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/ nable 10 Lessen
Their Hostility

IN agnlnGs his treaty. told
tfem. we have laid the foundation
- pcace and friendship with the
usople at our side. What ! have
ened ! shall stand over in the be.
lief that, II II brings ireland no
ether blessing. tho ending OF the
conflict u centuries II the finest
thing that ever happended for the
1rifh people
This ! tod them. but IL served
80 Lessen their hoatility not at all.
stuck. ] remember especially, was
incensed because Griffith had for.
gotten the meaning Of sim fein'-
which We nistranslated as Our.
selves Alone Neither Griffith nor
] have answer to this cbarge--n0r
indeed TO any Of the charges In.
expected rs was this yitriolic con.
domination u us, and az little pre-
pared for II az we were, we both
gfaaped the essential point that the
denominations were useless and
worse than useless.
de Valera showed ms tele.
sraphed appeal 10 the Irish people
Gent from London that morning by
Art Olirien. bend Of the Irish Self
Determination league. BE not misled
into THANKSGIVING without cause
the telegram read. Complete GOV
erelgnty Is a claim which no nation
can forego. And until II Is met In
orr Gaze, we Of the Irish race can
not and viii not rejoice
I'VE quickly made II plain that
we expected no acclamations Of JOY
that might properly follow a nation
al triumph We asked and wanted
ne throwing up Of hats. no fervid
demonstrations OF any kind We
aid ask and dld want calm, deliber-
ate. fair consideration Of the results
OF our labors IN London.
''Of the 121 members OF Dali
Eireann, ii2 were veterans OF the
war and men who had served al
least one term IN an English jail
MANY Of them have been arrested
and imprisoned three and even five
times. \ few have served prison
terms as many ~ nine times. And
10 these Tenchtas Of the Dali we
submitted the treaty with IT. oath Of
allegiance That I will be faithful
Ia His Majesty King George his
heirs and successors by law. We
knew how hard IL going 10 be
for these men who had suffered 10
much at the hands of England--to
take thai oath. Hut who i going
"a say that their difficulty i an,
more painful than ours
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Inconsistency
Shouu IN Stand

tie stated that Eufhm 900
psst, kFni treaty ara Nould nov
ka,pthls treats a. aaet tbls ataa,
ment in supreft - hia gaufeHtHn
that his msument Ne should
haNa hssn fefttA upM ths Mtatleh
snffrHmeni
ufnslsna asai tT Nalsa Is 81
fsft wauii nsi keap chs trsalt
whioh Il haa wauei And epuli
hssR treats q 'had Rai signed
fei hs l. che Utn wha accepted iH
me nana AZ she Irish peap~ ths
naslah ltNlfstsun o. frf q ssf
90 NJ la nat'aHs a. live sts o.
sis b. kmff
nf foufaH a hRF an aiaNiai
h estsMs tst 4hat issHFHfni &a Fl
sss 49, - - Aa.sfas aHihaga1ip
Aaaa n tNt gnsi naruai 81 gt.H'
lfv'tfs4 thss ~ Naltga slstAa'i
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De Valera Is
Unm0rabR

de Valera would rot head the
delegation that went TO London.
Every member Of the cabinet and
every Teachta Of the Dali Eireann
wanted him to conduct the treaty
negotiations, and many Of us plead
ed with him not to remain behind.
But he was unmovabla. The reason
he gave was two-fold. First. he said,
il was beneath his dignity as presi-
dent Of the Irish republic to leave
his country; and. second. he could
not afford to put himself In o po.
.sition in which he might do his ma
ton irreparable harm by chanch
word across the conference table
He insisted his value 10 the Irish
people would be greatest by remain
Ing In Dublin, and from that dis.
lance guide us IN our task
II. for one, accepted what he said
% being his sincere belief although
| differed from him. But he persist
"a In forcing liz 20 present 20 the
British delegation Document No. .
after we had told him time and
again that It meant the breaking
on u the negotiations
DE Vnleras alternative con.
tAined very Little that was not IN
the treaty. ma little that England
could have objected a. but Tor that
very reason our lnsislence on ~
supplautlng the treaty meritei fhe
unequivacal refusal our lns.atence
met nesides that, De Valera doeu-
ment was loose N ts construction
IN the application ~ ils details we
should have been constantly fatsfi
with conflicting interpretations lr4d
ing "a Inevitable dlsemtlAnte
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Stuck Still
Dissatisfied

Even Stack smiled But his op.
position 10 any Kind Of agreement
was not In the least abated. He wag
still dissatisfied even after De Val
era had managed 10 persuade US to
postpone the general election for
three months. That agreement was
popularity supposed 10 be n victory
for De Valera. Actually Il earned
him the displeasure Of all the ex.
tremists among his followers. His
moderation, as then expressed ae.
counts for the ascendaIcy today ~
Rory O'connor
ODE Valera recently qualified an
earlier statement Of his by saying
that whereas he had stood on the
rock IT the republic he now felt he
held a stronger position IN that he
was standing on the rock ~ Right,
The truth " he knows that rejection
Of the treaty viii not bring the re-
public into practical being any more
than IL has ever been practical
entity. lie knows. moreover, that
the republican ldenl il rs dear 10 us
who support the treaty as II il 10
himself
Gle knows the achievement ~
TINT complete Independence which
"a recognition ~ the republic would
bring 10 ireland ia much more
NEARLY certain - being won through
the medium q the treaty than by
lts reisrtton ile kunWH that va
who Oppose him wlll work 10 make
ireland strong enough lp declare
her independence ailoHe enough -
force world recognition ~ hef sts'
tus as q SOVEREIGN state
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Vngueness Of
Document No. 2

"Tndcr certain clauses Of the al.
Tentative ireland In committed 10 an
association 10 vague that II might
afford grounds for claims by Britain
which might give her an oppor.
fuuity TO press for control in Irish
affairs ~ common concerns and
TO use or 10 threaten 10 use force.
1.-THE Irish people would never
have agreed 10 commit themselves
TO anything 40 vague. We know
that there are many things which
the states OF the British common.
wealth can afford TO regard az com.
mon concerns which we could not
afford 10 10 regard--one Of the fls.
advantages OF geographical pro.
pipguity.
I'VE had 10 find some form Of ne.
sociation which would safcguard us
az far AZ We could be ssfcguarded
lin somewhat the same degree az
the 1000 miles Of ocean safeguard
Canada.
DE Valera knew when he sc-
ceDted the BrItish prime miHBter
invitation to discuss association with
the British commonwealth that
that meant association Of n different
kind from that OF mere alliance OF
isolated nations.
More than that, the association
of the treaty IL LEGS equivocial than
the association proposed In Docu'
ment No. 2. The external associa-
ton mentioned In Document No. 2
had neither the honesty OF complete
isolation--a questionable advantage
IN these days Of warning nationaH'
Ties when IL n not too easy for a
small nation to stand rigidly alone
nor the strength Of free partner.
ship satisfying the different part
ners. Such external association
vas not practical politics.
DE Valera and childers labored
long over the framing of an oath
which they knew had 10 be incorpo'
rated IN any agreement that would
he acceptable 10 Britain. Their first
essay read as follows
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By iitiDE> TALBOT.
Copyright. i9gg. New York American

CHAPTER -lContlnuedJ
Before that first conference, end.
I'd griffith and I realized what We
must expect from these men and
women with .boin all through the
years We lad fought The fight for
Irish freedom. From colleagues
they had suddenly changed into
enemies. And yet fben--as always
ever since-GrIffjib and ! hoped
against hope thai We could persuade
them.
II Is ~ very well for critics If
tie policy which Grimm aud
adopted 10 declare That thls minor
IT, should not have been mot b.
Kid glove methods -but the Irish
people needed and SIN need unity
above any other ono thIng--And
unity h moi 10 De achieved Ny kill
Ing al those whose opinions make
unity impossible Harmony does
not spring from murder There are
few men in the world whom you
rhn bring 10 your point ~ view w
knocking them down.
Griffith, and ! held that the
treaty healed an age-old tragedy
the first net ~ which was played In
Dublin IN ll72. when Henry n Of
England compelled Ireland's tribal
liinRs 10 swear fe1lty 10 bin But
The little group ~ men and women
fucing W IN the Mansion House
held q different opinion.
'I'hey told us-and for the most
part they were sinccre-- that the
treaty we Ind signed was the most
infamous document any freshman
ever signed. that every martyrs
widow and mort ~ the army lenders
considered We were guilty u trea
fon It was they at first--who
held the floor. and had their ray
Eut finally ! had my chance
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escape would be forfoomd 10 fall
IRE.
1.-THE point was-hOw to nominate
the lucky 30. u, ry one Of US
knew In his heart that our return
10 the army meant more 10 Ireland
than that Of any other mani That
was only human, Of course. The
selection was not safely TO be left
IN our hands. Only someone less
seIfInterested ought to name the 81.
Among ourselves We discussed
our various Ieaders--fo find one
upon whose judgment we could all
rely. Brugha, as tituIar head Of
the army, WAS objected 10 by many
Of is. De Valera likewise was yot-
I'd down. Finally Collins was pro.
posed. Not one man Of the 100
had any objections 10 him. And
40 we left our fate In bis hands.
We did II because We had implicit
trust in him."
The little story was told me by
Desmond Fitzgerald several months
after the signing Of the treaty. ]
tell II here to make clear the hold
Collins had on all classes " Irish.
men. But in the case Of De Valera
there was also q kind Of blind faith
on the part Of hundreds of thou.
sands Of irish people which sc.
counted for his very real power in
Dali Eiresnn.
1.-THE campaign being waRed by
the incorporating republicans"
Collins said at one Of our last con
fercnces had ifs beginnings In the
bitter fight In the early sessions Of
the Dali.
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Eighth installment Of Michael Collins Own Story"
Is presented today to readers of The Omaha Sunday Bee
Love OF country, insted while yet boy. the
outstanding characteristic of the young Irish leader who
through American newspaper correspondent has barred
the facts of Erins struggle for freedom before
vealed Final chapters Of the narrative given the
correspondent shortly before Collins assassination
How the Easter week uprising, instead of being an
ignomnous failure became spur to Irish loyalty because
England treated the disturbance seriously has been
planned in previous nstaments.
Erksine Childers asinne scheme to get England to
consent to hands Off policy toward Ireland deporta-
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People Begin
10 Understand

"There were evidences Of this
chine guns on Chelsea and Windsor
barracks were such evidences. The
Irish office In Whitehall had proof
that az much ~ five pounds had
been paid for a high explosive de-
tonator-and five times as much for
a service revolver. The British
prime minister had accurate lnfor.
nation az to the intended recipi-
ents Of the 900 45.caliber Colt auto
MATES discovered on the docks in
Hoboken He knew the planned
destination Of the 355 pounds OF
4. n, T. seized in the home OF a
coal miner IN New castle.
But he knew more than this.
lie knew that Irelands freedom
was absolutely dependent on the
good will of Britain. He made us
know it' lie made MS see the com.
mon sense Of entering into friendly
relaiions--a course dictated. IL by
nothing else, by the instinct of self.
preservation He put clearly before
us the indlsputable fact that our
economic interests are identical II
was our task to convince our PEG.
pie that these were he facts,
To many Irishmen the treaty
had come as a crushing disappolpt.
ment There is no galnsaying n,
They had believed that in some
magical way we Of the delegation
would he able To make possible the
iebtr,h and regeneration OF the
Gaelic state on a stnpendous scale.
Anything lees than this seemed i'm.
possible to accept, Yet We could
not forever live IA dreamland
The reality of the situation had 60
be made plain from cahal down 10
Kerry Grtfiih voiced the urgent
need ~ unity on the part ~ all ssc'
lions ~ the lrish nation IN raising
the structure and shaping the des'
tins ~ our new free state And
SLOWLY the people lasaa - under
stand
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ii0nai consciousness is not an over
night growth, OF patriotic fervor
there Is no lack. but a people must
lr scho0led for generations 10
know how effectively 10 put their
patriotism % practical ends.
erhe history Of 200 years must
be reversed before We shall know
the meaning ~ national freedom.
Aud first II al wa must acquire
the habit ~ standing together Al
ready 90 4 large desree the aivan'
tagts " the treaty have been IRE
lfleypHly lost
our very national life Is being
threatened hy this esntinued dis
union The country y TOO small
10 stand a big cleavage Ia The ma
liuual iunhs
when, darins lhe lett Eng
land issuei the order making u a
elmlnsl uftensn fuf nu lr.shman "a
lie in possession q arWss N Waa
htld "a ha the dfathiiow % our
lehl ~ freedom Na issiaY We
ire faced with sreater mistuI
aus dlsunllY anaHg nutse'
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: Sought 10 Find
Common Ground

"a that conference De Ndlera
and Stack met Griffin and me IN
an attempt 10 find "a common
ground on which 10 appeal 10 Tie
5000 slnn f'cin delegates for unity
As ! think I have already made
plain there IL no follower of be
V1lera--nOt even excepting caihal
BruRha--morc bitterly hostile 10 the
treaty than Austin stack.
yet an agreement was reached
and reached In tbs face of Stacks
violent opposition. 10 prove be
Yalera's moderation II is necessaiy
TO reproduce q portion u our dis.
cugsion In the conference.
i have a clear majority Of 600
IN tbos Ard Fbcis, said Do Valera
You have not I told him.
STACK insisted that their ma.
joflty was quite 60O---and blind
man could have seen the chip on
his shoulder.
You're wrong, ] told them.
And before they could ray anything
further ! showed them how wrong
they we're. told them they had =
majority Of more than thousand
I'm spite Of this admission of
mine we reached an agreement not
10 take the vote which / acknowl.
edged would see us beaten by two
10 one. The reason De Valera con
scented to forego this victory was
simple. lie knew that Ard T'heis
was ~ typical Of the irish nation
M Tammany hail Is typical OF New
York state. AZ well expect Tam
many 10 endorse the republican can.
dldate for president Ms TO expect
the Ard FbeB TO vote 10 dIsestab
llsh the Irish republic.
n vote in the Ard Fheis would
leave the situation In the country
unchanged. No good could come
from taking vote then. I drove
the point home with para phrase
of the alleged threat II Mr. Lloyd.
George (which he never avoided
about immediate and terrible war
IN you H,rce the issue here /
told De Valera, 1t VIII mean that
we shall go 10 the country and have
an Immediate and terriblc--elec.
ton" #....
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England Acted
in Good Faith

THE sernblanca Of unity which
we managed 10 manufacture at the
recent sesglon Of the Sim Feln Ard
fhels wns artificial In the sense
that II was but temporary and for
rxpcdiency. but Il would be II mis-.
lake 10 imagine for moment that
that unity would not become very
renl aud absolutely effective N
either Britain or Ulster attempted
"a take advantage Of any apparent
split between the four opposing
groups II has always been so-
In Ireland Enemies % io,lay are
brothers la arms tomorrow In
stanily AN outsider seeks 90 exploit
elther 10 his own end
u have every reason Ia believe,
however. Thai neither britain nor
lsier has any thought ~ trading
80 our disunian. fhasr 81 ~ sho
negotiated the irraiy are run,in,ed
81 fhr rond faith ii lhs inellslh
,ienatorlrs This To- itself ptrslades
The possibility ~ ans aggressive o.,
ilan on The part ~ ti,trs White
hail mtMistl, shuws iieltast the :
VA The httie,sr aaf quarrel be
,nnies the ntafr tiTiuaus viii be the
niiiude ~ bath ii'ualn aud is,ef"
tin d. llaht ~ subsequent events
thn muphsgf il u unuaH4i m
trfsH iusafsr - H pfusss the
asst INSIGHT ~ the Irish lssdsg
tf t|aia 81 Save uis thiH inter
tlse maastrfts ~ HnHsu faiho
Dr. etfe ~ allY occurrences ~
fsitsm rms iaslsm hsa tssa W.
lritnHlfsf - tsn fssns VIA
taa aailrfsk - ne eie1 ssF 10
snaihsm ifsisnd Ne atrocities ~
tlsisf tsasssi a. II 10 nash1
hsfsfs Z tsts 10 So s4aaioH
a lister tts1sfofs ,usal g. sn.
paasas fisn eHH fstHH Thai Is sHF
raF - u1ls ihsn aaf afhHf &c
dasaan ffst casts HfAia piH eeH
iafgss taesssseEHs "a gs4alea
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Antagonisp,
Within Ranks
CHAPTER XVII

When q people has struggled Tor
$50 years against subsection. IL Ia
perhaps not strange that the one
dominating characteristic ~ such
people should finally come to be-
antagOnisrn. And antagonlsm has
come to be an ingrained quality Of
many Irisbmen,
Among ourselves, In the 20 coun.
Ties there II hardly less Of antago.
nism between the labor group and
those not 80 labeled than there In
between the so.c0lled republicans
and those who support the treaty.
The arrangement with the British
government has removed Ireland's
one great inspiration for unity and
has made many Jrlshmep forget
that after we are every one " us
REPUBLICAN extremist and mode.
rate free slater, radical bborite and
idealIstic eparatjst--Jrisbw
Michael Collins thus introduced
his narrative Of the two years reign
N violence IN Belf0st--onc night
while he bay III ut ths house yof a
friend In Dublin. He told me the
story only after he had become con.
WINGED Of the uselessness " further
conferences with Sir James Craig.
"Mistakipg the means for the end
II perhaps the greatest bIunder n
man can make he continued. I'm.
happily II IN blunder OF which
many IrIshmen are guilty. In some
instances fighting for freedom has
come to mean fighting for hghtings
Jake. bringing the victims OF this
deluslon 10 realize their folly con.
stltutes the erayest problem con.
fronting the Free State government.
For II IL this spirit Of suspicion and
hostility animating opposing groups
OF Irishmen that II largely rcspon.
sble for the situation in Ulster. II
unity II impossible among us Of the
south. how can we expect under,
standing and reconciliation with
Ulster?
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he Valera 30 Hrsi Insisted thsl
ihs iF,aiy NeulA usser ~ aeespisi
- she psaids. he declared that
The tffNs 80 ths agreement sfs
ta tiuleni conflict utlh The Wishes
e abe NthHpf ut tnis natinn Ia
lie hy Aliia hs hszaH ~ reshss
tast this pas nas shs gass
Hllut iu ths lnltlsl STAGES q ghs
fshi vNhn 80 f4hinsi ~ Nsisfa
anA his iailpssfs seemei esritle
q maklas 4 pittisesls lNgs salbis
Hu4f aiH siif thss a. i j. siHI
as ~ Hsta risin % - tsspls
Hst ne a. - uaaklas Retls
tFssh ltslaal llss Is iHs ,eiis them
@lfft q tanha6 - stated tsa
as4fa lsst eas papls ~ AeH.ifssls
= bsAn save tesa satlsslsd ~
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irmy Reira,ed
Wore han One

Nore th8H Wnu H Iri Es
tmg hes irlsa auUF Hfh
traeet Is itsmafh Ones ~ ia
Hanrr ita feiauisHIs erfe hetfslti
bV 0nllan atit hhfn d suited nls
plfIase sf 90 f6staH ~ aFmnt
hhie
rha 90 alHs ihsf SOC HHit lsai
lszssn a hisan IS ihsi ihr lrs
sssHs III hi8aff aft Hetti le8fewi =
b aimfiF sriaifah's tn WsNt =
he frish lsEs naaF taf Haf na-
iaHai sfFs athe Hsi'ie aatf ahd
10 Htn tiHa the @ $50 Hhst tssf
mst afafs si4isAs Hst
aaf fhf tEsaaf.s e iielaaa
asi 81 ssn9gei wHssiss htli sa
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tons of Sim Feiners Boands devotion DE Valera and
the Sim Fem convention In October 1917 also have been
detailed
Lloyd George was not TO blame except nomnaly.
for England's policy during the period Of 1921"
This perhaps is OF the most startling statements
made by Collins. who asserted that the British prime min
iser's attention was absorbed in the world during
that period and left other matters to those under him.
The smashing Of the British spy system, through
hunting down Of Irish traitors robbng Of mails and tap
ping Of telephone lines, has been described in detail In
reply to charges against the Irish of unwaranted Savings
Collins declares the murders they committed were leg
innate acts OF scfdefense forced upon them by British OPP
preston
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a. Pairik's college. MayboOth. Aprii
70 1927,
THE condition u the country IA
subject ~ lie deepest distress and
humiliation. On the great national
question 81 the treaty every Irish
man IL. entitled 10 his own opin.
ion, subject 10 truth and respoDsi'
bIIity 10 God.
~ ~ n national question ~ be
settled By the national will and "a.
eeriaiDrd by AN election. u IL pain.
fuI 10 have 10 Use tie language ~
condemnation. but principles are be.
ing openly defended which are IN
fundamental conflict With The law
~ God.
THE army A. o whole and stu
part ~ the army has no moral
right 10 declare itself independent
~ III dvD authority ~ the country.
s1eb n claim ~ sub,ersi,e ~ aiI
dyiI liberty.
"Jbe army. more Than any other
''U'p W rVsp'tss ppp INV W
Its institution. " the servant ~ the
Bsfj0D'ss government -. We ap.
peal In the name " God. ~ IRE.
land and of all national dignity 10
the leaders on both sides, civil and
military. 10 meet again, 10 remem.
Der old fellowship In danger and
suffering, and " they cannot agree
upon the main question At all
eyenfs--tDiat the Use ~ the revolver
must cease, and The elections, the
national expression 0f seDf-dctermi.
nation, be allowed 10 be- held free
from all violence.
"To this appeal G1filb and re-.
sponded Fundamentally. The result
IL known by the world The mill.
tary executive that was yet up IN
the -Four Courts was the answer Of
the extremist
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Llod Ceo,se
Well Informed

De Valera referred a. he o~n
feIrs-f fears th1t led him 10 abstain
from taking part IN the negotiations.
He admitted his fonr that he might
succunb 10 the British prime minis.
ter's cunning and then, apparently
on the verge ~ tears. declared that
this In what had happened 10 rs.
The man who had taken the nea.
sure ~ Woodrow Wilson and
Georges CIemenceau had outwitted
". This In what DE Valera told
the Teachtae. IT WAS NOT TRUE.
THE truth, as I have tried to
make plain, II that Lloyd George
was vel informed. The mllitarIsts
IN Whitehall were pressing for an
immediate onslaught by sea and
land They belleycd--and many Of
them stlll believe that the late Lord
Salisbury spoke accurately when he
said that The Irish are no moro
fitted for eelf.gOverument than the
1IottentOts What Ireland needed
declared these advocates Of ruth.
lessness--Was 70 years II resolute
government
Lloyd George did not, believe
this. repeat--he was well In.
formed. He knew we had organ.
iud on q national scale and could
count on 3,00O, 900 men. women and
children 10 do their part Of the task
~ fighting the British armed forces
In guerilla warfare. lie knew the
British garrison In Ireland all told
numbered 10000 men. lie knew
that II would mean TO conquer the
Irish people. lie did not want 10
have to do II.
Lloyd George knew that the ter.
ror had faIled--tnat II hid been not
Only nondeterrent but had actually
aweIled the patriotic feryor Of the
youth Of Ireland. He knew that
the morning they hanged young
Kervin Barry, $50 young men Of
Dublin enrolled themselves in the
army
He knew that we were SNUG
Cling arms and ammunition into
ireland throughout the truce. lie
knew We were recruiting and drill
ing. lie knew our notifications
were world wide