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Show COLLINS ASSURES PROTESTANTS THAT THEY MAr REMAIN,.. DITBIJff. May ll7By A. P.) Michael Mi-chael Collins, head or tha Irish provisional provi-sional government, today received a deputation from tha protectant synod, ssklng aa.uranoe as to whether the government desired that proteatants ahould stsy In Ireland or leave the country. Mr. Collin, aasured them on the pert of tha present or any eue-eeedlng eue-eeedlng government In Ireland, that tts- government would protect Irl.h cftl-sens cftl-sens and In.ure civil and religious lib erty. Ha aald spoliation and confiscation confisca-tion would not be countenanced. Mr. Collins remarked that It waa obvloua that tha revolting murders In Belfsst had had an affect upon tha present situation, sit-uation, but declared tha belief that tha maaaacrea could not be considered aa a Justification for tha outrages to which tha deputation alluded. |