Evening star., 1922-03-19
,RAPSLLOYDGE GEORGE.
FOR ULSTER CHAOS.
Marshal Wilson, Outlining
Peace Steps, Would Change
British Viewpoint.
By the Associa ted Press,

By the Associa ted Press.
BELFAST. March 18-The advice Of
Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Will
son, q former chief of the imperial
I! general stan and now member Of par
Lament from North Down, on the
| restoration Of order in Ulster was
| given to Sir James Craig. the Ulster
premier. today. in the form of letter
! which is regarded in political quar-
! ters as short "die-hard" manifesto.
The letter, dated "St. Patrick's Day."
! opens with denunciation Of the
policy of Prime Minister Lloyd
George, which, it declares, has re-
duced the twenty-six counties of
! south and west Ireland to "a welter
, OF chaos and murder difficult to be-
lieve and impossible to describe" and
ito q state of unrest, suspicion and
lawlessness" which has spread over
the frontier into the six counties of
Ulster.
Bitter Against Lloyd George.
Field Marshal Wilson's communica-
! ton describes it as "laughably i'm
! possible to believe that the Lloyd
George government can re-establish
| law and order in Ireland. because men
who are only capable of losing an
/
| holding an empire and still more, in
| capable Of regaining it,"
| The letter then outlines the writer's
| plans. the first object of which is to
win the British people to the side OF
| Ulster. There never was a more
says, than the English and the
Scotch and the Welsh. Tell
| them the real truth of what is not
going on in the south and west and
! what Is really passing in Ulster. Get
those splendid Britons on your side.
for with Britain with you there Ia
nothing which cannot be done, as
witness the last great war"
-Four Vital Suggestions.
Among the suggestions made in the
letter are:
/. Considerable alterations in the
commands and administration OF all
the armed forces, including the spe-
cials.
2. Reclass and readjustment cate
gories of the police and greatly
strengthen some Of them.
3. Redraft the laws for carrying
arms.
l. Take increased powers for rapid
portation and carrying of arms.
bombs. etc.
Announcing that he was submitting
separately detailed proposals of these
four points. the field marshal con-
cludes:
With Britain in active sympathy
and with the great addition in
strength which I hope my proposals
will give you. l think In the very
near future you will see wonderful
the moment must cause you grave
anxiety"
Soldiers Capture Barracks.
The conditions Of the recent rivalry
over the possession Of the barracks at
Limerick were reversed at Castleblay-
ney, County Monaghan, on st. Patrick's
day. republicans forces. adaerents Of
Of the local barracks, but the holiday
spirit being abroad. they left a force
Of only four men to hold the barracks
while the remainder were out cele-
the tha. national festival,
forces from the border seized the bar.
racks. locking the men Of the small
garrison within cells
When the republicans became awape
Of the loss Of the barracks they COM
Wandered the Hope Arms Hotel, named
after the same family as the famous
Hope diamond. They are we'll armed,
it is said although without their other
equipment, and expect reinforcements.
Rivals Patrol Streets.
A telephone call from Belfast to the
Hope Arms Hotel ELECTED the informa-
tion that the rival forces were patrol
ling the streets without ashes. MAIN
tanning friendly attitude toward each
other. The republicans in the hotel
complained that the equipment Of their
party was in the barracks without much
prospect Of their obtaining it There
was small probability Of bloodshed, it
was added. but question Of prin-
ciple was involved which was causing
the republicans to stand their ground
in the town.
The four men who were confined in
cells in the barracks we're released after
a short time. Two of them went to the
hotel and the others left town after
having been warned tiat they remained
at the peril Of their lives.
An Antrim road tramcar was bombed
this afternoon and resulted in one IA
tality and the wounding of several
passengers.
BOMBS USED ON FRONTIER.