The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-28
London Letter
A. P. Correspondence

A@C@NA)tC-Ns June 2f.-kGaDAe SLIEeTJ-
Some relief has been brought to Eng
land by the decisive vote Of the Irish
people for acceptance of the treaty, yet,
even now no one ventures to predict
what the next chapter in Irish history
may produce. Many expect the dyed
in-the-woo1 republicans to try to save
the country from what they consider
yielding to the threats OF England, pos
sloly by arms and guerilla civil warfare.
Feeding on British.
Colonial Secretary Churchill again has
postponed his parliamentary explanation
OF the Irish situation until next week,
whiie next weeks events may dictate
announcer postponement- The position of
both Mr.. Churchill and Michael Collins
VINO apparently are working harmonious
~ Tor the same goal, are pointed to as
somewhat embarrassing On the one
hand' Mr. Churchill and the British cab
met do not wish to handicap Mr.. Col
Inns; on the other hand Collins, it is con-
sidered by observers here. would be
handicapped by giving his opponents
ground for saying he is feeding out of
the hand of the British government
which has been the line the followers
OF cannon De Valera has taken.
Light on Irish
While the selection has thrown light
upon the mind of southern Ireland, in
the north all does not go well. There
nave been symptoms of discomfort
among Ulsterites against their govern
ment' When the provisional government
OF the south took the reins and failed
10 punish assassins and hooters, the
northerners criticized this as proof that
the southerners were not capable of gov
erning themselves. In the past three
months more lawlessness has been re-
ported from Belfast than the south, and
many substantial people in Ulster were
beginning to make the same accusations
against the administration Of Premier
Craig as they did against Arthur Crit
llth and Michael Collins. Now however,
mas come the assassination Of Field Mar
shal Wilson still further to complicate
the situation.
The InternatIonale.
IN pre-war days "InternationaIe" was
word calculated to strike fear into the
hearts OF those who govern, but now.
with three international socialist confer
ences in existence, there are degrees of
soclaIstlc methods ranging from the
flaming red of Moscow to the pale shade
of the prosperous London suburb GoIders
Green, where this past week the con-
ference of the Second International was
held,
Game Of Bowls.
The gentle, game of bowls on beau
tiful lawn and feasts of English straw
berries occupied the spare moments of
the privy councillors, cabinet ministers
and former ministers Of European states,
who headed by Arthur Henderson, lead
er of English Isborites, discussed serious
economic questions in three languages.
Not even red necktie was in evidence
among the prosperous, responsibIe-look-
ing, frock-coated politicians, who gave
the meeting a distinctly bourgeois ap-
pearance.
Denounee Brothers.
Bitter denunciation Of their brother.
or half-brother socialists at Moscow for
their communistic methods in dealing
with the social revolutionary prisoners
on trial in the Russian capital marked
the sessions
The difference between British labor
and Russian communists" said Arthur
Henderson in his presidential address,
els the difference between democracy
and dictation," and there were other
sharp CTlIlCISInS OF DOlSheVlk methods.
Princess at Ball.
The social affair of the week after the
courts at Buckingham Palace was the
ball given by the Duchess of Dovenshire
Friday to which went some 400 guests,
among them Princess Mary and other
royalties. The ball has been pointed to
as an illustration of the changes which
the war has brought to many of the
greatest families.
A year ago the Duke of Dovenshire
sold his historic mansion in Picadilly,
where generations of his ancestors were
accustomed to entertain on a princely
scale more than thousand guests, who
could be accommodated comfortably. To-
day the windows of Dowenshire House
are bare and gloomy; an immense sign,
For Sale" makes a vain appeal to a
multi-millionaire who is not forthcoming
and who is almost non-existent in Eng
land. Apparently the syndicate which
embarked on this enterprise made a bad
bargain.
The Dovenshire town house now is in
Carlton Gardens, one Of the most i'm
portant residential roads, but which isl
in nowise comparable to Dovenshire
House.