The New York herald., 1922-08-24
Churchill Sure One Will
Arise and Opposes British
Intervention Talk.
MAY EXTEND TIME LIMIT
No Doubt COllins's Assailants
Knew Whom They Were
Attacking.

Special Gable to THE New YoRK HERALD
Copyright, 1922, By THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Aug. 90.
If when Arthur Griffith died the
Sim Fein movement which has re-
suited in the Irish Free State. lost its
soul. Collins's death deprived it of its
heart. The dead general since 1916
had supplied all the warming senti-
ment and romance, and what is more
had pumped the life blood of his own
energy into the rank and file OF the
fighters, planners and thinkers for
Irish freedom.
The tragic circumstances under
which Collins met death are bound to
have the most profound effect on the
Irish situation. De Valera has come
perilously near to making the Free
State impossible. There is not a man
in the movement now with the tower
ing stature which Collins held in the
public mind.
There is Richard Mulcahy. whom Sir
Nevil Macready describes as "the best
military mind In Europe" but he is
quiet mousey little man, little known
except among his immediate associates
who is embarrassed by public contacts
and as yet has revealed no political
talent. The only time Mulcahy trembles
is when he has to make speech. There
is Dalton, who was with Collins in the
ambush former British officer who is
keen, clean and intelligent, but he like
wise Is unknown. There are half
dozen others from whom new leader
may yet arise. but he will have to build
his own traditions.
No British Intervention.
1t is of this that Winston Churchill.
Colonial Secretary, speaks when he says
in a statement to-day that he is SIRE
that ireland will produce leaders. Mr..
Churchill's statement is aimed to still
the talk much heard in London to-day
that the British troops will yet have to
quiet Ireland The Government does not
intend to interfere unless action by the
responsible Irish authority breaks the
treaty or unless De Valera sweeps into
power. and the possibility Of the latter
coming to pass is now more remote than
ever. -
1t is the Government Viewpoint here
that even IL the rebellion makes ratifi-
fication of the treaty impossible within
the prescribed time limit IL would be
better to grant an extension of. time
than to renounce the treaty and inter-
vene with British troops. II th
1t is realized that intervention Is what
De Valera and Erskine Chiders are
seeking. and that is just what Downing
Street is determined to avoid, believing
that the Irish, people generally want
settlement and eventually will succeed
in getting It,
Collins died in exactly the kind of
warfare he waged 1t was his policy in
view of the futility Of mass operations
against British troops to wage guerrilla
warfare and pick off the important per-
sonages In the enemy machine, and his
own gun was well notched as the re-
cult of his direct participation In scores
OF Operations"
When the Black and Tans seemed to
have the country at their mercy two
years ago many men in the Irish army
were ready 10 quit. Hungry. hunted and
desperate, many of them slipped to
England. Then Collins sent out circu-
lar letter warning them that such de-
sertion would be considered treason. He
kept the 'attered fragments together
and made an army Of them. Tales OF
his prowess both while on the offensive
and defensive and the tactics OF his
warfare are legion.
Keep the other fellow on the run,
was his recipe for his own safety when
he lived in Dublin throughout the time
that a reward of $4,000 was placed on
his head. More than one British in
tellgence officer talked to Collins, think
ing that Collins was giving him infor-
nation. In fac. there Is one immortal
story of how a group I of these officers
once picked up Collins in a pub" and
charmed by his genial confidence and
his equally genial curses against the
numbering Sim Feiners." the officers
invited him to Dublin Castle. -
Collins accepted and while the Sim
Fein guards nnobilized In great force
about the castle to attempt a rescue II
necessary. the man whom the British
authorities wanted above all entered the
castle. then the seat of the British Gov
ernment In Ireland. as a guest and sat
at a table with group of British Of
ficers for more than an hour giving them
what they thought TO be inside informa-
tion as TO the movements of Collins and
other leaders.
Adept mt Disguise.
1t was information thus gathered that