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Show OPEN CAMPAIGN HH FREE STATE OFFICIALS OF PROVISIONAL GOV ERNMENT DEFEND TREATY BEFORE LARGE CROWD Union of Ulster With South Declared Certain When Home Rule Is Established In Ireland Dublin Tho crowds which gathered Sunday for tho opening of the campaign cam-paign In furor of acceptance of tho Anglo-IrlBh treaty were notablo not olny because of their vast proportions, but also fur tho high degree of etu IhuBlu&m evinced. The orators, In addition to Michael Collins nnd Arthur Griffith, Included Josoph McGrnth, mlntstei of labor; William Cosgrove, minister of homo affairs, af-fairs, nnd other leadors In tho provisional provi-sional Kovcvr.nient. Two platforms wero constantly employed by tho' speakers. I With the oxceptlon of n minor flag Incident, when girls nnd women tor, down n Freo Stnto tricolor, perfect order or-der was maintained by tho republican police. Mr. Collins, In a long speech, do-fended do-fended the treuty. Ho usscrted that once the Free Stnto was established, the union of northeast Ulster with the remainder of Ireland was ccrtnin. He oxpressed dotormlnntlon to proceed to the establishment of a police force, despite the wnrnlngs of ISnmonn ae Valora. It would not be a political forco to protect nny apcclnl section, but would bo for tlio protection of every citizen In Ireland. Mr. Griffith's address was brief. Both ho and Mr. Collins polntod to tho British tropps leaving Ireland as being proof that Ireland had not bcon betrayed. Tho position in tho northeast, Mr. Collins said, was not ideal, but thero were only two alternative Issues coercion co-ercion o(r conciliation. Whichever at ternntivo was adopted must be adopted wholc-boartodly. All wero agreed against coercion, but the treaty contained con-tained forces for porsunslon which would bring the northeast Intn bankruptcy bank-ruptcy if it stayed out of tho Free ttato. Tho speaker asked why British agents were being attnekod and their arms taken away from them when there was no war In progrss, unless It was Intended to turn those nrms against the people. |