Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-18 | Page 1 | Irish Situation Points to New but Brief War

IRISH SITUATION POINTS TO NEW BUT BRIEF WAR AR Placard Pleas for Irregulars and Sympathizers to Lay Down Arms Brings N No o Concrete Result Results Report FREE STATE READY FOR DRASTIC MOVE Period of Amnesty Offer Expires Monday With I Little Hope for More Mor e Active Peace Negotiations n DUBLIN Feb 17 By A A. P. P Dub P. Dub lins lin's walls toda today presented a striking exhibit of placards placards' addressed to the irregulars ir it irregulars ir- ir regulars and their sympathizers urging ing a cessation of the conflict before the amnesty period allowed by the government expires The pronouncement by William Willfam T T. Cosgrave president of the Dall DaU cabinet that the the- Free State government would wool d' d put down the revolt at any cost an and d th that t th there re would be no negotiations negotiation with Eamon de Valera or the other othe Irregular leaders dissipated all peace ileac rumors His state statement ent was indorse indorsed by O'Higgins O'HIggins as al the last word wor o of ot f the united cabinet The s suggestion by the neutral mem bers bars of the old Republican army for a months month's truce durin during Which the ulars would retain their arms but re reI re- re I main quiescent attracted tentative ap ap- ap p roval 1 from a section of ot the press o on pd the ground that it would afford a breathing space in which to repair the d damage amage wrought throughout the ther coun coun- coun try but it is recognized that event eventually lly the fundamental conditions be faced X must SOME ARMS ARMS' SURRENDERED ED j No details are yet available available- as to the e result the of-the amnesty offer There have gave ave been some sortie few surrenders of arms accompanied by guarantees of I withdrawal from the fight but more mor numerous are the cases in which irregulars Irregulars ulars have burled buried or abandoned their arms and slipped home The main effect is believed to be the disintegration of the republican rank and file tile described by the minister minis minis- ter of ot home affairs as as' a crumbling away He declares those Irregulars held prisoner are practically lined up I in n favor tavor of ot the rho amnesty pointing out as th the reason for this that they are freer reer to express their real sentiments th than n the men outside who be alleges are held to the Irregular cause by coercion co co- co- co The o. o government ni had advertised its us willingness min to 1 release such prisoners as T sign 3 an undertaking to 10 abandon armed resistance provid provided d they can obtain trustworthy 1 sponsors for tor their good behavior DIVIDED OPINION CITED the Reconsideration of their position by republicans generally is expected from the publication of Eamon de deVa- deVa Valeras Valera's Va- Va eras leras reversIon from undiluted republicanism to hIs document number two proposals to th the Irish Anglo treaty and to the evidence of divided republican counsels afforded by Mary MacSwiney's sharp disagreement disagree disagree- ment mem with De ue Valera which became known through dance dence captured Although the republican armed armed re resistance te- te has nas been weakened by the am am- am nasty nesty offer it is still in existence a and d the remnant contains warts arts some daring stal- stal It is not known n wh when n the military will resume the executions suspended ded for the last ten days If all the death sentences were carried out they would b be very numerous numerous but such sentences require confirmation chief derin and General by the com comman- comman Mulcahy makes it a practice to inquire into the the circumstances of To each ca CaSe K before passing Judgment The reprisals by the irregulars have been so widely extended that nothIng is expected worse than has alreadY be been n experienced Their latest y move Is s to o order local municipal bodies to r resolutions solutions condemning the adopt executions lions and they threaten penalties members of these bodies if it on they re refU re- re fU fuse The general feeling here e is that after Monday londay the tho fight tight will be shaA sharp short but l