The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
Free State Chiefs Must
Check Warfare, Under
Threat of Invasion.
LAST E DICT LEADS
TO ARREST OF REBEL
Irish Parliament Meets
Saturday to Act on
Demands by British.

LONDON, June 27.-The Irish
provisional government is now
launched in a sea of troubles out
of which it must swim by its own
efforts. or sink, the Lloyd George
government having charged the
Free State leaders with sole re-
sponsibility for restoring and main
tanning order in Southern Ireland.
The next fortnight is expected to
be a critical one in the history of
Anglo-Irish relations, as the British
government is demanding a prompt
assertion of authority on the part
of Michael Collins and his advisors.
Must Disperse Army.
The new Irish parliament. meet
ing Saturday. must face at the out
set the specific demands laid down
by the British government as fol-
lows:
l. Disperse the rebel Irish Repub-
lican army.
.. Clear Dublin of revolutionary
elements which the British regard
as controlled from the stronghold
of Rory O'Connor, chief of the in
surgent army, in the Four Courts.
,. Proceed to govern the country
or Great Britain will act.
The changed tone OF the British
spokesmen following the broadside
in commons Monday was shown at
tOday's session when Winston
Churchill. Colonial minister. reply
ing to a question regarding the
Irish crisis. said:
oh. yes. there are two sets OF
courts interfering with each other,
reversing each others decisions. re-
pudiating each others authority
and generally bringing the whole
process OF the administration or
justice into confusion and con-
tempt"
Rebel Leader Arrested.
The provisional ~sgovernment
quickly followed the British dema nd
for action. not only by arresting
Michael Henderson. one of the rebel
leaders in control Of the -Four Courts.
but by issuing a proclamation de-
claring war on all insurgent and
lawless elements.
"Since the close Of the genaral
election in which the peoples will
was ascertained." the proclamation
said. there have been further grave
acts against the security of person
and property In Dublin and else
where by persons pretending to act
with authority. 1t is the duty of
the government to which the peo-
ple have trusted their defense and
the conduct of affairs to protect
the security of all law respecting
citizens and that duty we well reso-
lutely perform.
"Outrages against he nation and
and forever For months past all
classes Of business have suffered
severely from the feeling of fnse-
curity engendered by reckless and
wicked acts which have tarnished
the reputation of Ireland abroad
The government Is determined
that the country shall be no lonGef
held up from the pursuits of normal
life and tn re-establishment of
free national institutions. There
fore. it calls on all citizens to CO.
operate actively"
Issues Defy to Collins.
The arrest of Henderson. on or
ders issued by Michael Collins. was
followed quickly by retaliatory
move. The insurgents arrested
Lieut. Col. O'ConneIl. assistant chief
VI stan OF tne FTPe state army
next in authority to O'Dufy. He
was formely in the American army.
The chief of the insurgent army.
Rory O'Connor. then issued a defy
to the Free State government.
IF Collins is going to clear us
out Of the four courts, we are
ready for him when he comes"
O'Connor declared.
~
between the Free State and rebel
forces are expressed in dispatches
from Dublin.
The situation on the border be-
tween Ulster and Southern Ireland
Is tranquil. At Belfast. Premier
Sir James Craig announced that as
an experiment. the Pettigo-Beleek
salient would be neutralized under
the control of British troops. who
will occupy a zone of two and one
half miles on each side of the
border.
Realize Penalty Of Failure.
There is no doubt here but that
Collins and Griffith will be able to
repress the revolutionary element
II they retain enough self-confi-
dence to exercise flrmness Leading
hgures in the Irish Republican
army who are still loyal TO the
Free state despite De Valera's de-
fection, should be able to control
three-fourths or even four-fifths of
the lighting men, it is estimated
here
Grifhth, Collins and other Free
state leaders know the penalty for
Ireland's faiIura 20 Ooyarp baz.o,f
VIII be reconquest by Great Brit
ain. Hence there is confidence in
government circles here that the
Free State leaders will do their
utmost to crush out the extremists