactory compromises with
regard to this army.
THE influence which De Valera OBJ
tained over the militant Republican
section" the Secretary asserted. EN-
abled him to defy the Provisional Gov
ernment in many parts of the country
and create a series Of criminal episodes
and destroy the capacity of the pro-
visional Government to hold 81 free
election. The Provisional Government
consequently was forced to make fur
ther accommodations with De Valera
by postponing the election by three
months--an arrangement in which the
British Government was Obliged to
acquiesce.
but De Valera had no sooner made
this promise than he proceeded to break
1t. Many other persons. even more ire
sponsible than De Valera. sprang for
ward to assert themselves and claim
a share. Everything was done by
De Valera and his friends to weaken
and discredit the Provisional Govern
ment and embroil southern ireland
with Ulster. The mutinous section of
the Irish Republican Army has. always
been available for this purpose"
Mr.. Churchill admitted that 1t would