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Show RANKS OF IRISH REPUBLICANS ARE SPLIT I ARMY TO DEFY GRIFFITH AND MEET SUNDAY Ulster Special Constables Dig Trenches Across Rods at Border FROM BAD TO WORSE Irishmen Deplore Danger But Seem Unable to Avert Clash LQKDON, March 22. By The Am-Isoclated Am-Isoclated Press i. The British govern-; men! mas have to consider whether, 111 mfcy be possible to draw a cordon j lof Imperial troops between the warring war-ring elements on the Ulster frontier. Winston Churchill, the colonial secretary, secre-tary, .stated in the house of commons j , today. DUBLIN. March 22 (By tho so-, elated Hress j It was officially an-' nounced Jn the" Republican organ here today 'hat thp Irish Republican arm) convention, the holding of which was recently forbidden by Arthur Griffith, president of the lnll would be held in Dublin Sunday as urrangod. The j.n-j noimeement Is taken hire to mean, that a definite split in the Republican ranks hn i-mni Ayonii nn to Commandant Knderlck o'Coprior director of engineenn?: of the headquarters aiff of the Jrlsb K publican army, So per cent of the ariity's members believe that the army,' has been ' let down and that i '. ntul Pjlraaiin has been false to th Republican Re-publican oath by agreeing toccventl the Inclusion r Ireland wlthju tnoj British territory.'" The newspapermen were InVited !'-the !'-the Republican publicity deparrmenl. where they were recelvd by Coinmnn-l-i and i'i'onnnr. Illscussing army .-on-' x.-ntlun. the eommandant pointed outj it had been originally summoned with. ih- approval of Rl. hard jfulcahet, now minister of defense In the Da'.l cabinet. Th- delegates, he ald. hap been selected bv companies and nuni-' hexed about 600. I RJ lll IN ROADS BBLFAWC March 22. (By Ihe AS- so.-lated Press) There has been I marked actlvitv b the (JlateE special constables in the Deny district sin. e yesterday. Along the Derr) -Donegal border' they have blocked a number of byroads, by-roads, in some cases digging trenches) across them. The specials are QBlngl shovels, crowbars and wheel barrows, commsndeered from the Derry eoi)i.'-ration's eoi)i.'-ration's sir.-et pianinf department. BAD i WoliM EiONDON, March 22 (By th- Associated As-sociated T'ress. ) The situation in the border between Ulster and Southern Ireland Is going from bad to wors . and is cuch that some trifling incident may draw the rival forces Into A conflict which will shatter all pro;--peels of peace in Ireland sas the Dublin Dub-lin correspondent of the Times The tragic Irony of the situation be adds, "conajate in the fact that the past majority of Irishmen of all parties part-ies deplore the da nicer, but seem unable un-able to av.rl it. Kach side dally takes some measure of defense which" It re-, gards as legitimate but which pr-ducea pr-ducea prompt retaliation from the other side, with the result that , .lineal .li-neal paaaioha, are intensified and the pleadings of commonsense fail to fina hearing. l SI (il RJ 6 1 Si l Ml M I "The chief cause of resentment n (hi N . rtliernaaide of the border is th. existence thole of organized fo: a of ilu riah Kepuhllean army whlcn the Northern government inaleta must depart de-part or be expelled before there tun be any talk of peace. ''ii ihe other hand. Ihe Southern! Nationalist claim the right to protect I ihe Catholic minorities in the North-j .-:.st by ever) means in their power. Thev believe the Northern police cni.-noi cni.-noi be trusted to net Impartiality. Th.-i Southern in h i ih print dail i ports of outrages In which these police' are alleged thoy confined. It Is no l tor!ou that certain xertions of ihej lr,-h Republican nrmy do not neces-j tarlly take orders from Dublin, and' that raids of armed Republicans Into ihe .Northern area occur at times." I PADEREWSKI FEELS SOMEWHAT STRONGER PASO ROBLE& Calif.. March 22 PadfrewalU, world famed pianisi and farmer Polish premier. ha rallied from a srvere msck of Influenza, it! was announced today. |