San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18

less boys have virtually said to the
mass of the Irish people:
You say you want peace in Ire
land and that the treaty with Eng.
land establishing the Irish Free State
is the way to peace with liberty and
self-rule. Well, We will not let you
have peace!
But that can't 60 on for long.
You can't set yourself up against
the clergy, the press and practically
the bulk of the people.
'sTo murder fine old men, to burn
down houses, to destroy barns doesn't
convert the Irish people. 1t simply
stiffens them in their determination to
see this thing through and support
orderly government.
81 expect to see great things in
Ireland. We have q good chance, a
rich soil and an Industrious people.
Give US peace and you will find Ire
land a rich and happy nation.
What little Denmark can do, we
can more than duplicate because we
will have the thing the world wants
eggs, bacon, butter, cheese, flax.
Cause for Satisfaction.
"As an old fighter for ireland, 1t
does my heart good when I see them
changing the guard here at the vice
regal lodge, not because Tim Healy
is the occupant Of it, but because of
what it all means-soldiers of the
Irish Free State carrying the flag. of
that state, changing the guard of this
lodge occupied by an untitled Irish
man sprung from the plain people.
"We have a splendid. honorable
peace with England. The Irish peo-
pie are masters in their own house
and Irish soldiers in Irish green are
on guard.
Il am convinced that most Ameri-
cans, like most Irishmen and most
Britons, are delighted that at last
the old quarrel has been honorably
settled and that Ireland on st. Pat
rick's Day, 1923, can look forward
to bright hopes instead Of backward
to tragic memories"
Favorite photograph of the governor
general of Ireland who looks to a
bright future for Free State.
The Irish government is carrying
on all the functions of a government,
yet has to keep itself behind barred
doors in its own capitalists is one
of the striking anomalies of the Irish
Free State.
The circumstances is not due to lax
government or to personal cowardice
of governments officials. 1t is due to
the kind of war that is being carried
on against 1t.
The Dublin police force is a splen-
did body of men which keeps order
on the streets and regulates traffic
with ease. The Irish Free State army
under General Mulcahy is a WELL
disciplined, well-equipped organization
of 10000 men, the proof of whose
energy is that about 500 irregulars
are in prison.
Guerrilla Warfare Carried On.
But the irregulars are elusive. They
bob up near Cork one day, near Dub
lin or Wexford few days later. They
come out of the fog and vanish into
the mist. The hillsides know them
and the waste places. And you can't
tell who is an irregular.
At the request of the army, there
fore, the president and his cabinet
are living under guard in government
buildings. This is to prevent any
further occurrences like the killing of
Michael Collins.
Not only have the irregulars at
times shot at the buildings but there
are constant rumors of attempts to
drive mines under the streets and the
buildings.
The private residences of some of
the cabinet members have been burned.
Others have received threats.
So far these have had little affect
upon either the government ministers
or the members of the Dali Eireann.
The only member who has resigned
has been DR.. George Sigerson, who
is So.
DIR. Sigerson, a famous physician,
was in the senate. He received a let
ter threatening to burn his property.
He was quoted as saying he did not
mind threats of assassination, but
threats to burn his home were a diff
ferent matter, because of the patients1
there.
~Oriels- Organized.
In addition to the open warfare in
Dublin and throughout southern Ire
land, there is q secret undercover
The irregulars get their informa-
ton through devoted women who give
all their time to what they call the
republican cause.
To combat these, the Free State
has set up a criminal investigation de-
partment, popularity known as "Oriel
because of the building inl
which it has offices. The Oriel men
have already established a reputation
in Ireland similar to that of Scotland
Yard in London. Owing to their &C