The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-11
AWAKENING NEEDED TO SAVE IRELAND; MANY
 HUNGRY, OUT OF WORK
By Daniel o,connelI

| DUBLIN, Nov. 1l.-"When will the Irish War be over?" writes a friend in New York to me- Two months" /" say the Free Staters. Never while England has the singlest vestige in Ireland" say the Republicans, but both of these views must be dis counted, for both are prejudiced on one side or the other,
 The whole truth of it is that the present state of affairs cannot con tinue. Ireland is facing bankruptcy and not alone that, but starvation. Unemployment is growing to an enor- nous extent. In Dublin it is bad. | Men are to be seen standing in groups at every street corner, and every day their ranks are swelling. The winter is here-and a cold, wet winter it has been so far. The warehouses are filling, and in the hospitals men, women and children are going hungry. That is the plain ] truth. And unless Ireland gets back to business quick and soon there will be no Ireland worth living, work ing or dying for.
 Profiteering is the rampant ques. tion in Dublin, There are rings and trusts and combinations, all with the common policy of being against reducing the cost of the necessities of life to the working man and his wife. The grocery stores and the bakeries are charging almost as much as they were in 1918 or 1919, and the saloon keepers ride in their auto. mobiles, while the wages of the work. man are being reduced by the trusts although the cost of living is being kept at the same high standard. l Dublin today is the dearest city in Europe. It is possible today to buy a suit of clothes in London for almost third of the cost of the same garments in Dublin.
 l Something must be done, and the Provisional Government recognizes that fact. But how they are to make a start Is the problem, President Cosgrave since he took up the reins of office has recognized that fact. In long conversation which I had with him recently he told me that the smashing of the food rings was the problem that must receive his immediate attention.
 The Republicans are burning build- I ings, holding up banks. Nobody is trying to develop business. Every thing that has not been torn down is at standstill. No Government ever faced such difficult period as the present Dail does.
 ! Theleais no doubt athat the over whelming majority of the people are in favor of the present regime. was going to write that they were supporting the regime, but they are not. Everything is being left to the Free State Army. They have to police the country, guard banks, round up the Irregulars and do keep ers' work in the prisons, with little or no assistance from the civilian population. 5
 Murders are being committed by wholesale. Men are being taken from their homes for their political opinions and summary justice inflict- ed upon them in the ditches of the country at midnight. .,- !, There is among the local population a very shrewd idea of who the per sons are who commit these terribla deeds, but nobody tells, for almcst everybody is afraid to do so. The Government recognizes that lwithcut establishing civic spirit as a Government it cannot live, and iI am inclined to the belief tha, sooner or later. when the people recogflze the gravity of the sttua- tion, they will come worwara and face the gangs of criminals who are making use of the present political situation to piunder and rob.
 spoke of publin's plight. But even worse Is that of Cork City. There. for all intents and purposes. the whole commercial life of the com munity has ceased. X,