New-York tribune., 1922-05-25
Fears
New W ar in
Irish Compact
Collins Surrender TO De
Valera Taken as Step in
Renewal of Republic
Fight; Treaty Is Shelved
Whole of Ulster Ablazc
Border Protestants Fleeing
From Reprisals for Huge
Roundup of Sim Feiners

70" Tie Jribunos European Bl4recu
COPYRIGHT 1922, New York Tribune In..
LYNDON, May 21.-A grave crisis
IN IRISH affairs within the next week
seems inevitable unless the CoIlrs-
De Valera agreement on a coalition
Cabinet has Deen misinterpreted cd
members Of the Lloyd George govern
ment made no attempt to-day to h,Ge
their concern over the turn OF events
during the last few days The govern
hieht representatives. who were in
! S'ructed to make a full report as soon
aS informatlon regarding the compact
made IN Dublin reached London. have
lalled to quiet the fears of those re-
! sponslble for the Anglo-lrish relations
IN Parliament and in the press ;hc
greatest uneaslness is manifested and
everywhere the question is being asked.
Mlil the British army again be
obilged to intervene in Ireland?" There
IS tendency here to regard the agree
ment as declaration of war against
Ulster, in which guerrilla tactics have
oeen employed continuously. despite
the Anglo-Irish treaty, which, incider-
| tally, has now been shclved. alone With
Arthur Griffith, the moderate leader
10 Visit London Friday
winston Churchill. who has been in
trusted with the Irish negotiations for
several months, sent special alsinvitations
TO Collins and Griffith last Sunday to
come to London and discuss the agree
ment, and this evening ne announced in
Lne mouse OF Commons that they would
be here Friday.
The actio of .h. III :.
ment in causing the arrest Of several
hundred Sim Fein officers is regarded
as tantamount to the acceptance of tho
Ghalienge to war hurled by southern
rreland. Reprisa.s on a large scale are
feared by those who are acouain+a6
with recent developments on both sides
o. the Ulster border. Although a few
Engl!shmen with Ulster connections
are dellghted over the scrapping of the
, treaty, the majority of Brtons fear
that the action will be followed hv
such chaos that it will overshadow the
wild periods which ended in truce
last summer
Michael Collins may be able to draw
a prettier picture of the situation ere
ated by his alliance with De Valera. but
his speech in the Sim Fein National
Assembly is regarded here as a most
disturbing utterance. There is one
point upon which little light has been
thrown up to date. Nobody has ex-
planned IN satisfactory manner why
Collins yielded to radical De Valera at
a time when it was thought he could
have carried the country in general
| election.
That the Irish army irregulars form
powerful group is admitted in every
| quarter, but that the majority Of the
I IRISH people favor the treaty has been
claimed by Collins and Griffith even
since they took it over to Dublin last
december. If Collins has made an
agreement with de Valera simply to
tackle lister, then it is feared that he
Will make further concession and
! join de Nalera's campaign for repub-
nc and Engllshmen, of wha ateyer party
are not prepared to recognize repub-
lie in Ireland. If any new combina-
! ton should declare a republic. another
! bloody war would be fought.
The Irish republican army IS ad-
mlttedly in a strong position for war
having received a large quantity OF
stores from the evacuating British
forces. The leaders also have had al
opportunity to train their own men il
the open. The British army, on tn.
other hand. Is represented by ony 3
few detachments in the south of Ire
i ioHut DGl us lOlCeS III ulster NUMBER
several thousand first class troops.
IN presenting listers budget to tn.
northern Parliament this afternoon j,
was estimated that the cost Of specia
! police would be $4,000 900 half O
which had been granted by the West
minister Parliament. The governmen
said that satisfactory assurance ha,
been received from the British govern
ment regarding the equipment and up
keep Of a large force of special police
Serious incidents were reported to
! day IN various parts Of Ulster. Will,
| in Belfast there has been further shoot
! ings and bomb throwings without. how
ever. any fatalities. Protestant fami
lies along the border are reported a.
fleeing from their homes in fear of re
prisals from their homes of Irish repub
lcan army leaders Several railroa,
bridges were destroyed and only few
trains were able TO cross the border.