Evening star., 1922-02-15
Dublin Carrying on Business
Much As in Days Before War
Crowds Throng Streets of Most English of Irish Cities
People Want Free State and Peace-I,2O0
Policemen May Lose Jobs.

I estant Church of Ireland. squires who
have chosen the way of the English
above their own. Trinity College. a
formidable Pile in the very center of
the town. has leayened it: the castle
has dominated IT. and a numerous
| garrison has at all times held IL in
| thrall. The Shelbourne Hotel. the
! city's leading inn, today is much more
( British than, Irish. Afternoon tea fills
| its recreation rooms and Gaelic is not
! spoken at its desk.
IT required a supreme struggle for
OConnell to muster enough malcon-
| tents under his banner to make the
| Easter revolution more than a b-awl
| The people OF Dublin. whose sQualor
| outrivals that of any city Of the
l nited Kingdom. have been depend
ent On the Anglo-Irish for so long
! they have generally lost whatever
spark of nationalism they might ever
have had. While the Intellectual lead
| ers of their race fumed and fought
] the rank and file remand Quiescent
| for the most part.
City Hopes Against Strife.
In the south and west the peas
ants conceived themselves TO be the
! victims OF the English mobiles and
squires because of agrarian problems.
| In Dublin the work;nen. practically un-
skilled and unorganized. have existed by
serving the ruling class in one day and
another.
than some other OF the Irish communi-
ties. may find excuse for her ready
lapse into the ways Of normalcy and
| for her tievout desire that the peace
which now exists may remain as a per-
nanent blessing.
Wherever I have Gone-to jarvey
and pub. to metropolitan policeman and
bank manager, to clerical and shop
keeper. 10 l. r. A. and soiicitor-I have
found the same feeling:
I'VE have peace now. Let us continue
to have il. The civil war We had for
; so long was unbearable. We are for the
free state and Arthur Griffith and Mich
ael Collins il they only give us peace. :"
J The cry is all for peace in Dublin,
, peace at any price. There is patriotism.
people are fed UP on war. willing to
, take home rule, willing to take most
anything that assures them freedom
! from shooting. martial law and ruined
trade.
Dublin Partial TO Crown.
The last of the soldiers were expect
! ing soon to leave Dublin ] came ia.
, and news of the rapprochement between
Michael Collins and Sir James Grail
over the Ulster differences was not old
There was universal satisfaction and
hope that Ulster might be brought into
! the Free State union and that Ireland
! might be truly united as a dominion
under the crown. But under the crown,
for Duhlinites are partial to the crown.
The Dublin metropolitan police. the
| finest looking body of cons;ables l ever
have seen. are in precarious condition
as this is written. Twelve hundred
strong, the pick Of Dublin. all over six
feet tall they face mastering out by
the Free State authorities because in
the early days of the war they fought
with republicans. They are a splendid
corps. capable. self-restrained and ply
eically immense, Vet they fear they will
be sacrificed TO the greed for place and
the vengeful spirit touched on In ms
first letter.
They might be imported TO America
for police duty with profit.