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1D22. i Only Irishmen Cam Halt Erin's Fjreedom-Colliinis Today's InHtallment concludes "Michael Collins' Own Story," the urrippinjr account of Ireland's struggle for freedom which has been appearing; exclusively In Omaha In The Omaha Sunday Bee. Those who have been following this revelation of the younjr Irish leader, related shortly before his assassina tion to an American newspaper correspondent, have a new Jnsijrht of conditions and problems facing Krin. But, above all, has the story given convincing proof of the greatness, the sincerity and the self-sacrifice of the man who gave his all to the Irish cause. Although he blamed England for the policy she pur sued, his fair-mindedness is evidenced in two statements in previous chapters : The first that Premier Lloyd George wus not to blame for England's attitude during the period of 1917-21 because his' whfle attention was absorbed in the world war; and the second that England plenipoten tiaries dealt fairly in the treaty negotiations. This last statement was made in the face of the fact that Collins' fellow countrymen bitterly flayed him and the other delegate for not obtaining full independence. In the final installment of the story today, Collins tells how the seizure of Four Courts compelled the use of stern measures which he had tried to avoid, pointing to the pact ho made with De Valera as an indication of his desire to prevent open hostilities and bring about ami cable uniting of all parties. lie explains the pact a a duty to Erin. Ireland must be saved nt no matfer what cost; when the fijrhtinjr ceases, it must have censed for once and for all. is the way Collins put it. He dwells upon the need for unity, luiildliiir up of national economy, expansion of trade, encouriiireiiieiit of industry and development of Erin's natural resources. A great future and complete national freedom for Ireland can be prevented by Irishmen only, he says. THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. NOVEMBER 5, By imiKN TAI.ROT. t utiiriht. Iflt, fc lurk Aaierir,, CHAI'TCn XVIlI-Contlnued. "I cam to realization of thi truth during th visit of Hlr Jumra Craig to I)ulilln at that conference after which It wa announced that 'a rlu situation' hart arisen over th question of the bouinliirie com iiiiHMfn. It wa not at all thu mat ter of the hnundarlca commission that brought tho conference to an iitirupt mil. It ws not our dis agreement over this subject that made hlr Jamca Oalg walk an Killy out of the city hall. "Time afti-r time Craig declared that Lloyd Ceorge, had tricked Ul ster. Kio'h time my only reply wai a dcmuud to know what he wa go ing to do to end the slaughter of Catholic In Belfast. Kuch time Craig evaded the question. "Finally I told htm thnt there was no tiae of our continuing the discus aion because he had satisfied mo that ha cnufH not guarantee, much lea control, the action of hi fol lower. Ilia puhllo announcement that Ulster would never abide hy the finding of the boundary com mlrwlon win, perhsp, hi way of refuting thl charge of mine. It seem to m hardly a refutation! "Irish Hatred Must Cease" "Before I take up the detail of the atrocltle In Belfast I must make one further reference to Blr Jump Train. I foresee the possl blllty of the end of hi nominal leadership In Ulster and the conse quent opportunity for the Free State government to take that altuatlon In hand. "If .we ran achieve unity In the 26 countle, f by setting a good ex ample among ourselves we can prove our capacity for elf govern ment, there will be a favorable reaction In the northeast. Of even greater value will be the changing of puhllo opinion In England. "By our own effort I believe we can Influence the sentiment of the British government which ha been historically pro-Ulster and make it favorable to Ireland a a whole. To bring thl about there must be an end of Irish hatred of Ungland. "There mut be an end of refer ences to the English as 'the enemy.' 80 long aa the British government seta In accordance with the spirit of the treaty we mimt deal with them In the same spirit. Our hope of a united Ireland Is based largely on a growing organization by the British government that It Is to theft" own best Interest to give the free state government a chance to prove our good faith toward the northeast. Once we can accomplish this there would follow necessarily the withdrawal of English support from Craig. The record are the beBt proo' that Irish unity Is Im possible with Craig in power in Lister. 'And now we can examine the records and determine whether this Is a fair sttrtcment! For everything that has happened In Ulster sine the pogrom against Catholics began July 21 1920 Sir Jnmes Craig, as head of the Ulster government Is responsible. "Let lis look at the official figures. Here are the totals for two years: Killed hi Wounded 1.79H .Driven from employment 9.251 "Driven from homea 2H.&f,U Now homelaea In ilelfa.it I.mio Gunman Fires at Passersby "All these figures refer to Catho lic. In the same period nd 1'rut eatants were driven from their em ployment or their homes. As for reprisal here Is a table that show the comparative number of killed and wounded on both nicies during the first six month of I92 J: t'athollea rrotmitaitfe Kill.! Wit. Kttlfit Wil January ;ti e 13 February ., ......JS 7il 17 Nann . ...I3 H 12 ::. April : '1 f, ; May t 11.1 ; 1. , June . :tl H JJ Total! 1.0 !l ti tie "These figure are misleading In asmuch as thn killing and wounding of 1'rotesunt have not been In all race the work if Catholic. " hae liidnputabl proof that uniformed aiwial and armed met' t rrottmatit have fre.tnrc.tty num bered tlielr in kind among thrlr xl. tliii Thu baa been an unavoid able feature of the rule if the re volver In the irt rf Belfast. On if the ni.-at rnt (mirage Illustrate the Inevitability ef am-h rmstane on the part ef the i later f jiiiiieii. "U the Inter!!!. of ( of the kuMvl MrreU ta IVIUM a km I nni. (um, MMaelue, ul an nAV B1 IHrwubiHll tt rrtlue atlerwuue, terrururel Ilea edj hte bu4. He free el ). 4 Ill Bturfwu etuek ha) tvmir(le eiHer4 IM earewt eve I. litre) ai4 e h4. 4 wkiv W tier) M the-ra eesaly Ihieee mrm I tkjoMt a. Iri k tiluet ave I4 4 iW ll Witule4 t 4 llfMa e Hi. ' j H lixtMii 1 1 il hit let 1 tec u ew,i-i ui a4r tn u a gr4itr ta lfiy ef trHin ih.t i si-.-a thi 4 i iL,t.- .tK al tiB r .re tt., m ufe, lit i a m.let: ' A Vt ,ecl U t l Mr avi-eu. et fc t I !kn I 'lir.. I .' . ! ( ie H tt I ( tti t t ) 1 1 It t ri ( l-n ik ! -.; ee e 1 lie. kut Ml e. tt-tei t'i ttae It h I 1 . e . .. . 14. h4 lai t 11 were coming to kill him. Since then he ha never dared return to hi home. Thl wa the notice erved upon Mr. Fltzpatrick: " 'A these premise are required for the southern loyalists who are homeless, you are required to clear out, or, without further nMlce, mean will be taken to have you removed.' Strriali Vir at Florin g Hoy "According to information that ha rem hed ti Jlr. Fltzpntrlck' house has remained unoccupied ever since. There I no record of the in-rival In Belfast of any 'Hoiithern loyn lists.' "More recently the Belfast Tele graphconsistently a mischief mak er find Inciter of the pogromlsts printed an account of an alleged at tack by Hlnn Fein gunmen from the Oldpnrk road upon Royal Ulster conhtabulary In the Marrowbone district. The fact are these: "Two drunken special In civil Ian clothe appeared at the Brick field In the afternoon of July 19 and approached a crowd of Catho lics expelled workers who use (i fields fur recreation purpose. Tl:e npecltls drew revolvers and shoutud 'Hands up, you Fenians!' "Then they searched the Catho lic end finally took a hoy across the Brickfield. After going a . short distance with them the boy starled to run away. The spec'ids, very much under the influence of drink, chased him and fired shots at him. but he escaped, Soldier on duty in the neighborhood opened flro and wounded one of the spe cial, Isaac Bradley, In the groin. Iater all tho mole inhabitant of the Marrowbone were rounded up in the Brickfield and searched. "In the evening of tho same day member of the It. U. C. were mak ing Inquiries in Ardllea street when they were fired at by the loyalist on Oldpark road. The police saw five men armed with a rifle and re volvers between Cliftonvllle and Oldaryk read and gave chase. The men escaped pursuit but the Mar rowbone wa raided and searched from end to end for the ensuing 24 hours. "Orange newspapers safely count on the Ignorance of the outside world regarding the location of Cathollo quarters in Belfast but it is high time that attention was call ed to the fact that Sinn Fein gun men would hardly choose a Catho llo community like the Marrow bone in which to fire upon their own friend. "Terrorism, due to religion dif ference In Ulster, Michael Collins pointed out in hi statement to me, sometimes took form of dire anonymous threat He cited the following Instance: Rule, of Revolver Much in Evidence "Outside Belfast the rule of the re volver Is almost, if not quite aa much In evidence. There was the case of Owen Donnelly of White house, whose daughter was married recently to a Mr. Anderson who be came a Catholic shortly before the marriage. On the wedding day he was visited and threatened by two specials, and a few days later hi fat hex Inlaw received the following letter: 1 " 'I want to let you know that we know the game you have been playing these few months as re gards W. Anderson. You rushed the thing, got him tq turn, and paid him to do it. " 'You think you are clever, and we Know you are the bos of the Sinn Fein hall as well, but We know all and the clothe you are wear ing will not save you. We have seen you miles away from White house, so you are raxy got. It might he day and it miiflit he weeks, hut t will get you when e want you, so you may prepare to meet your God. "'You will not get any letter from us again, but we will lend you a bullet quick and sure. Take heed and don't treat Ihi a a joke. have men away after Ander son. At present lie is In foaliniaiid u we Hill get Mm; we neter fail. "'Sinn Fritter, beware, for this. I jniir l:it rhancr, so get dimn and say your prayer, hut teiiKeama I our. Ynu will not lead any mure good ranks of the riaind eld Fen Ian . "KKOM TIIK MVl'OI NTtKS i O.MMI11 IK lit rrhrl and k-adVr f young men lnm Urn lroimanl faith.' Children Shin by llamb in Strret amc hi receipt t tie thit Mr Donnelly h telminel la White h.'iie n4 )l ta title t it,u 4 threat Tho hlng tinUM!"! promut ' 11 ed fry the tleifiet pim .t $- h.rf war lowai t eie t n el-l 1 1 in, n. .In cider ! 111 r ut the IM,. x .' .Hi vf t!i I .lUi'.l.f in: n.vuy t the hwlrie.t It . eary ta ft- It ti.,ir ltt .- be. It e.l l!H'l.. m l:lt ie i hii ih :' -'" ' tqMtn an I C.ih. i. , ef . are a I ei n J-le4 w.lfc a.m-iini.uex T3 UU tai Ik ii-.ih-- ef Ike . (. a t ste. t!s iviNr vt il4,tr. hi iiHin miet Uet ei(uiV I tienl tt. were lie t I'Wytf k .i ( .1 rt' l ! t4 . e- - eiil M I 4iiMie .i I'-e j 1 - 1 a ) t 1 - . lie l..i.i " I .t 1. 'e t is h Iw lev ! I- m l Ml Vee if Ike v,e I lk '.i ! t . tl l t rtl KalyiA Q'Hin9. -BirrivplAC- oifKvclviwi Qollinf "Presently the two atrange men appeared again and threw a bomb Into the mldHt of the children kill and wounding more tharf 20 of them all of them Catholic. Five of the wounded died, and most of the sur vivor are maimed for life. "The principal continental' papers, including the leudlnff' Cathollo pa per in Home, represented thl as a c.aHe of BelfiiKt Protestant children being bombed by Sinn Kelner. That was the story sent to the world by the Belfant press associations. , "Another attempt made by the propagandists has been to show that civil war has been raging In Bel fast. The facts give the lie to thl statement. Tho population of Cath olic males between 16 and 60 In Bel fast is about 20,000. Of the 49,000 armed special constables in the six county area, there are 20,000 in Bel fast. There are 10,000 soldier In Belfast. There are three armed men, therefore, to keep in order each two unarmed Catholic males between 16 and 80 year of age. Surely It Is not necessary to say more. "Changing conditions have result ed in a change of method on the part of these propagandists. Form erly the prime object wa to make reasonable the Ulster denials that pogroms and persecution ever took pluce in Belfast, and that Orange men were forced to net in self de fense by the provocative aggres Bion of Sinn Keiners. "Now they bolster tip this He by attempting to show that. the peace, that reigns in Belfast I the direct result of the departure of the Sinn Fein gunmen for the south to Join .the ranks of the Irregular1'- This, they urge, leaves the majority of the l ister Catholic to do what they have hilherto been restrained from doing by these gunmen recogiiii ing the l ister government! I know of not one instance of any such recognit ion! V 1 ty Still Irish Goal "Is it possible that the real reanon for this Industrious spreading of falsehoods Is to be found In the wordinir of a supplementary esti mate for the British civil service issued July 2, 1922? It deals with an item of :,!.10.000 pounds ster ling for a grant in aid to the six county areu, as a contribution to ward present abnormal expenditur ea not to be audited In detail." U 1 not enough that this l one of tho supplementary estinmte which jrmi 1 rally escape thP nvtlie of the rrll Ixh tiximyer. It is well to take the aided precaution f keeplilB well hidden the f.ict th.it thl abnormal extndltur' t caused l-y mlsirnvern ment that I without parallel line tti p.' nn I tlay: " ni.l'Tr;it XIX "While ciittc Ihumi and slifond wr accusing th pruviinn,il gov. errment ef l-lii t" kment h h rd:ra relHlt l.cin, at tret led l y lU-ry Dt'iunior and hi lieuirn ants, r In f' awaiting tli Ul. n mill rirn We Culd llrl' d"l't (tenter a.ettuHte. I'riitif J tlll i.ur l, it miwit lw I ar iy mipp'rtiie itli ig.iiet th rebeit III th I'our ix.urt uiighl exetlr lui tUt the e.Mntrjt Wile) i-t-" It.el men were H"l t. et!e la shed H Hiu.1 if lldtt.men Uhl I Hi I'IMV it..t let 'in ibii'lmel ' L,ea ti.le vVU.i-. WM W..' mUiiilKl t t ! - l 1,-Kl III Jtl Ifcjf tie tl.H l lf U B"let l.ke.la-kll.e. It. I ( .1 I T l. t li.4r h"l e. I.. 1 Ml lhljl,H ia iH itB.v., Tu ma lg !... 1 1 h iuati t fr - lk ! , t lii Ul ' I ...R I "II t Ultej. It U I., 111 el. I . t W! e ti.,1. t..it i.....,e -t We t li A kMt H. f ' -) l . ..! I (1,1 i I a 1 .1 -h- t He I -l kS . t-e.e . en I He II..'- t ftw el ttee l - ee.w'I.e be -' lew ! et 4 Me fewtr) 4 iee4 Members of First Irish Cabinet Irish Hero's r fce..' li Mr. MacSweency before ' n4i I; t - J 1 mw Arriving unheralded, Muriel MarSweeney I In the I'nlted Slates on a mission to help her iiltVrliiK country. Mr. MucSwneucy startled friend who greeted Iter when they discovered she had bobbed her bair. are wIlllnR to accept the treaty. " '!. An agreed election with a view to " '3. Forming a government which will have the confidence ot the whole country. "'4. Army unification on above basis. "Following the publication of this document there came from the di rector of publicity, republican forces, Four Courts, a reply that stated that 'Any agreement upon which the army can be united must be baaed upon the maintenance of the republic' , "Then came the adoption by the dall. May 3, of a motion to appoint a committee 'to consider and discuss the statement issued by the army officers on May I.' The member of thl committee were Sean Hale (xl, P. O'Mnllle, James Pwyer, Joseph Mcdulne, Sean MoKeon, repre senting the fre state party; Mr, riarke, P. ButtledKe, Unm Mel lowes. Sean Boylan; Harry Boland, representing the republican. "At the first meeting of this com mittee it was recommended that ho tllttle should Immediately cesse, and step were token to effect this. "After a conference at th Man sion Ilnun the following day be tween leading cttlcer of both sec tln of the I. It. A , It an nounced that a truce hud been de clared a from 4 o'clnvk that after ii.win with a view in giving both lion of th army an Immrdiut op portunity of ibsi'tivt-ring a tael for annir unllt''lon. "Thrfi, M iV lB. It w announced that th rerfernn-e bsd enni-liid. without leeching an 4irrretneiit, Th dad adjourned after revnv Ipg a irnnile fi th romiuitteo lht tireh effort w.iiit-l r mi le tn fia t (hv)utli a i f the d e!h. At r ee-eiime-1 !'lrig f O it il!. U' t f.irttier tumin rf the pen-e .e-.i.trattiiri were reelr,l. tsdi Kill g tint bie i'f -ttl.il.t ! t.. I .IV a I t-iit e rVid B 't e tr rr -he. If ,th ri m it ten tni I inm.k' I ira ili a . Ht r t I I a if u -t if tb u.-r-- ti. I iif tfi 9 in 1 i t'4.1 e.ti! I a 14 U t ,.l,.:,:illi. I 11, l'.i. v II-.I e. ' -J I- M a . . iv i - 1 I ! 1 I I hl...v.l i. r i t t 1 ti t..vM 4. ll .III-. f lix .. I ,k- . - - 1 . f - 1 e fe i - e - " . . w. . e n 1 -1 ,lt?ith JfctvioJ Jtamiep Widow Here And after. inflf both parties In the dall and In the Sinn Fein organization, be ent forward on the ground that the national position require the en trusting of the government, of the country into the Joint hand of those who have been the trength of the national situation during the last few years, without prejudice to their present respective positions, " '2. That this coalition panel be sent foiward from the Sinn Fein or ganization, the number of each par ty being their present strength in Vie dall. " '3. That the candidate be nom nated through each of the existing party executive. " '4. That every, and any Inter est is free to ro up and contest the election equally with the na tlnal Sinn Fein panel. " '8. That constituencies where an election I not held shall con tinue to be represented hy their present deputies. Wouldn't Evade Duiy to Ireland M '. That after the tlei tlmi the the executive shall consist of the president, elected a formerly; the minister "f defense, repnaentlng the army, and nine other minister five from the majouty pirty and four flout the riuiioillv. em h paitv to ilimm l' inn tiniiiihi-e The ,i!tii. -ntion mill le In th bund if the preaiili-iit, " ?. That In the rent of the -'t!lti n giiM-l lllllellt (Indlng It f nuMiy .i ill... -lie, a general ele.-. t.. 11 il m b. id i'ii m p. ll.l in l ilt ailiintf ' " rht kii ill n ilnmur l 1-1 t tl l.n ii.n Mm ;n, an( w eiil to tiii.iiiiiiii-11'.ly VV.t!l a ii It. ejlnr I t .! as, I In nirr .IK it 1 1 if iinl t , lnaU li,. h r.... 1 .. 1,1. . 1. I- tin. 1 .1 in., f.-r en til, 1.1 ill, 1 . ( ih I net In lti la'', i t l l 'we t.iM"R I (nil ItW 1 "Ji li ll.ll I .11. t IH4V t- 1 . 11 I ,1.1 M leui, I I g !!. f It. Iit e.e thnt ,1 t m e i mii it .tt t 1 l,..te it l.e t,' til III Ut ft t 1 l i ,i ee 1 h. in. in 1 1 lt t , . e . .t . - 1 -o.. - I I till lii I 4 III In in 11 le I v-l ll It 4 II 111 I .- . I I I l!W I II III. I I - t 111. I - il I Vi t Hl I l,.lll I - I r I - I.' Ill -it -11 - It I I .!!.. I. fi ' lit ill ) II I . l I ma l- - -I .e I ii... I, a. 1 I , . m I : -ii. - I 1 - 4 m . I I 1 I ft.. , I- 1 lt.es it . I . a I . 4 t -1 1 I 1. . . f k 1 I i iii in 44 ,.wjir a,.- i W III " m 7 M 'V Id 1 t r 9 m V a- JtfrL. Collins met Harry inland on the street onu day shortly after the pub lic announcement of tlm part. TJvorywIiore in tli ranks of tho un compromising republicans there was bitter disappointment over the sur render of their leader. It wifs being openly charged that lu Valera had shnkr-n hands with a traitor. In all fairness to Jloland, It should be add ed that ho wus not of those who charged Collins with treason al though his HfMintlon with extrem ist had prevented his actively repu diating their charges. As they came face to face Collins opened the con versation. "Boland," ho began, "if I)e Valera and the rest, of you uncompromising republican believe what you say that because I support tho treaty I am guilty of treason there la only one decent thing you can do. Vou know whnt a traitor deserves. Why don't you have me killed?" "Now, be reasonable," replied Bo land. I "You know wo can't afford to have you killed. Look at the dis astrous reaction among th people who believe In you. We wouldn't dare take the responsibility of such a thing." "Nonsense," said Collins. "You know belter than that. Tho best thing tho Irlnh people do Is forget nnd forget quickly. Within a weelt they would have forgotten me. Besides, you and those with you have openly charged that I am guilty of treason. There is only one punishment fitting that crime, and no considerations of a'ny kind should away you from executing that pun ishment no consideration, th'at I", unless maybe there is nobody among you that dare try it. De Valera Makes Strange Speech "I am altogether serious, Boland. Tou know what ha to be done It a diseased body Is to be made well. You must get at th central nerve tissue and destroy It. AIho you know well that I am the pulse of this movement which you call treas onable. Destroy me and your col leriRties can go ahead with the re public without domestic opposition worthy the name." When I related this story to Col linsas I il it do when ho refused to talk about his personal view of the. pact with Pe Vnlera he chuck led. But the tale did not t'ruw la, fire, Iti'SumliiR hi narrative, t'ollln.i snl.l: "I hate never seen anywhere In print a reference In a remarkable statement that le Valera made the third day of the public eiini4 of the ll.iil Irid.iy. December Id. 19?l. (In that rMi.iiloit he said: " I bine been president of the lrili republic; I will nni-r aciept any It-Mrr offiie In any I rl-li tabl ml.' "nf 1 he reiiMitiii-g f.4 infnilwia f the li.nl wlin -t air ill nt the lr-iit. Iiime tl.tii twiithid b.iie tn I me lh.it ttov me it-1 . ''t .Ul It, ..,,..l (if pMlirflll Iie- I mil " ('.on elt-;i,g ne i t. it't' lit p in V to e'rru iiut sftrr th ps.'t b n.sd With I it. -i to n I lbs li.ia' 1I11 1.- im.mibM .iiii Uirniis'i !,. f, ir 1 'a ff ,l 1 'ii'l Vt 1 11 4 I ! I ,tg lund n 'iiv OpJI III . 1 - e ' fc , ' 41 i-e 4 i 11 e t-. .- 1 ee . - - ' - I . il . 1 f .. Il 1-4 lii 1 1 4 Il .1 V hn 4 1 4 1 ,1 a' a ins Oi , 1 Ul i it i 1 -1 1 - -- 1 1 el e Mini, w III ' t - ,, . t ( I. .1 I iiiii ' . 1 ' - . I f - I ' 1 4 I 9. . . 4i I ' 1,1 (-114 l-f I It 1 ,.- I . 4 II" t ' i - - I ' 1 I . I I - ' ' il.v . . ' . I' ' 1 . .1 11, .1 III I: li '4-i . , I I ! .1 I I I .. . - I I i-n'H III il-44lhk f, Oe.XltVCCst "It ws plain that if the de velopment of our natural aset was to ho delayed, the asset of th nation, her cities,' her soil, her many natural resource and capability, would he aeriously Injured, "At wbiite'er cost ther must b a return to sanity. The realign lion must be brought home that thn looted shops, the burned town and rlty areas, the broken loads ami railway must h paid for by the Irish taxpayer. "The cost Is morn than l.OuO.OOO pound a day and tins I a dead loss, never to bo recovered. In land must bo Nivcil at no matter what rot, "Must Hare Real I'eare" "When (he fighting ceasi, It must huve censed for once and all, and the will of the people bo proved supreme beyond further question. Ther must not he any qualifica tion of this, no shadow of doubt bout It at all. "When we have peace, II must be a real peace, upon which we can build up ileati again from the sound and solid foundation of Hie people' will. "The cunt of the fighting hng el ready reached staggering total. No man can tell how many million of treasure, how many more Uvea it may yet cost, "But of one thing thn Irish peo pin muy bo sure. Tho fire that I tenting our soul will make u the purer for It when onco again peace ha come. "Our army will continue to xlt only for thn defeiiso of our llbertle and of our people in the exercise of their liberties. "An Irish army can never bo used for the Ignoble purpose of In vasion, subjugation and exploita tion. But it Is not only upon our army that eventual victory of a self governing Ireland depend. "It depend more upon the ex tent to which wo make nuwlveg Invulnerable by having A civiliza tion which la Indestructible. "That, civilization will be inde structible only by II ' being en throned In the lives of the people and having its foundation resting on right, honesty and justlco. Have Selves Only to Fear "In the final analysis, our army I secondary In maintaining the peace that must be won. 1 "It strength 1 but the strength of our real resistance the extent to which w build up within our selves what can never be over thrown or destroyed the extent to which we make strong the spirit of the Irish nation," "With the union came nations! enslavement. With the, termination of the union goes national enslave ment If we will, Freedom from any outside enemy Is now ours and nobody but. ourselves can Interfere with It. Complete national freedom can now be ours, and nobody but ourselves can prevent us achieving It. "We shnll no longer have anyone hut ourselves to blame If we fall to 111a the freedom we have won to achieve full freedom. "We are now on the natural and Inevitable rond to complete the work of Davi and Kooney, to restore our native tongue, to get back our his tory, to take In again and complete the education of our countrymen in the northeast in the national ideal, to renew our strength and refresh ourselves In our own Irish civiliza tion, tcr become again the Irish men and Irlnh women of tho dis tinctive Irish nation, to make real the freedom of which Pavls sang, for which Rnoney worked, for which Tom Clarke and Sean McDermott and their comrades fought and died." Gaelic League Restores Pride Thl was Mlchuel Collins con sidered answer to my quest ion as 10 hi opinion of the future of fin land: "The future Irelntut bad Its birth In the hist decade of the but cen tury. "In dav to com Irlnh hmtory will rciiKlii in !!i form it. on of the (ladle bfue In l'1' th liiot Important eir-nl of th l'"h cm lory. I miv K' f hi ther J,v tint It ie the tii'-t liii.intnt event HI I'm wh.de hi-iimv i f Oi l-itii.n II pnl.nl.lv ilelol 'i rt.ili,l.i'!.l . f r. till I t v fie I ri il..iiiii,.int nr. 1 V'- r m l i i-" aii-l f 'i all liiti..--! the tl. li l -f th li'.-'ti -i I k I th. r 0 i i.ion'l V. 11 tl I n..r 1 lull ' h'-i iii'ii -,rr.l li I . - i!' it 'l . In, li.-ni r an I it u-i t. ' Through, " 11,. h im ef ' e lit., i- It I i-V- I it-' t-.d-'e M,. ,.i 41. t i I I' - ! !- t a f ,! K ...i.tl . 11 I ' ,,(. ,,l f, il M lh.ll I ' l . P .-li 1 jl r I IV ! HI ul "In I t V, 4. 4 I I I i-i .1 I 4 I IL. , I ,1 I l l,,l, ..t f, I l III) It 4 - I !' I I 1 I .- - t I I I t I t I, -it 1. 1 1 -; I v.llljll.l. I , ,v , 11 ,e-i. H h- I .1 I . ill l I , u I t.H t '4 4' -I I ' ll ! t ' 1 . I . I - I 1 I 1 ' VI bee lh liiiu'e W-KK M i-.e In I14UW.I ta lew ,'' I 4 ! a- 14 IM'.-eVte kVIel .Iiii . e 44.1 4. 4 IN I-' II. 4 l4l4l-H ni na 11 ,.-t . .4 m i.l.J II, . ie eel - "U kite - .!.. I 44. U-l '4 liadltti, I work up our natural resource, le bring prokperily to all our people, ' "Jf our national economy I to be on a sound footing from th begin ning It will, In tho new Ireland, he possible for our people to provide themselves with the ordinary ie qitlri'tneiils of dm-ent living. It will be possible for each one to have sunicieiit food, a good home In which to llv.e In fair contentment and comfort. "That, til tint be our object. What we miiHt aim at I thn Imll'lig up of a sound ecoitomio life In which preiit diMcrepitnce cannot occur. We must not have the destitution of poverty nt one end, and at the other nil excess of rlrhe In the possession of a few Individuals beyond what they can spend with satisfaction nnd Juxtlflrallon, "The -growing wealth of Ireland will, we hope, bo illllimiil fur the benefit of nil of our people, nil shar ing In the growing prosperity, each receiving In ecconlntioe. with what each contribute In the making of thnt prosperity, o that the weal of all will bo, assured. "How r we to lnereiis the wealth of Ireland, and ensure that all producing It liall share In It? That Is the question which will be engaging th minds of our people, end will engage the stfrntion of the new government, "Foreign trade must be stimulat ed by making facilities for the transport and marketing of Irish good abroad, and foreign goods In Ireland. Investor must bn urged rind encouraged to Invest. Irish cap ital and In Irish concern. Taxation Must He Adjusted "Taxation, where It hinder, must bo adjusted and must lie imposed where the burden will fall lightest, and can best be borne, and where It will encourage rather than pen iillzo Industry. "We hnve now In Ireland, owing to the restriction put upon emigra tion during tho European war, a larger population of young men and women than we have had for a great many years. For (heir own sake and to maintain the strength of the nation, room must and can be found for them. If room I to he found for our growing population land must be freely available. "We have not free acces td tho land In Ireland. Thousand of acre of the best land II Idle., or are oc cupied a ranches, or form part of extensive private estate, or are given over to sport. "The ranches must he broken up. Pressure must be brought to bear on owner of land and upon those who nr withholding land so thnt it may be suitably used for procuring wealth and giving employment. Thus opportunities will be presented , to all of our population. "For purpose of development Ire land ha three groat natural re source. Our coal deposits are by no mean inconsiderable. The bog of Ireland are estimated n having 500,000,000,000 ton of peat fuel. Water power Is concentrated in her 237 rivers and ISO lakes. Water Pouter to Be Developed "The huge Iough Corrlh system could be utilized, for Instance, to work the granite In the neighbor hood of Gnlway. In the opinion of experts, reporting to the committee on the water power resource of Ireland, a total of BOO. 000 horse power can be developed from Irish lake and rivers. The magnitude of these figures Is appreciated when It is known that to raise thl power In steam would require 7,000,000 tons of coal. "Scheme have been worked out to utilize the water power of the Shannon, the Krne, the ltnnn and , the I.lffcy. "Tho profit from all national en terprise will In-long to the nation for the advantage of tie. nation. But Irish men and women as prl llte Individual must ihl tle-ir shut to lui'irtiso the prosperity of th count ry. "Ilnslness caniiot sih-ceed without iiipitil. Million of 1 1 i.-li money me King Idle jn bunk. Th tie. pos:U In li :-h Joint htm k bunk in,-1-r.i.tMi'd In the. aui;ii'i,iie hv T.,tltl. iiit(t pound eteiltiiK dining the half c,ir eii'lnl l.ci ii tnr 31. ln.'l At Hint time Hm tol.il him. ,11m i f dn fi'ieit and i$h hi!, mi in 1 1 1 v t hi.nke ,i, lUtitl'iil juiiiinU, m ! Ltlnlt to W li I- tl thi in n lulu of llnot t t in I"'.! ii.tura n II 'ihi 'th n h 11 it,, 4 l ink "In l-ied mi l ih ,.h. 4,,.,,.t. I , p put tm, ,t.i fi r tin. -iiiii nt i f lili.li itnt-.l .11. I t 1- f Hi- I ...,.e In I 11,,, I. ,:i: ,4, . f 1 I'ImiM oil, il a t"l7lM (M Fuith in ItiiA "II Ih.i et.i n.l ion -I-i n 4) r il.,llrl IfilH in 1,1.1- Kill I nine IN i. r. 11. Hi.- 11 h l-i'.tt nhl.li , ,. mi hii.It nt nil.! 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