New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Griffith and Free Siaters
to Take Offensive on
Ulster: Collins to Confer
With Lloyd George Later
No Alarm Felt i'm Dublin
Dali Heads TO Claim More.
Territory Under Treaty;
q Slain in Belfas, Riots
From The T-'ea7r'' Favopean Burenu

Tisional government, departed from
Dublin for London tonight in response
TO the British governments summons
to come and clear up the situation
arising out OF the belief here that the
recent peace agreement between tho
Free Staters and republicans is contrary
TO the spirit of the Anglo-lrtsn treaty.
They will confer tomorrow with Wins
ton Churchill, Colonial Secretary, pre-
lirninary TO conference under the
Craftsmanship OF Premier Lloyd George
y be held soon as Michael Collins, head
OF the Dublin Cabinet, comes to join
his colleagues here.
To Assume Offensive
The Free Staters are not conirc
with any intention Of asking the Brit
lsh governments forgiveness for their
peace pact, although it seems to be
breaking down the spirit of the treaty
with England. On the contrary. ad-
wees from Dublin say that the Free
Staters are planning to take the often
sive themselves and demand to know
what the British government means to
- about the Ulster situation Their
line OF argument IN defense Of their
peace agreement with the republicans
will be that restoration Of order is
necessary and this can be ACCOMPLISHED
IN no other way than by this agree
ment, and, moreover. united action in
the south is necessary to protect the
Catholics in the northern provinces
The Free Staters viii complain that
the present rioting and disorders in
Belfast and vicinity have resulted in
the support given the Orange popula-
ton by the British government, which
has armed the civilian populat
helped equip the Ulster constabulary
borne part Of the expense Of maintain
ing this force aud encouraged the
Obstetrics to hold their old frontier
despite the boundary adjustment clause
in the Anglo-Irish treaty.
II is expected that the conference
will hinge on the Interpretation Of the
Anglo-Irish treaty. because the Free
Ststers will argue that the extent of
their territory under the treaty should
60 beyond the limits defined in the
Free State enabling act.
Dublin Optimistic
IN Dublin there is general expecta.
ton that the difficulties will be ironed
cut at the conference. and no break
But in London there is no change in
the view that the Free State -republi-
can agreement has jeopardized the
prospects of peace. This contrast is
reflected in the business world Eng
lish insurance companies, taking ad-
vantage of the "tumult" clause of their
policies, have suspended all risks aris-
ing therefrom after June |. On the
other hand. Irish industrial securities
L
had a marked boom. indicating the
Irish view that conditions henceforth
will be more stable.
DUBLIN, May 25 BY The Associated
Press s).-Eamon de Valera received
number Of newspaper men to-day and
appealed to them for full publicity for
the Ulster atrocities, on the ground
that exposure of the facts to the world
was the way TO peace.
There was = vicious circle Of out
RACES and reprisals. the republican
leader SAID The Uuonists were in a
favored their having full local au-
tonomy He opposed coercing them,
but was equally opposed to having the
northern minority coerced and said
he would do all he could to precent it,
Six More Slain in Belfast
BELFAST. May 25 BY The Associ
ated Pressl.- The total casualties in
the series OF disorders which swept
Belfast last night and to-day were
placed at SIX dead and twenty seven
wounded a. 10 o'clock this morning.
The wounded included only those cases
treated in hospitals
Two men were shot this morning in
the Back Falls district. The condi-
ton of both IS critical. The Carnegie
Library was set on FIRE three times
and was badly damaged
An armed haud entered pork shop
in the Falls district this af-ornoon and
shot and killed the butcher
A youth was killed and another Young
man and q special constable wounded
upon the outbreak Of shooting here
in the early hours.
Special Constable Connor was shot
dead in the street here at midnight to-
night.
the eastern part of the city this after
noon and the military was compelled to
several persons were wounded, includ-
ing two girls.
Two of the twenty persons wounded
in the bombing Of tramcarS flied with
shipyard workers last evening died
during tho night
The funeral Of W. J. TwaddeN. men,
Der OF the Ulster Parliament. who was
sssassinated Monday. was held to-day
The services were attended by thou
sands Of persons.
WATERFORD. ireland, May 25 by
TIE Associated Press).- Striking farm
hands seized the nearby roads TO-DAY
and invaded Waterford, preventing the
farmers from selling their cattle at
to-days fair here or even driving their
animals into town.
The counties of Waterford, Upper
ary and Kilkenny are suffering from an
acute industrial crisis, owing TO the
etrike of the farm hands and the clos
ing of the creamerIes. Great Quanti-
ties OF milk are going 10 waste
Announcement was made today that
the curfew would be imposed from II
o'clock at night until 8 o'clock in the
morning for the whole of the SIX coun-
ties Of northern Ireland, with the ex-
ception of Belfast, where the ourfew
period will remain unchanged.