The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-10
James Lynch Writes
 Of Ireland Today

| walking home from the parracRS "i1n
 9 fellow-R. I. c. Ills companlon, | Taking a number of Irish news
 papers at random fa51oine. one h0a !.A 6san, GTim
 Story of a Midnight Murder" ''Vic- tims of Bigots' Vengeance" Mid
 night Murder by Uniformed Gun
 men" "ysteGGio"s Talfaeaav Grime sPa5h HaIh | fast Shootings," "Co1d-blooded Mur-
 ders in Belfast" Another Weekend
 of TerE,ble csrnage, Four & Men l1nd and
 Killed" Murders Condensed. mot
 by Sir James Craig or his fellows at 1 Belfast but by a Catholic priest at Derry. And so it goes. Ireland. it would seem, is weltering in her own blood. and of the truth of this, not the half has been told.
 It must not be understood that all the murders in Ireland are committed by Protestants upon Catholic victims. In a number of cases Catholics are believed to have murdered Protest ants. It is nearer to the truth to say that most of the murders, in Ulster at least, are committed by Protestants: some are committed by Catholics There can be no question, however, that murders by Catholics are pro- voked by attacks on the part of their Protestant fellowmen. Then, too, the Catholics never kill women or chll- dren. Ulster Protestants do.
 And thus 1t is that we in Ireland have taken to discussing this question of murder. It has become so com mon among us. we have grown so familiar with its face. that 1t Is not to be wondered at that We first en- dure, then pity. then embrace" It seems to be the way with all vice.
 In the South of Ireland murder is not so common as it is among the en- frightened Irishmen, so-called. in U1- ster. In the South of Ireland. mur- der is still looked upon as hideous crime, crying out to Heaven for ven- geance. Murder Is committed in the South. 1t Is true, and committed by men who call themselves Cath oEcs, as a vile thing. It may be, of course, that later on, If the present condi- tio1s are permitted to foment and the great champions of the rights of the people, who are just now at dag gers ends because of the Free State Government, continue to quarrel and stir up strife among people who want peace@it may be that the South of Ireland will take on some thing of the habits and appearance of it's Northern neighbor. Please God that day will never come. but if it does it will be dishonest to attribute it to the chicanery and ruthlessnesS of Lloyd George. Those responsible will be the men and the women who have fought so gloriously for Ireland and Ireland's cause through all the years of b1oodshed, struggle and bit terpess, but who, in this, the hour of peace, are blind to the wishes of the Irish people, who want peace today more -han they have ever wanted it in all their history.
 There is a responsibility for all these disorders in Ireland. The murders of Cath olfc 1rishmen at Bel fast and elsewhere in Ulster may be traced directly to certain members of the British Gov ernment at London. People who know what's what in this Irish question are not easily fooled by the eleventh-hour repentance. There Dublin Accent to be reckoned with. It is from him that the movement gets .ts inspiration and support and he Is aided by the very men who pro- fess to be seeking peace in Ireland. They may not know 1t but they ought to know dt. They ought to know that Just so long Carson and his puppets, Craig. Bates, Coote, are as- sured of the support of British mili- tary forces in Ulster, just so long will the murders continue. Take away British military support from Ulster and the problem is solved. There is not an Irish Protestant in all Ulster from Carson up to the affable little man who performs the duties of DOT ter in my hotel. who would not lie down as quiet as a mouse if ever the British troops were withdrawn from ernInent is sincere in its anxiety to restore peace in Ulster the way to do it is not by sending more troops into that territory but by withdrawing every single man in a British uni form.