Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-24

that OF Grifith. Ii terrible blow 20
ireland yet one should not despnir.
He said Il was practically impossi' :
BILE to sleep at night in Dublin on ac-
count Of the constant rattle OF inusketry
and the sinister noise of machine guns.
Nobody seemed to know why the fusil-
ladies' continue, but the constant hrina
was driving everybody into a state
Of nervous apprehension, he added.
Before leaving on his Ill l-fated Jour-
ney General Collins announced that MT.
Doyle, with John Mccormack, the ia !.
nous tenor, were the guests OF the irish
bourne Hotel. Mr.. Mccormack is vis-
iting his mother, who lives near Dublin.
Michael Collins sudden removal from
the arena of Irish sffairs Is given con-
siderable space in this mornings news
papers. Naturally there is n greater
effort to eulogize him, TO describe his
meteroric career and romantic person
ality and to pay tribute to HIS "gay
bravery" than there Is to look into the
dark cloud of 1reland's immediate fu.
ture.
The fact that, eight months after the
Anglo Irish treaty was signed. only one
of the Irish signatories remains In
power, with the other Free State min
Is emphasized by the Times in support
of its opinion that IL is impossible to
regard the future without forebodings.
There are other leaders, says the
Times. but none who has caught the
Irish imagination or who has combined
the qualities Of military and political
leadership in such high degree as did
Collins.
The editorial writer's generally ask
who is left to carry on the policy for
which Collins and Arthur Griffith stood
but only the Dnily Chronicle suggests
the possibility Of the British Govern
mcnt again taking hand in Irish
affairs.
There is the possibility that the
treaty with England was killed will
| Collins, says the Daily Express, and the
Daily Telegraph. while trusting tina,
the magnitude and gravity of the oc.
casion will raise up a new leader, can
not disguise it's fear that the situation
will become generally worse.
The Daily Mail declares that anarch,
and murder are again in the ascendenc,
in Ireland, and believes General Collinl
paid the penalty of his policy of lib
Grating the rebels once he had captured
them. The newspaper urges that wha
is left Of the Free State government
leave nothing to chance.
"Who next?" asks the Morning Post
which views the killing of Collins as bu
sequel to the assassination of Fielt
Marshal Sir Henry Wilson and a pre-
lude to further murders both in Irelant
and England.
The more general editorial opinion
however, is that the Irish people hav'
had their lesson, and that il for th'
moment there is no strong directing
hand, new forces have come into beinl
| that are urging ireland along the roat
to peace, and that, until convinced thai
patriotism and political capacity arr
dead, Ireland cannot and will not de.
spair.
The marriage Of General Collins &c
Miss Kitty Kiernan had been fixed orig
inally for last Tuesday. the day Col
lins was killed, a Dublin dispatch
to the Evening News says 1t was learn
ed today. The wedding date had beer
postponed, however. until later this
month on account of the death of Ar.
thur Griffith, president of the Dali Ell.
reann Cabinet.
Miss Herman, daughter Of a promi
nent business man of County Longford
already had bought her trousseau.