Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-23

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ago. the police were 80 armed. but with
~ dawnins Of prospects for peace In
Ireland and the cessa ION Of the outrage
campaign here the p!stols were with
drawn.
Although nothing has yet been ar
ranged. 1t il taken for granted that
Sir Henry will b. given great public
funeral. with the military honors due
his rank and services. The likelihood Is
suggested of burial in st. Pauls. the
resting place of many of Brituin's most
noted yarriors. including the Duke Of
wellington and Admiral Nelson.
Condolences continued today to pour
IN on Lady Wilson. who Us soon as the
sad news reached Bckingham Palace
wss waited upon by m cquerry sent by
the King and Queen, bearing an express;
sion Of their sorrow. The Prince of
Wales also sent n personal messenger,
and the dinner which was to have been
given today in celebration of his birth
day has been abandoned.
Prime Minister Lloyd George sent a
telegram reading: 81 am deeply shocked
at the ghastly crime. can hnd no
words to express my CONSERVATION and
grief. Please accept Nil my sympathy
In your terrible trouble.
Dublin. June 22.--tBy A. rD-Gcn-
eral Owen O'Duffy, chief Of staff of the
Irish Republican Army. cmphatically
contradicts the allegation that Field
Marshal Wilson $ assassination was the
work of that organization.
Arthur Griffith. president OF the
Dali Eireann, sptaking OF the London
tragedy. said
"Whcthcr the assassination Of Sir
Henry Wilson was an act Of private
vengeance or hal a rsucdo- political
aspect | do not know. But il is a
fundamental principle of civilized gov
ernmcnt that the assassination ot
political opponent cannot hc Justihcd
or condoned.
''Sir IIcnry's political views were
opposed TO those Of a vast majority OF
his countrymcn. Nevertheless. | know
that the vast majority will be unani-
nous In condcmning and dcporirS tins
deed
The Irish independent says: 1--WE
cannot pretend to know what motive Is
behind the horrtfying decd. but II Is
obvious from various pubic references
that It is attributed to the bitterness
aroused by partition and the Belfast
pogrom. II may produce infinite harm.
1t will certainly tend to intlamc pas
sion and intensity the existing trouble.
A former soldier named LawlcNS was
KILLED OF midnight by two armed men
VINO ruShel into the tenement mousse
where ne lived ana asked Tor man
named wilson.
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