Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-26
IRISH Do HONOR
To DEAD LEADER

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DUBLIN, Aug. 24.-The body Of
Michael Collins, slain Irish leader
lay in solemn state in city hall to
| day, while members of the SNr
Fein parliament gathered at the
capital for a meeting to name his
| successor.
| An endless line Of mourners, men
women and children, from all walks
| of Irish life, passed by the raised
| flower-strewn bier, honoring the late
commander-in-chief. All day long the
line moved slowly through the hall
| Many stopped to fall on their knees
and pray, or to lay wreath be
| side the coffin.a
A military procession, with sol
diers of the Irish Free State march
ing at slow pace with reversed
arms, bore Collins body to the city
hall. A steamer brought the remains
from Cork, arriving here at hall
past twelve this morning. The body
was carried from the pier to st
Vincent's hospital, while a great
throng stood silently by.
Fiery "Dicky" Mu1cahy has beer
appointed commander-in-chi Of the
Free State army, to succeed Col
Inns, it was understood today. But
the question Of who was to replace
the slain leader at the head of the
Free State government was the
real cause of concern.
A triumvirate, Mulcahy, Liam Cos
grave and George Gavan Duffy is
looked to for the moment. The dai
tomorrow or Saturday, if members
cannot arrive before then, tempora
rily will decide.
The parliament Of the Irish Free
State, from which the slain patriot
would have derived his authority
never came into being. Guerilla war
fare, carried on ruthlessly and in
cessantly by the men who finally
killed Collins, prevented this,
Dublin cathedral will be the scent
| of a solemn requiem mass on Mon
day. Collins body will be taken
there, and interment will be al
Glasnevin cemetery, where the
dead leader will be accorded full
military honors.
The Dublin brigade, pick Of Ire.
lands loyal soldiery, will escort
their chieftain's remains to the
cemetery where Arthur Griffith and
other patriots are buried.
DEATH OF COLLINS
CREATES COMMENT
LONDON, Aug. 24-By the AS.
ISOLATED Press0-Michaei Collins
sudden removal from the arena of
Irish affairs is given considerable
space in this mornings newspapers
Naturally, there is a greater effort
to eulogize him, to describe his me-
teoric career and romantic person.
al1ty and to pay tribute to his "gay
bravery than there is to look into
the dark cloud of Ireland's immedi-
ate future.
The fact that eight months after
the Anglo-Irish treaty was signed,
only one of the Irish signatories re-
mains in power with the other free
state ministers unknown quantities
IN England, is emphasized by The
Times in support of its opinion that
1t is impossible to regard the future
without forebodings. ~ 49,
There are other leaders, SAYS The
Times, but none who has caught the
Irish imagination or who has COM
bined the quays of military and po-
lltlcal leadership in such high degree
as did Collins. ,.'
The editorial writers generally
ask who is left to carry on the policy
for which Collins and Arthur Crit
nth stood, but only the Daily Chron-
lcle suggests the possibility of the
British government again taking
hand in the Irish affairs.
There is the possibility that the
treaty with England was killed with
collins, says the Daily Express and
the Daily Telegraph, while trusting
that the magnitude and gravity of
the occasion will raise up a new
leader can not disguise its fear that
the situation will become generally
worse.
The Daily Mail declares that an
archy and murder are again in the
ascendency in Ireland and believes
General Collins paid the penalty of
his policy of Iiberating the rebels
once he had captured them.
Who neXt?' asks the Morning
Post, Which views the killing of Col
ms as but a sequel to the assassi-
nation of Field Marshal Henri Will
son and a prelude to further MUIR
ders both in Ireland and England.
The more general editorial >opin-
ION, however, is thai the Irish peo-
pie have had their lesson and that
If for the moment there is no strong
directing hard, new forces have
come into being that are urging Ire
land along the road to peace, and
that, until convinced tina, patriotism
and political capacity are dead. Ire
lad can not and will not despair.
WAS TO HAVE MARRIED - .
DAY HE WAS SLAIN
LONDON, Aug. 24.-By the Asso.
ciated Press)-The marriage OF
Michael Collins, slain chief of the
Irish Free State, to Miss Kitty Kier.
nan, had been fixed originally for
last Tuesday, the day Collins was
killed, Dublin dispatch to the Eve.
ming News said, it was learned TODAY
The wedding date had been post
poned, however, until later this
month on account of the death OF
Arthur Griffith, president Of the dali
| cream cabinet.