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OK COLLINS ADVISES ULSTER TO JOIN IRISH FREE STATE
I'm UNITED ERIN WHICH WILL SERVE BOTH BEST AS RAG

with such association Drassm
win have no ground (r Dowss1
for intsrfsrsncs, and the NsrtA-
East - genuine cause eor eom-
plaint HaA W bssa abss - -
tablisA . Rspubiie - enos ~ are
an now agreed that that was not
possible) We whoulA have had
to use our resources 70 ooerce
North-East Ulster into submits
sion. VIM anyone contend that
such coercion. II It had succeeded.
would have had the lasting effects
which oonvsrsioA on our side. and
soquissosaes % theirs. WIN pre-
duoo.
The Nerth-Dast has - b. natien-
alised. Union must cems first.
Unity first - . means - fan frss.
dom. Our freedom thsa will BE-
built on the unshakabls fourda-
ton Of . united people. united in
every WY. n economic co-opera-
ton IN national outlook.
I have smphasised our desire
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Of an other arrangements relative
to tho province Of shantung."
When tho japanese entered
Shantung the japanese soldiers
insulted American missionaries,
outraged multitudes Of Chinese
peasants and demanded vast sup
plies Of foods and animals. No
money was paid.
CRUELTIES TO NATIVES.
Natives in Shantung have been
brutality dispossessed Of lands.
stores, fisheries. salt works. ORCH
ards and business establishments
Of all kinds.
As In Korea, peasants have been
strung up by the thumbs. made in
winter to walk naked into the
streams. Hot oil has been forced
down their threats. They have
been forced to walk on hot iron.
Taxes have been imposed for
births and deaths.
Maligning stories have been
spread by the Japanese about
American missionaries. Chinese
Christians have been locked In
dark rooms without food or water
for days at q time to enforce the
conviction that 1t Is unsafe to deal
with American missionaries.
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Long ago setting chief against
chief served Its purpose IN PRO-
viding tho necessary excuse for
declaring our lands forfeited.
Plantations by Britain's agents fa!-
lowed. The free men Of Ireland
became serfs on the lands Of their
fathers. Ireland by these means
was converted into q British besf
farm. and when by force OF change
and circumstances these means ~
came outworn the good results
were continued by setting religion
against religion and then worker
against worker.
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Religious Bias Famed

II we were to DO kept in sub.
lection We must be kept upart.
One creed was pampered white the
other was oppressed. Protestant
and Catholic came to mean the
ono who had and the one who had
not. And. by . natural process.
he who had learned to fear came
to oppress him who had not.
Manufactures Of every kind had
been discouraged and destroyed
throughout the greater part OF Ire
land in Britain's interests. Then
the boom in British trade. which
occurred early In the nineteenth
century and the depression in asri-
culture. gave tho opportunity 70
point to the superior qualities OF
tho Protestant in the industrial
North-East They gave another
reason to prejudice him against
his Catholic oountrymen.
But NORTHEAST Ulster had not
nourished and could not flourish
under this gross interference Of
economic laws. It has resulted
only in . general decline in proc.
perity throughout the whole coun-
try; only In an uneconomio dis
tribution Of the disappearing
wealth; only by contrast. In an ap-
pearanco Of prosperity In one sec.
tion Of tho people ~ compared
with tho other.
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trate this article largely on II.
No better subject could DO pre-
scented than Shantung.
Shantung IL known as "the
cradle Of Chinese civilization" and
Is referred to a. ''the holy land
Of tho Chinese people" Tho
province has kept the Orient in
q turmoil since its award to
japan at Paris.
THE SHANTUNG GRAB.
It Is one Of tho richest of
Chinese provinces, has a popula-
ton Of more than 10000, 900 and
has historical associations dear to
China. 1t is the land of the
fighting men Of China. 1t Is a
large producer Of copper, lead,
anthony. silver. sulphur and
inter. 1t produces many semi
precious stones and its sxfeams
are wealthy in gold. But all
these yield in importance to the
deposits Of iron and coal.
Through Shantung runs the
Yellow river. This, with the
Grand canal, connects Picking and
Tien-Tsin with the Yangtze river.
To give Shantung to any power
would be to turn over complete
control not only Of a tremend-
ously rich and heavily populated
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sned nation would accept tho
crumb of freedom offered by tho
act. Britain, with her idea of the
principles of self-determination
satisfied, would wear q white sheet
once more before the world.
There was probably an under
standing, too, with the Orange
leaders. The act entrenched them
Tor appeared to) within the SIX
counties. No doubt both the Brit
ish and Orange leaders had It In
mind that IL q bigger settlements
had ultimately 70 be made with
Ireland position was secured
from which they could bargain.
In any settlement" the North
East was to be let down gently
by the British government. Pam
pered for so long. she had learn
cd to dictate to and to bully tho
nation TO which she. proposed to
bs loyal. She must be treated
with tact In regard to any change
of British policy towards Ireland.
She had been very useful When
the Partition act failed to achieve
what was expected Of It. and when
the terror failed. q real settlement
with Irelands became Inevitable.
The North East was now no longer
useful to prevent Irish freedom.
but she could be useful In another
way.
She could buttress Britain in
Britain's determination that, WHILE
agreeing to our freedom, Ireland
must remain associated with the
British group Of nations. Britain's
reason for insisting upon this ~
ISOLATION ~ . minimum Ii that she
believes II necessary for her own
national safety.
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province but also control Of tho
Grand canal and Of the internal
commerce and communication of
all China. The western part Of
Shantung juts into China. The
railroad built by the Germans and
controlled by the Japanese sx-
tends 800 miles westward.
In compensation for the MUIR
der of two missionaries. Germany
in 1897 seized the important port
Of Kiaochow and in the next year
exacted a ninety-nine-year lease.
following with a protectorate.
GERMANY's OCCUPATION.
Germany. under the terms Of
the lease. built Notifications At
Tsing-tao, commanding the bay,
and also built q railroad back to
Tsinan. capital Of tho province.
Administration of this territory
was by the German navy.
Japan during the war took over
Kiaochow, promising to give 1t
back to China after the wa. In
the Versailles treaty Germany re-
nounced "in favor Of Japan all
her rights, titles, and privileges
which she acquired in
virtue Of the treaty concluded
with China on March 6. 1898, and
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TY AND DRUGS JAPANS TOOLS TO STRANGLE CHINA

japanese are well known. They
form part Of the general i'm
preston of the average Amer
lean concerning Japan's gradual
invasion Of China.
But more important than
atrocities to persons is the po-
litical and economic program
by which Japan has frustrated
China and by which she has
been slowly but determinedly
and steadfastly achieving DOM
nance over the vast nation she
hopes some day to bring en-
tirely within the Mikado's con-
troll.
Today We see China with two
capitals, each clamoring that 1t 10
the official seat Of government
and representative Of the nation.
But one, tho Canton faction. Is
clear Of japanese influence. The
other, at Picking. Is under Japan
ESQ dominance. Those who know
tho history Of Japan in the last
few decades are aware that the
government which submits to
Japan is not representative OF the
republican ideals Of the vast ma
jority Of tho Chinese people.
SOUTH CHINA'S REVOLT.
China Is thus in the unique posi-
ton and Quandary Of possessing
two governments, one at Picking.
which the powers recognize. and
the other at Canton, which almost
all Chinese in the United States
uphold. The peculiar feature Of
this unusual situation IL that both
factions in China swear allegiance
to tho same flag.
With $1o.0o0,00O borrowed from
Japan and with Japanese urging,
Japan having obtained railway and
mining rights in Manchuria, the
Pekingese government established
q new Parliament. which became
known A. the Bogus Parlia-
ment." It elected a. President,
Hsu shi-Chans.
The Pekingese obtained control
Of Canton, but only temporarily,
for in 1890 the Picking militarists
were driven out. the Canton Par
lament was reassembled and DR..
Sun again named President.
That the Japanese control the
Picking government Is the charge
of every Cantonese. And this
charge IL borne out not only by
tho fact Of japanese loans to
Picking and concessions given to
Japan as a result. but also by
tho testimony Of foreigners in the
Far East.
China is a country Of many
provinces, Of many dialects and Of
many customs and types OF peo-
pie. Perhaps, to show Japan's
program in China, It is we'll to
select one province and concen-
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Jeopardize Freedom

And that How Soon may depend
largely upon US, upon ourselves OF
Nationalist ireland. What II the
Orangemen were to get new allies
in place Of the departing British
The opposition Of Mr.. de Valera
and his followers TO tho treaty h
already prejudicing tho chances Of
unity. A the division in our own
ranks has become moro apparent,
the attitude Of Sir James Craig
has hardened. Tho organized ruf.
fianism OF tho Northeast has bro
ken out afrcsh. British troops
have boon hurried 10 tho North
east. Tho evacuation has been
suspended.
So long - there aro British
troops in Ireland % long VIII tho
Orangcmen hold out. While they
can look to Britain they VIII not
turn toward the South. They arc
not giving up their ssoondancy
without . struggle.
Any Irishman who creates and
supports division amongst us ID
xgtanding In tho way Of . united
Ireland. While tho treaty L.
threatened tho British will remain.
While tho British remain the
Northeast will keep apart. Just
- the evil British policy Of divide
and rule II about to end forever,
we sre threatened with . now divi-
sion, jeopardising tho hopes Of
Irish rule.
No geographical barrier could
have succeeded In dividing 1re-
land. The four or ok counties are
not counties Of Great Britain. they
are counties OF Ireland. While
Britain governed Ireland. The
North-EAst could remain apart,
giving allegiance when We gave
revolt. Once England sursndsrs
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statesmen at Warrington. And d.
spite OF II all We 80 our navy
slashed. We nesd to prepare
against Japan. Instead We are
helping Japan prepare against u.
Japan IL afraid that the sudden
transfer Of the railway to CHA
would adversely affect her COM
mercial interests. Control Of tie
railway and its adjoining mines
would give Japan control Of the
Grand Canal and the rivers and
the proximity OF chanting to
China, control Of the Chinese EN-
pire.
JAPAN'S PROGRAM.
Whatever the outcome Of thu
Shantung contDversy. Japan viii
DO insistent on this program:
THAT China build q railroad
from Chefoo or Lungkow to
connect with the Kinochow!Tsin-
anru Railway: II necessary. on
capital borrowed from Japan. The
loan would give Japan q mortgage.
C-That China open commercial
ports in Shantung. these 10 b.
designated by Japan.
Q-Permission to japanese sub
jects in South Manchuria to
lease or buy land and to travel and
engage in any business whatever
under japanese Jurisdiction, The
controlling influence thus given
Japan il obvious.
d-China to build railways In
South Manchuria, borrowing
capital from Japan, II necessary.
Thus another mortgage.
XII China IL to employ advisers
in South Manchuria, japanese
are to be employed first. Jaran's
control over administrative func-
tons would be thus assured.
h>hihe W Vpoh AZ Gh10Sofh
Inner Mongolia commercial
ports to foreigners, to be desiC.
mated by japan.
7-China to consent to an agree
ment between tho big steel
company Of shantung and yapa-
nese capitalists. Again We have
An instance Of Japan's purpose Of
controlling shantuns industries
through loans.
Q-China not to lease or ceds to
any Power any bay, hartor or
island along the Chinese cost.
O-Japaness may lease or pur-
chase land in the interior CT
China for schools and hospitals.
1O-That there shall be joint
arsenals.
1.-THE question Of missionary
propaganda shall be neso-
tiated.
The last Is significant when It II
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Prosperity Waning

The population Of Ulster has de-
creased by ons-third since the
forties. It is true that the populA
ton OF Belfast has increased In
the last two generations. but the
two counties Of Antrim and Down
In which Belfast II situated con-
tain today fewer people than BE-
fore tho famine Of 1746-7-s.
Emigration has steadily In.
creased. The number OF emigrants
from Down and Antrim. including
Belfast. has in the last ten years
moro than doubled that Of ths pre-
ceding ten years.
II thsrs has been any gain In
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her right to govern NJ a. she has
done under the treaty. she sur
renders her power to divide ~.
With tho British gone, the incenr
tive 70 divisIon b gone. Tho fact
Of union b too strong 70 b Inter.
fered with without the presence Of
the foreigner bent on interfsreacs.
With the British gone, tho Orange
man loses that support which
aI0ne made him stronS enough -
keep his position Il domination
and isolation.
Without British support he b.
comes what he y, one Of . minor.
ity in the Irish nation. HIS rights
are the same ~ those Of every
Irishman. but he has no rights
other than those.
But Britain leaves behind . fse-
midabIc legacy In the partitioa Of
view. That b there md Il has
TO be dealt with. IL b for a., -
whom union ID IN article Of our
national faith. to deal with II.
Once tho British sse gone, I -
Hove We can win our countryWe0
to allegiance 70 our own country.
Let US convince them Of eur god
will toward them. Tho first way
Of doing this b unity among cur
selves.
We have the task before IN to
impregnats our Northern country
men with the national outlook.
We have . million Protestant
Irishmen to convert out Of our
small population ol four and half
millions. Ii not that incentive
enough to cause NJ 70 join to-
gether to win . far greater victory
than ever We got against the
Britishf
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In Picking the japanese have .
daily paper in English warning OF
the danger Of Americanism In
China In this paper the Ameri-
can missionaries are accused OF
bringing the opium trade to maLy
who never used drugs. They are
accused Of exhorting Chinese to
slay japanese officials.
In short. Japan desires China.
The Americans are an influence
against this absorption. So the
Americans are bitterly assailed to
inflame the Chinese against them.
Korea Ii in the japanese fold.
much against her will. Of course.
Manchuria il In the Mikado's grip.
Tokyo IL fast engulfing Siberia.
She is gradually seizins China
What next?
SEES PERIL TO AMERICA.
Next-and ask any white man
who has been in tho Far East
next II America. These articles
have been written for the specific
purpose Of bringing before Amer
leans N forcefully as I can put
the truth Of conditions in the Far
East the menace Of the Japanese
peril to the United States. This
menace has time and again been
pounded into the heads of our
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wealth In North East Ulstor, a.
compared with the rest of Ireland,
II II obvious that that wealth has
not percolated through to tho
workers for their veal. They, too.
like their poor countrymen In Corr
nemara. have had to seek bcttor
economic conditions In America
and other countries.
Capitalism has como, not only
TO serve Britain's purposes By
keeping tho people divided, but BY
setting worker against worker, Il
has profitcd BY exploiting both. IL
works on religious prejudices. It
represents 70 the Protestant work
man any attempt by tho Catholic
workman to got improved condi-
lions - the cloak for some In
sidious political game.
Such . policy-the policy Of d.
vide and rule, and tho opportunity
Il gives for private economic op-
pressios,-could bring nothing but
evil and hardship 10 tho whole Of
Ireland.
II Britain had not maintained
her Interference and carried out
her policy. the planters would have
become absorbed In the. old Irish
way. Protestant and Catholic
would have learned to live side by
side In amity and cooperation.
Freedom would have come long
ago. Prosperity would have como
with It. Ireland would have taken
her rightful place In the world
the place due to her by her natural
advantages: the place due to her
by the unique and diverse charso-
ter Of her people
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Foothold on Liberty.

for national unity above al things.
I have stated our desire TO win
the North East for Ireland. We
mean to do our best in . peaceful
way. and II We fail the FAULT win
not be ours. In the event Of fsil-
urs. the position win be. N I stat
ed to an American interviewer the
other day. that. In the words Of
the old Irish proverb. 1.-THE cos
Cd hand gets only the shut fist"
The freedom We have secured
may Internationally be INCOMPLETE.
But II II the nearest approach 70
IN absolutely independent and uni
fled Ireland which We can achieve
Amongst ourselves 1t the prevent
moment. It certainly gives US
the best foothold for final prog.
ress,
Lst ID not waste our energies
brooding over the moro We might
INV w. 4OI VI AOOA upOu WHAT
We have got. It II . measure Of
freedom. with which We can make
an actual living Ireland when left
to ourselves. Let us realize that
the frse Ireland obtained BY the
treaty n the greatest oompon
measure Of freedom obtsinsbie
now. and the most pregnant for
further development. The free
dom We have got Gives us scope
for al that We can achieve BY the
most strenuous united effort Of
the present generation to refund
Ireland.
Can We not ali jofn together 10
save the Irish ideal. freedom and
unity. and to mako II . reailty7
r0ther Articles BY BAichsd Col
lins win follow In The Sunday
Washington Times.1
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UNITY is ONLY HOPE
FOR REAL FREEDOM,
CEIIEFTAIN DECLARES
ANY lrishman who Creates Division Amongst
Us is Standing In the Way and Is Aiding
Britatn-Who Will Not Say That England'S
Policy of Divide and Rule Has Made Ulster
Suffer MoSt?"

THESE historic articles (ths 70 the srth) ,oritten By
i Michael Collins head of the provisional gov-
s,nent Of the Irish Free State, erclMsiuey for the
Hearst gve the first inside history that has been ,cr
ten OF the secret negotiations Nth the British govern
".ent chich Don Irish freedom the anartten chapters
Of tho irish Revolutionary War, and the plans of the
MeU provisional government The articles, cabled to
the Sunday Washington Times and other Hearst
papers published the neat day in ireland and also
IN England by newspapers to ,Ohich at the request of
Mr.. Collins. the right Of publication given By Mr.
Hearst
BY MICHAEL COLLINS,
Head of the Provisional Government of Irish Free State
Minister of Finance Irish Republic.
Chairman Committee Now Drafting Constitution Irish
Free State
Chief Of Intelligence Department Irish Republican Ary
Copyright in Great Britain and Stats1
Copyright In the U. g. By The Star Company, lsssJ
DUBLIN March 49,
WHILE the terror in Ireland was at its height the
w British cabinet passed the government Of Ireland
act, 1920, better known as the partition act
It is not quite clear what was in the minds Of the
British prime minister and his cabinet In passing this
measure. Nobody representing any Irish constituency
voted for it in the British Parliament.
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Tho twenty-six counties took
advantage Of its election machinery
emily to repudiats the act and to
secure . fresh mandate from tho
people. Otherwise the act was
completely ignored by US.
In tho remaining six counties
almost one-fourth of the candidates
werA returned In non-recognition
Of the act, while Sir James Craig
himself said they land his friends)
accepted the Parliament conferred
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upon them By the act only a. .
great ncriflce."
The act was probably intended
for propaganda purposes. It might
do to ailay world cr1tic1sm-to
draw attention away from British
violence for = month or two
longer. At the end Of that period
ireland would. It was hoped. have
bsen terrorised into submission.
That desired end gadned, . chast-
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Shantung Grab Cited
as Typical Of Nippon
csc Policy-Ameri-
can Missionaries Ac-
cuScd of Crimes.
United States the
Goal of Prey Some
Day, HE Asserts.

recalled that In Korea the mission
aries have been savagely aseailed
In many ways BY the japanese, b.
cause Christian teachings have In
spired In the Koreans a determine
ton for liberty. Many TRACES.
including massacrea. have been
committed in Korean churches -
tablished BY missionaries.
SINISTER FEATURES.
Thus, Japan. militarfly and COM
mercially and politically, has North
China ut her mercy.
These are Japan's excuses In her
attempt to Justify her policy in
China:
Japan must have room for COL
onixation and considers Manchu-
ria and Eastern Inner Mongolia
a. legitimate fields for this sx-
pansion.
Japan must have room for COM
mercial expansion and considsrI
an China q legitimate field.
JAPAsl'S LAME EXCUSES.
In her political activities Japan
10 merely trying to protect China
against her own weakness, which
10 . menace at once to both ma
tons"
Japan holds II her duty and
responsibility that the peace Of
the Far East be maintained.
A. . matter Of fact, her geo
sraphy has denied Japan the greaA
wealth to which she aspires. So
she seeks II by force. She has ao-
quired some Of the riches she
seeks by conquest Of Korea and by
invasion Of Siberia and Manchuria-,
She Ia after further spells in China
and eventually, of course. in
America
(Next week Mr.. Ward
will write Of Japan's e.
forts to extend her dom
nation throughout the
islands of the Paciflc.)
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By willy Loans She
Has Obtained Pos
session of Economic
Concessions, Asserts
Robert L. Ward,
American Business
Man, Back From
Orient.

In the fourth of a series
of articles recounting Ja-
pans Gggressions to gain
military, political and eco
nonaic dominance in the
Far East, Robert L. Ward
today presents tho plight
of China, the cast nation
Of 40O,000,000 persons that
Japan is gradually absorb
ING.
Mr.. Ward, an American
business man aOho recently
returned home after three
years in the Orient, has
told ho1D Japan epsnared
Korea, invaded Siberia and
Manch,lria, and secretly Is
building submarines and
piling up munitions toaoard
tAat day ,Ohen, he believes,
she aOiH attack America in
fulfillment of her final
purpose of conquest.
BY ROBERT L. WARD.
0HINA, one of the most
~ mammoth nations of
the world in population
and area, somnolent for
centuries, is striving with
might and main to shake
off the lethargy Of time
and establish herself in
the position her strength
in population and her ex-
tent in area and natural
resources entitle her to at
tain.
But China, like 80 much
of the Far East, is in the
nefarious grip of the all
seeking octopus, Japan.
Outrages in China by the