New-York tribune., 1922-02-10
ConstabularyRcportedTo TO
Be MobiIizing; Fresh
Attacks on Catholics
in North Are Feared
200 Raid Captives
Held, 4 More Taken
Bill 10 Make Treaty Ef-
fcclivc Introduced in
Commons as Peace Aid
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LONDON, Feb. 9.AUlsters 20O-miIe
frontier from Bcllcck to Portsdown is
guarded tonight by more than 5000
armed mon, tho special troops called
out by the Belfast Cabinet to stop kid
mapping raids from the south. Nearly
200 Ulstcrmcn arc still held captive in
South Ireland by the Sim Fciners who
seized them in yesterdays raids, and
the danger of rcprsals is still great.
Fears arc expressed in dispatches from
ireland that the new hostility which
has broken out between North and
South may destroy the truce and bring
back anarchy.
In an effort to cmpowcr the Dublin
provis sonal government to check the
activities of the rnidcrs tho British
government to-day introduced in the
House Of Commons bill giving lcgs-
latvc effect to tho Anglo-Irish treaty
provisions. 1t will come up for action
a week from to-day. 1t was greeted
from All sides with declarations that
the Irish situation was extremely grave
Hostages 10 BE Retained
Tho commandant Of the Irish re-
publican army at Clones, the border
town whore tho raids apparently were
organized said to-day that the host
age would not be freed until the Sim
Fcincrs in Ulster jais were released.
This lnclrCo Of foot hall nj,
crs who were arrested two months ago
for carrying arms on the way to a
game. All the players were members
OF the Sim Fein army. The Clones
commandant threatened more raids f
these men were not let out.
Members of the republican army and
the Irish constabulary patrolcd the
streets Of Clones to-day side by side.
There was no disorder At Ennis
killcn there was some shooting, but no
casualties were reported.
Michael Collins, chairman Of the
Free State government, tonight re-
ceivcd a telegram from the Tyrone
council saying that the Ulster special
constabulary, comprised wholly of
Orangemen. was mobiliZing and out
breaks against the Catholics were
feared. Collins sent copies of the tele-
gram to the Belfast and British gov
ernments pointing out the dangers of
mobilization. The Ulster Home Sec
retary sent strong protest to Vice
roy Fitz Alan against the raids and
the detention Of leading Unionists.
Republican Plot Suspected
Despite Collns's explanation that
the raids we're brought about by the
slowncss Of the British in granting a
reprievc to Sim Fencrs in the Lon
dondcrry jail. the belief prevails in
London that the disorders were part Of
a republican plot to embarrass the Col
Inns Griffith faction in south Ireland.
Arthur Griffith, president of the Dali
Eireann, was in conference this morn
ing with Premier Lloyd George and
Austen Chamberlain, government leader
in the House of Commons. The min
istry met before noon to discuss the
situation, but lad little additional
news, as telegraph wires were cut in
many places during the raids and com =
munication with remote places in
Ulster is impossible.
Collins is being pressed on all sides
to use all the power he can command
to stop the raids and stabilize the
country for the sake of future peace.
The British government is supporting
the Collins Griffith Free Staters in
their efforts to check the extremists
responsible for the outragcs, and the
London press unitcdly backs the Cab
met in the steps it has taken to restore
peace.
Duffy Defends Raiders
Owen Duffy, chief of staff Of the
Irish republican army in q statement
issued in Dublin said:
There is limit to human endur-
ancc, and the evident intention of the
northern government to hang the three
Londonderry prisoners, the erection Of
scaffolds and the bringing of hang
man into the prison were eliminating
points. know my old volunteer COM
radcs in Ulster and | know the stuff
they are made Of
Winston Spencer Churchill, chairman
Of the British Cabinets Irish Affairs
Committee in the House of Commons
to-day said the British had sold a guam
tity of police arms, munitions and mo-
tor trucks to the Tree State govern
ment. He asserted that it was impos-
sblo to fix the exact. date when the
last English troops would be with
drawn from Ireland. None of the mem-
bers anxious to obtain information
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