Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-22
PLOTTED TO UPSET
FREE STATE REGIME
BY ASSASSINATION
Collins Marked for SIaugh-
ter by Provisional Gov
crnment's Foes.
OPPOSITION CHARGES
BOLAND MURDERED
Irrcgulars Assert Their Lead
CT Shot Down in Cold
Blood.
DUBLIN IN STATE OF TERRORISM
Shipping. RobbcrIcs md Disorders
Generally Disturb South
IrcIand's CRpitnl
OPPOSITION CHARGES
BOLAND MURDERED
DUBLIN IN STATE OF TERRORISM
Shipping. RobbcrIcs md Disorders
Generally Disturb South
Irclnnd's Capital.
tBy Associated Press.l

LONDON, Aug. ericans
who have recently arrived here from
Dublin declare that the recent at
tempt to kill Michael Collins. head
of the Irish provisional government.
was forecast in Ireland. was planned.
first. to secure the removal OF the
sole remaining outstanding figure In
that government and thereby weak
en- the Free State movement. and.
second. as measure of rcprisal
against the shooting OF Harry j.
Boiand by Free State soldiers.
On the walls of Trinity College and
other public buildings is the in
scription in white paint: Harry.
Boland murdered" and handbiils
pasted on telegraph poles By irregu- :
lars assert that Boland was shot by
Free state troops when he was un-
armed, after having been removed
from his bed.
Government DenieS StateYSierrf.
The provisional government ns-
serts that Boland was trying to es-
cape when shot down.
Boland was popular figure, and
Irishmen who dared to talk at all
about the general political situation
voiced the fear that his death would
lead To assassinations Nightly
fusi!lades and bomblngs have re-
duced the Dublin population to a
state of terrorism.
More Irr-Euiars in Dublin.
American travellers say that the
provisional policy OF releasing cap
tured irregulars after exactinS a
promise OF loyalty to the Free State
has resulted in an Increasing num-
Der of irregulars secretly assembling
III Dublin. ready TO continue the
campaign Of guerrilla warfare.
bombing and sniping. Under the
existing terrorism there seems TO be
little Idea OF an early meeting of
Parliament, which must act on the
Constitution.
IhiS government policy is based
on the conviction that peace and or
der can best be established in Ire
land by resorting to diplomacy
rather than to harsh determination q
in battle or the severe punishment Of
captured rebels. Some Irlshmen are
represented as feeling that such n
policy can only perpctuate civil war
for an indefinite period and relegatc
TO the far future the setting up OF
a Free State government. which now
merely exists rs paper possibility
Gunmcn Are Active.
The crlmina! element OF the coun-
try-Snnmcn. as they are termed IN
Dub!in--are taking advantage of the
disturbed conditions. and numerous
persons have Informed the Americans
that they have been held up in the
streets and robbed OF their valuables
The railroad stations. public build
ings and the Shelburne Hotel. tho
sole remaining hosteiry of impor-
tance. are constantly guarded by
troops with drawn weapons to meet
attacks from irreSulars, who lurk
about the city in civilian clothes
and do not hesitate to shoot down
soldiers of the provisional army.
The Americans added that their
talks with the average citizen, in
Guiding reporters. cab drivers and
workmen. brought forth the assur-
ancc that s5 TO 80 per cent of the
people of ireland are solidly behind
the Free State movement.