, 1923-06-10
Casper. Wyo., June 5, 1928.
Editor Casper Daily Tribune:

O"h "a OPfhAohp u Nho SNA
dence of fragrant deviation from
facts in the case is so clear that a
correction is called for. Such a
deviation whether caused by will
full prejudice or through misinfor-
nation is proof of emanation from
a source or source entirely devoid
of interest in setting the truth be-
fore the reading public.
In the first place the reports of
events occurring during the past
many months in Ireland reach this
country for the most part colored
and doctored to suit the British eau.
thorities" in Ireland. For what is
the Free" State but a puppet of
Albion, leopard Of the never chang
ing spots?
The most rigid censorship Is
placed over all communications or
news coming from Ireland, with
the exception Of facts that will &C.
casionally seep out despite the vigi-
lance of the minions of His Brit
tanic Majesty who have long since
foresworn their right to racial
claims as Irishmen, when they be-
trayed their motherland for Eng
lands thirty pieces Of silver, when
complete independence was within
her grasp and peace and honor was
so certain! You still attempt to
have the reading public believe that
the Free State" has been accepted
by the Irish people in face of well
known facts concerning the irregu-
lar ten year old voting register ex-
Guiding thousands who had reached
the age of suffrage, and those
brave boys who had not the oppor-
tunity to register as they were en-
gagged in Kidding their country of
the most evil of foreign tyranny,
and also the many who were intim-
idated by officers of a tyranny most
foul, against protesting at the
polls against the gross betrayal,
reinstatement and partition of their
country.
You also appear to forget that
the ballot as prepared was the pro-
duct of Mike Collins, who upon or
ders from Churchill, ever the bitter
foe of his country, broke the solemn
pact he made with De Valera, viz,
that the question of the "treaty"
was to be postponed for further
consideration by the people of Ire
land and till after the threat of
immediate and terrible raj had
been withdrawn. If De Valera had
little support from the Irish PEG.
pie, as you contend, his lifeless body
would have hung from an English
gibbet long ago and he would not
be travelling with such ease through
the country sheltered and harbored
by true friends among the people,
though there has been many a
chance to betray him and collect
the handsome reward England's
agents have offered for his capture
dead or alive.
Whether De Valera is captured
or killed there will be many other
Valeras to arise and take his place
of leadership in the struggle, for
the cry of sovereign independence
is the bone Of Irish bone and flesh
of Irish flesh. The trouble for the
past year in Ireland originated in
the bad faith of the Free State"
leaders and has been prolonged by
the aid of English money. English
guns and English soldiers Upon
the renegade Irishmen who started
it at England's bidding rests the
moral responsibility for every DROP
of Irish blood shed in a war that
never would have been fought had
the terms of the De Valera-C ollins
pact of May ~, 1922 been adhered
to by those who had begun by be-
traying the Irish republic at the
London conference and ended BY
sacrificing the lives Of the braves'
or Ireland's sons at the d~ictation OF
the British government.
Ireland never accepted the
treaty" by an election; in SO far
as it functions it has been forced
at the point of British guns upor
the Irish people. "The treaty will
always be remembered by the bru
tality of its supporters. You STATE
that the Republicans are a small mi
nority. Under this category yor
would probably place the valiant
peasants of La Vendee who true tc
their faith and their king fought
against terrible odds, when they
rose in revolt against the riotou'
and corrupt Paris convention dur
ing the French reign Of terror, suf
fering a cruel massacre for a caus'
that was lost. Another minorit,