Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-11
ALARMED
4 BY PEACE FAILURE
n,tIook Again Regarded as
Disc scouraging-England Be-
coming impatient
alAME De VALERA FACTION
Ry the Associated Press

Yo,don. Nav 11.--Announccment OF
.,.sa;,mrc of the Dali Eireann Peace
Wsun,;ttac y. to reach n basis for set
.,.,na,,t between the opposing army fac
!,s. !,sm. has brought back public attention
. hsre sharply to the Irish situation.
m.;oh bns lately been Overshndowed by
". NJ Gonon Conference and its attendant
Incidents. -
W. will eventually he reached IL not
m.amni,dcd tbc outlook IL regarded as
m,saa,,rnuinp, and the impatience Of the
a sotsr section of English opinion was
EemrotcIy reflected in the House of
T,n,mons debate. Several press de-
.Isotcbes from Dublin represent tho
.sIps;oritv of the public in Ireland ~
a,nol,v concerned over the state OF the
country. . .,, ~
.,onsiblc opinion in Ireland. disgusted
~ .hc anarchy which Is driving some of
~ host blood out of the country and
hr;rcine trade tn n standstill. is call
". nnon the Provisional Government
."e sunnress the criminals says the
Ho,lv chronicle. Even some Of tthe
r,onublicnn leaders of the Irish Rcpub.
iiSan Army have been coming around to
,hs % side of Collins and Griffith. and the
. ,ower ranks of the army are becoming
IN some areas restless at the conduct Of
their Republican superior officers.'
( De Valera Faction Blamed
The newspaper blames the elements
,,odcd by Enmon dc Valera, which II
Understands in the peace negotiations
would ''concede nothing and do nothing.
anI were reader for war even than
their associates in the army
"A dispatch to the Times from Dub
I'm saws the country is thoroughly
alarmed at the condition of disorder
.nd will now expect the Provisional
covernmcnt. (which has made its last
nosslblc overture to Republicans, to
tske effective steps for the restoration Of
law and order.
Despite the gloomy feeling. however,
some of the correspondents retain hope
for continuance of the peace negOtia-
tions. They regard IL as important that
tbe committee is still in existence and
SOC pussibility that consideration of
tho rcports of the two sections to be
nrrsened to the Dali Eircann today
will afford favorable opening for such
q continuance.
j Government Again Attacked
The Government was again sharply
attacked in the House of Commons last
night for falling to protect the three
British officers recently kidnapped in
Ireland.
Austen Chamberlain. Government
leader replying, repeated that General
4 Sir Nevil Macready, the British com
mandcr in Ireland, had seen representa- =
tyes of both the provisional govern.
n,ent and the Republican party, but
they had all assured him they knew
nothing about the incident. although
they were doing their utmost to ascer .
tain the facts Of the case.
lie appealed earnestly for con .
tinuancc of the experiment. He be :
lieved that the power and influence
, Of the provisional government were
increasing, and that, given little
time, the provisional government
would secure mandate from the Irish
people and establish its authority
throughout the twenty-six counties.
Belfast. May 11.-(By A. P.)-Three
Catholic youths, James, Francis and
Thomas McKcOwn. were taken from
their beds at Ballymulderg last night
by a gang Of men. and shot. James
was killed and the others seriously
wounded. Francis received sixteen bull
lt wounds.