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Show I BRITISH WARSHIPS SENT TO I ERIN; BLOODY EASTER LOOMING . London Anxious in View of Army's Seizure at Dublin and Threatening Developments Develop-ments in Other Quarters I BBLrFABT, April 15. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Presa.) -Two British warships arrived In LoUghaUly, county Oonegel, northw est of Londonderry , ! was H learned this afternoon. lX)XDON FBARFUL lA'.N'DoX, April 15. By the AMO-elated AMO-elated PrcMi) Developments In Ire-land Ire-land over suniia- were awaited anxiously anx-iously here, In l ol the Republicans icliure oi the four court ln Dublin ij .md Arthur Griffith's determination t ! hold his pro-treaty meeting In siit-n tomorrow over the decree of the Irish Republican ommander. The situation is describe I i very ) serious by the morning newspapers, I Qeneral dlsappoinurncnt is expressed that the peace conference between representatives ol the Free Staters :ind Republicans adjourned without BlJ any sign of agreement urid this la fa commented on as a bad omen. ii will be a surprise If Sunday pas-In pas-In Si if a without trouble. CLASH SEEMS CERTAIN Mr GiSffUh's l'"1'' : -' 'tonient was H .hut he was determined to fulfill his promise to spak here, ami there seems to be every reason to expect B that If he attempts the address. HH clash of the rival parties will result. B i it i reported the Since the ocoupa-j lion of a number of public buildings at Sligo hy Republican forces jrester-day jrester-day Free State troops have teen gathering there in considerable mini-bers mini-bers .Many alarming rumors are afloat, on being! that the Republicans have hiid plans to seise the beads oti the provisional Free Slate government.1 Disavowal by the d aiera p.irty j generalissimo, Rory O'Connor of "tart-, ins another revolution by the selsure i r the Pour t'ourts in Dublin f : s is to allay the anxiety of th Dallj Chron-. icle The newspaper editorially asks, in effect thai if the seizing of the courts and turning them into sand-, bagged fortresses so as to prevent the! country's judges from functioning Is not revolution, which Is? Or does i.i'Contior mean it is nothing to what H he will do next"'" OUTIiOOK CALIiED BLACK The Dally News says: "The outlook is one of almost un-relieved un-relieved blackness." and the Wci Mln-tster Mln-tster Gazette toys: I - - -it can scarcely be believed Michael Collins' tolerance will survive this out-rage out-rage in the capital of the country for I whose government he II responsible "If O'Connor' attitude la anywhere, misunderstood it is not his fault, as! M he spoke in the plainest terms to in- "The correspondent of the West Minster Gazette quotes him as say-H say-H ng: We have nothing whatever to do with politics We afe plain men who H ''.and by the republic, all prepared to' secriflec our lives rather than allow the republic to bo subverted It pos-i sibly may come to fighting, but if it; H does the rcspoiisibili; tor civil war will rest upon the shoulders of those sjnorLlnB the treaty." , AMERICAN'S HELP WASHINGTON'. April 16 Forma -H lion of a new local council of the American Association for Recognition Recogni-tion of the Irish Republic was an I nounced today at the organization na tional headquarters here. All other i councils in the District of Columbia recently was expelled from the association assoc-iation for fuilure, It was said, to long er support the purposes of the organization or-ganization In announcing the formation p." 'he new eounril the association ss 'I h- delegation the Irish Republican parly to the United States k La meeting meet-ing with "phenomenal success on its appeal for funds for the coming elections elec-tions in Ireland, approximately 160,-100 160,-100 Of the $260,000 sought have been i-ubscrlbed to date," it was said. I FORCES STRENGTHENED BELFAST, April 15. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Preps. ) Forces of the Ir.sur- I gent section of the Irish Republican armv are strong thenmg their hold on flllgo. where Arthur Griffith has announced an-nounced he will hold a pro-tre.ii;, meeting tomorrow. The Republicans liMe followed up their seizure yesterday yester-day of the postofflce. town hall, guild halj and barracks until now they control con-trol virtually every position of van- t.'K The office of tho conservative newspaper, news-paper, the Sfliga Independent, was commandeeted last night and an amy ; ed guard Is stationed there This position posi-tion dominates Castle and Market streets, whore the postofflce 1b situnt- .i nd l"' commands Wine and Knox streets, adjoining The streets are being be-ing patrolled by armed parties of Re- publicans. |