New-York tribune., 1922-05-23
Provision for Election to
lest Popular Opinion
Sidetrackcd by Plan of
Collins and De Valera
Final Decision on
Issue Is Demanded
Murder of Member of
Ulster Parliament In.
spires Anger in North

opHUCht, l322, New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, May 22-It developed to-
day that the British government does
not accept the view that the trouble
IN the south Of ireland has been ironed
out by the peace agreement signed by
Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera
last Saturday, in which it was agreed
to hold An election under the joint
auspices OF the Free Staters and the
Republicans, The compact made in
Dublin between the warning factions
raises the serious question that the
treaty itself has been violated by its
terms This, Of course, raises q ques-
ton Of the validity Of the election, if
held IN accordance with the pact.
The situation was complicated by
the assassination IN Belfast this af-
ternoon of ". J. Twaddell a member
Of the Ulster Parliament from West
Belfast The North is aroused over
this act. for which the Republicans are
blamed, and is determined that the
South shall make amends
Winston Spencer Churchill, Colonial
Secretary, announced in the British
House Of Commons tonight that the
situation was such that he had invited
Collins and De Valera to come to Lon
don for conference. They will prob
IDLY reach here late this week.
Holds Pact Violates Treaty
1t IS known that the British govern
ment regards the Collins-De Valera
pact as an infraction of the spirit if
not the letter Of the treaty. The Of
fetal view here is that the terms of
the treaty will not have been carried
out until there IS an election in Ire
land of the straight issue Of whether
the treaty is acceptable to the people
That issue has been side tracked in
the deal made between the factions
for the sake Of peace. AS the situa
ton is seen from this angle there car
! be no real peace in Ireland until the
people get chance to put the Re
/ publicans III their place.
One point which is worrying the
Britjah government is the slogan OF
the Republicans that if they are beater
! in the south they will continue to stil
up trouble in Ulster The protection
OF this province is still in the hands
Of the British.
A fortnight ago Austen Chamberlain
the government leader, warned the pro
visional government publicly that the
time had come FOR it to show its power
as we'll as its desire to live up to the
provisions Of the treaty. The British
arc most reluctant to cmbroil them
selves again in the affairs of Ireland
! but it is known that large section OF
the Free Staters share the British view
! of the situation.
CriAfk
1t already has been shown in these
dispatches that Arthur Griffith hao
come to the conclusion that the time
| for a showdown with the Republicans
| had arrived There is reason to be
! licve that he gave assent to the Col
| INSIDE Valera pact with reluctance
and is now feeling sore because Col
! Inns forced his hand. Griffith is con
| frontcd by stiff combination in Col
| Inns and de Valera, but he has un-
canny knack Of coming out on top II
the long run. Collins seems to have
bought peace with the Republicans al
| he price Of fresh trouble with England
and Ulster. The Free Staters may be
able to dicker along with the Repub
| licans for time, but there must be q
/ showdown sooner or later and the
British government wants the ISSUE tc
| be fought out as soon as possible.
! The climax Of the week end dis
/ orders and murders in Belfast came
when Twaddcll was shot dead by three
gunmen. Coming up behind him they
riddled his body with revolver bullets
at distance of two yards. Mr., Twad
dell fell dead within fifty yards Of the
shop he owned in Garfield Street.
Twaddell Fifteenth Victim
a detective fired at the assassins
as they fed arross Royal Avenue, one
of the main thoroughfares Of the city
but they escaped unharmed into the
/ Smithfeld quarter. Twaddell was notet
for his violence in opposing the FEM
ans. His constituency in West Belfas'
is the same as that for which Devlr
sits in the imperial Parliament. He
was the fifteenth victim in the orgy
of shooting over the week end in Bel
fast, and there are twenty-one in the
hospital as well.
The shooting OF member of thu
Ulster Parliament is bound to lead tt
another round of reprisals in Ulster
The situation in the northern province
is thus going from bad to worse.
BELFAST, May % by The Associ
ated Press).-The killing of Twaddel