The evening world. Newspaper, August 23, 1922, Page 2

ALL THE WORLD DEPLORES KILLING OF GEN. MICHAEL Government. His death came at a time when Ireland was about to rest easier and devote her energy to the Colline’s forces had been victorious over the rebels and were in power in most portions of Ireland. Chief of Staff Richard Mulcahy, Collins fell, for the time being at least, Issued the following appeal to his fellow countrymen: STAND BY POSTS, SAYS MULCAHY. Let no cruel act of reprisal blemish “Stand calmly by your posts. your bright honor. The dark hours 1916 seemed to steel his bright strength and to temper his tay bravery “you are left, each of you, an inheritance of that strength and Let each fill ais unfinished work. and do not let the loss of our comrade daunt you. bravery. “Soldiers of Ireland, the army its sorrow.” Frequent reports that Collins in Ireland since Harry Boland, sec cilable, was shot and killed by Free State troops during a raid, motor car was fired upon a few days ago, but Collins was not in it. CORK, Aug. 23 (Associated P Michael Collins for the first time Monday in the uniform of the Com- mander in Chief, and ‘cheered him along the entire route tarough the city. One rumor, characterized as a@ Eamon De Valera in a dugout in a Peace talk of this kind has been industriously circulated by the irregulars, whose latest terms of peace are sald to stipulate that they must be absorbed en masse in the national army, BATTLE OF PROPAGANDA IN DUBLIN. LONDON, Aug. 23 (Associated Press). — The killing of Michael Collins was preceded in Dublin by a battle of propaganda, both the Pro- visional Government and representa- tives of the irregular army posting placards which set forth their re- spective aims and claims. Americans reaching London after attending the funeral of Arthur Grif- fith say they found curious crowds assembled about these posters, One ifesto charged that the Provi- sito Government had secretly des- patched an emissary to the South to assassinate Eamon De Valera. Side by side with this was another placard in big letters, an tronical in- terpretation of a manifesto which the enemies of the Free State imagined as being sent out by Collins and the members of his staff. It was worded ething like this: Men of Ireland, your King and country call you. You who have fought so bravely for the cause of the Empire in Egypt, India and else- Where are now needed again for the defense of the Empire.”* Another and longer poster, appar- ently placed by governmental officers, dealt in detail with the destruction caused by the irregulars throughout Ireland. It argued that the trregular move- ment was destroying every reasonable hope for Ireland's prosperity and hap- piness, and appealed to the citizens generally to stand solidly behind the Provisional Government. ‘The grief over the death of Arthur Griffith was accompanied by a public expression of admiration and affec- tion for Collins, whose three hour march through the streets of Dublin behind the body of his colleagues was one of the most impressive incidents in Irish his* , becguse everybody believed that Collins himself had been marked for death. EVERYBODY FEARFUL BUT COL- LINS. This sinister fear seemed to per- wade the very atmosphere of the capi- tal. ‘The general terrorism and un- certainty had laden the atmosphere of sadness with dire apprehension for the future of the country. If Collins had any premonition of his fate he did not show it but walked calmly forward—a handsome, heroic figure, boyish and confident. At the Pre-Cathedral, where the services for Griffith were held, the Commander in Chief personally took charge of alf arrangements, and at the last moment bestirred himself to find a carriage for Mr. and Mrs. Michael Francis Doyle of Philadel- phia, who had just arrived from Lon- don in time to attend the funeral. Mr. Doyle, who acted as legal ad- viser for Irish officials during legal difficulties in the United States, went to Dublin to consult the Provisional Government. Hopes had been ex- pressed that Collins and De Valera might be brought together, and Doyle was ready to contribute his services to bring about a rapprochement. At the funeral everybody was talk- x about Collins, now that he was alone as the great, outstanding loft tigure in the Free State movement, “All the girls of Ireland are in love with Michael Collins,"’ whispered an Irish woman as Collins, following Grifith’s bier, walked slowly through O'Connell Street by the famous Nel- son Pillar, ‘But they are all too late, I fear, because I have heard he has a sweetheart down in the country, and one of these days when Ireland ts more tranquil Michael! Collins will lead her to the altar?’ It was announced last May that Miss Kitty Kiernan, member of a leading family in Longford, was en- gaged to marry Collins, COLLINS HAD A NOTABLE CAREER. Michael Collins, in addition to being Commander-in-Chief of the national army, was Finance Minister in the Daj] Bireann Cabinet. He was one of those who succeeded in obtaining a temporary injunction in New York on Monday restraining Eamon de Valera or his ugents from withdrawing funds eoliected for the Irish Republican ause deposited in banks in New York City, __THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1929. emer Collins’ Sweetheart, Kitty Kiernan, Was His Guardian Angel for Years gr pone emma gy development of resources. Michael on whose shoulders the mantle of which Michael Collins has met since Let there be no darkness werves—let it be strengthened by was marked for death were heard retary of De Valera, Irish irrecon- His rees).—The citizens of Cork saw bsurd, represented him as visiting remote part of Cork. of the irregular forces, for Collins to assume active charge of the national army in the fleld and for some time past he has been active in suppressing the rebel bands, Several attacks have been made against the life of Michael Collins, head of the provisional government and Commander-in-Chief of the Irish national army. The latest attempt was a bombing outrage, when his car was ambushed last Friday afternoon on the Dublin side of Stillorgen. The official communication {ssued in con- nection with this attack did not in- dicate whether Mr. Collins was in the machine at the time. The driver was wounded and the car was wrecked, a bomb and more than a score of shots being fired. In Dublin, on April 17, while Mr. Collins was on his way home after having addressed a meeting at Naas, County Kildare, he was attacked by 4 group of men, some with rifles, who rushed his car and opened fire. The Collins party returned the fire and one of the assailants was cap- tured. Collins was not injured. Collins for some time past had abandoned the civil part of the Gov- ernment for the military, and tn the crushing of the rebels he excited much enmity, so that his assassination was openly talked about in Ireland. = It was planned to secure the removal of the sole remaining outstanding figure in the provisional Government. As a measure of precaution extra guards were thrown around the national chief because the determination of the rad- ical elements to rid the country of the strong man In the Free State move- ment was an accepted fact. MODEST, HE ALWAYS DODGED THE CROWDS. Of a retiring disposition and known as a man who ‘dodged the crowds," Collins nevertheless was a most as- MISS Kitry KIERNAN Time and Again She Warned Him of Impending Danger; Romance Waited on Peace. LONGFORD, Ireland, Aug. 23 (Copyright, United Press).—The most pitiful figure in sorrowing Ireland to-day, weeping, but with pride shining through her tea was Kitty Kiernan, fiancee of murdered Michael Collins. Assassins’ bullets which cut short@ the Free State leader's brilliant ca-)moctings of the Sinn Fein Parlia- reer as soldier and statesman shat-| ment and of the Free State Govern- tered the heart romance of his life,| ent, always in the front row of the upon which he had turned his back| !dies’ gallery when ‘Micky”’ had the , ar floor. Uatilithe Aehtis won: They met under the most romantic The girl, who hastened alone circumstances during the fight which through long stretches of woods filled] Great Britain. Collins, dodging here with British soldiers to warn Collins,| and there, appearing and reappearing then the ‘phantom rebel,'' of Im-]}ike the phantom they dubbed him, pending capture, was the one he had] swore never to be taken alive, chosen for his bride. Once, touring Kitty's county as They decided they could not marry|head of the Republican Army's Mill- until ““Micky's" work for Ireland was|tary Intelligence, Collins slept in a accomplished. With the signing of|jonely cabin miles deep in the heart the peace treaty they were to wed,| of a wood. British spies learned of but defection of De Valera and the his whereabouts, and the ‘‘Black and Ulster border war caused three more Tans" prepared to attack him. Postponements of their marriage. Kitty, who knew of Collins only as The romance of the couple was on. the mythical rebel hero, risked her life every Irish lip and in every Irish} to penetrate the British cordon and heart. Kitt Longford County warn him. They fled together and beauty, was everywhere with Collins] escaped just ahead of the tréops. during his campaigning days. She After the truce Micky returned to was a popular and familiar figure at| claim her as his promised bride. snapping black eyes dart from one| finally working out the programme Ly lace to another. He retains the] that was accepted by both side: siduous worker, both in the Govern- | >) Matthias Pnent and Ia the tela. Ha alse wan {Same Position for only a few mo-| This plan, embodied in the Free 2 ments. Scowl and frown chase each] State treaty, was worked out, it was an orator of great ability, who speeches generally moved his hearer Describing Collins recently, a writer familiar with him, sald: “Collins carries his shock of black hair nearly .ix feet from the ground a-top a broad frame of heavy bone and muscle, In the old days it would have taken a heavyweight mare in- deed to curry him to the Irish war Now he js a virtuoso on the thre other across his mobile and express- ive countenance. And it is a coun- tenance not easily forgot Quick as his eyes are, they meet other e: with an almost disconcerting inten- sity, unless the glance 1s accompanied by one_of his wide mouthed smiles, Yet even ‘when his blg mouth spreads into a grin It spreads firmly, There is little of the sinister about his face d, by Collins and Colonial Minister urchill after it seemed the confer- ence was hopelessl: deadlocked. When the treaty brought back to Dublin, Collins, with GriMth, led the supporters of the Free State against the attacks of Eamon De Valera and his die-hard Republicans, When the Dai! Eireann debate had been won, Collins became Premier of les e wants to make it s pedals of a Ford, ‘They say ho can jniess Ne wants to take it fe 8P41 the Irish Provisional Government and make a Ford take a five-bar gate or| (nonin inte a veritable mash of tar] since then has been the active head a Galway stone wall, Fordmanship, be it noted, has well nigh displaced horsemanship in modern Irish hero of the Irish State. ee THE IRISH PRESS ror."” Six years ago Michael Collins was liturgy. Every Irishman loves still to egies pend epee Sa ney oat DEPLORES KILLIN Ploy with a horse, but he does his eat Soe ge ee, Reome: work and his fighting with gasoline. |0"" Of the Greatest Sgures in) Irish G “A few years ago, The Man on y. : ny , i Horseback might have been a literal) 4 ralliteny, tee with a genius for That He Fell by Irish Bullet, aes t| guerilla warfare and courage that Sieh aa mell as figurative description of} tocq out even in the band of daring Shocking. CoE ana merely ttea}men with whom he was associated,| DUBLIN, Aus. 23 (Assoclated that go with the old cavallers. He ta|@ typified to Ireland the men who} Press).—Tho city of Dublin is literally bold, he is amusing, he is gallant, ho| Vere Aghting for her freedom, stunned) today by tho! news chat When the fight vealed himself as a man with a talent for negotiation that made him the central figure of the London conference, is charming, he is gay—and under it a Over RS ites all he has a strain of steel. “He popped—despite his size and bulk, Collings does pop—into a room at the Irish headquarters in London a Michael Collins, chief of the Irish Pro- visional Government and Commander in chief of the Free State Army, was struck down from ambush last night Born in County Cork forty years few weeks ago, and called something} 124° Gollins eecelved only an elc-|>¥ @ assassin’s bullet at Bandon, gayly in Gaelic to Desmond Fitzer- | mentary school education, For some] County Cork. i$ years worked at various johs Evarywhe: Seta mation and head of tho marvellous| Years he rious johs verywhere in the Irish capital his home and then entered the Brit- ish postal service. propaganda tHat has meant so much were expressions of profound grief : : % and amazement that such a tragic Waa tenet nismapenoe oat et]. ‘The war found him in the London} and untimely end could have come vo plied in plain ‘Sassenach’: General Post Office and the 1916 re-[the military genius of the new re- “Damn your hide, Mick Colling!**{bellion brought him back to Ireland.|gime, who had barely reached the and then, a* Collins laughed, poppea| For two years he had been active| prime of Ife, being only thirty-one out again, went down the five front] @$ an agent of the Sinn Fein, but thel years of age, The tragedy was all steps in two jumps and into a wait-| Faster rising found him command-|the more shocking, coming so soon ing motor car with another, Fitzger-|ing a detachment that took the Dub-Jafter the sudden death of Arthur lin Post Office. The crushing of the rebellion drove him to practising the guerilla warfare, that kept him on the run for five year Elected to Parliament. he, like all the other Sinn Fein members, never went to Westminster. As the British efforts to crush the Sinn Fein inten- sifted, Collins became known as the ‘mystery man" of the rebels, He was soon Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Republican Army, and tales of his daring explojts filled Ireland, During this period, the “phantom rebel’? plagued the British by his pranks, ON one occasion he entered Dublin Castle, the stronghold of the British, in disguise und then jumped from the window to freedom. He was frequently reported in the garb of a woman, Another time, while he was ald wailed: HE WORKS DAY AFTER DAY WITHOUT SLEEP, “That's another night without sleep for me—and I've got to sleep, He doesn't, When I was working in Dub- lin I used to see a great deal of Mick in connection with the Finance Min- istry. He knew every digit in the whole complicated double system of Irish finance. He had it all at his fingers’ ends, And I used to think honestly it was all Dublin Castle lies to call him head of the army. But When I got to Ballykinlan intern- ment camp the boys from the army who were there used to come to me and say: ‘Sure, Desmond, that must be all camouflage, that stuff about Collins being Minister of Finance. Sure, no one who was out with the Griffith, President of the Dail Eireann Cabinet, who was considered Collins's intellectual counterpart in the ardu- ous task of setting up the new Free State Government. The Dublin newspapers pald elabo- rate tribute to the slain leader, and most of them, in their comments on his death, pointed to dire forebodings for Ireland's future, The Irish Times says: ‘The death of Michael Collins is a disaster for Ireland. Irishmen the world over will mourn him and will sink their heads in shame at the deep damnation of his taking off. That he should have met a tragic end at Irish hands ts the darkest feature of this national calamity, “He dared much and suffered much for the ideal to which he devoted his boys as many times as he is couldjattending @ wake, the British con-|\¢o and in the achievement of whieh be monkeying with finance, And since |ducted a raid Tor him, Collins re-|he played such a decisive part. He I got to London und lived in the same | moved the body and hid in the coffin. |has fallen now within sight of the house with him 1 know how both| When the truce with the British} goal toward which ho strove with stories are true. came about over a year ago, Collins He works regular! ch tenacity of pur Collins, always an ardent 8100] trom 6 one morning until 8 the Hes came from hiding. He journeyed to aa will serve ae * ee Feiner, was among those leaders who.| “Energy is Collins's most striking | London and with Grifith drow up the|the resolve of the Irish people that while holding to the fundamentals of! characteristic. He is séldom still, He|treaty which established the Free|his work shall be carried to complete teadition for the freedom of Ireland,| walks fast, he talks fast, he thinks|State, of which he became head, beeen till were willing to effect a peace/ fast. He seldom sits down, When} With Arthur Griffith, Collins head- ‘The Freeman's Journal says: “Mi- with Grea Britain, It became neces-'he does one never gets the idea that! ed the Sinn Fein delegation, and it chael Collins has fullen by the hands wary, In view of the reoe®t operations he is either still or resting, His was Collins Who was credited with of bis own countrymen, He dared h so often’ In the struggle with sland that men felt that he could run all risks and emerge unharmed, ‘That he should have been killed by an Irish bullet is a tragedy too deep for tears. Heavy as is the personal joss, the national loss is appalling."’ BELFAST, Aug. 23 (Associated Press).—All Ulster has been profound- ly stirred by the news of Michael Col- lin's Killing, The Free State Com- mander-in-Chief was looked upon here as a more forceful personality than Arthur Griffith, and many de- clare he had a far greater hold on the people, including those who fully ap- preciated the latter's cleverness, ‘The tragedy occurred on the anni- versary of the murder, in 1920, at Lis- burn, of District Inspector Swanzy, which was followed by one of the flercest riots in the history of Belfast and the burning of 800 houses at Lis- burn. The Irish News says the assassina- tion will cause profound consternation mong the Irish people, to whom Col- lins had endeared himself by his sterl- ing qualities of heart and mind, and who looked upon him as their chief mainstay in the fleld as well as in the Counell Chamber against “the evil conspiracy to which he has now fallen vietim. “Ireland,"’ the newspaper adds, “will mourn the loss of a devoted son and gallant leader, and pray that the calamity may bring the less desperate of those who opposed his policy to a sober realization of the terrible nature of the course into which they have been seduced. PRESS LAMENTS FALL OF LEADER IIeavy Blow to Cause of Trish Freedom. LONDON, Aug. 23° (Associated Press). — The slaying of Michael Collins at Bandon, Cork, yesterday, comes directly on the heels of the an- nouncement by the Irish irregulars of a polley of ambushes and raids in fight against the Free State Government. Collins was shot down from ambush only a few hours after he had been given an ovation by the residents of Cork City, which was freed less than two weeks ago by the military under Collins's command. The place where he fell is part of the constituency which he represented in the “Dail Eireann, News of the outrage, only meagre ils of which have been received ‘, came too late for @Mblication in the morning newspapers, the majority of which comment on the breaking up of the organized warfare in Southern Ireland. The Times prints under the caption “The Hour for Leadership,” a tribute to Collins as the successor to Arthur Griffith, as directing head of the fight for the Free State, which assumes un- expected timeliness in view of his as- sassination, “In the publie eye,’ it says, “MI- chacl Collins is a man of energy and obvious ability, whose dash and per- sonal disregard for danger have en- deared him to young Ireland. Gen Collins's shoulders no doubt are broad and his frame strong, but the yoke that now lies upon him is heavier than that which Parnell bore and be- neath which Redmond fell.”* The Pall Mall Gazette and Globe says the loss of Collins, following eo quickly the death of Griffith, will put a heavy strain on those who are left to 'y on the Provisional Govern- ment in the present period of crisis. “It 1s fortunate,” continues the news- paper, “that at this the latest blow the Republican movement already had been broken in the field. A few weeks earlier De Valera's following would have gained new and Infectious cour- age from the disappearance of their most formidable opponent. * © ¢ Whoever may succeed the slaughtered leader he will be a friend of Ireland just in the proportion as he is strong and thorough."* —— IRISH GOVERNMENT ISSUES STATEMENT DUBLIN, Aug. 28 (Associated Press).—The Irish Government this afternoon issued the following state- ment on the death of Michael Collins, “The greatest and bravest of our countrymen has been snatched from us just at a moment when victory smiled through the clouds upon the rising up of the nation to which had dedicated all the powers of his magnificent manhood, “The genius and cour Collins lent foree and the race and brought the long fight against the external enemy to a tri umphant end, which had beconte al- most a dream, and swept before it the domestic revolt which tried to pluck from yur hands the fruits of that tri- umph of your unchallenged authority in the land. “In every phase of the awakened activity of the nation, the construc- tion, administration and execution of de’ ge of Michael inspiration to the military, the — personality Michael Collins was vivid and impel ling. He has been slain to our un- utterable grief and loss, but he can- not die. He will live in the rule of the people, which he gave his great best to assert and confirm and which his colleagues undertake as a solemn charge to maintain,” >— MILITARY AND CIVIC HONORS FOR COLLINS Body Will Lie in State Be- fore National Funeral. DUBLIN, Aug, 28 - (Associated Press).--A national funeral, with full military honors, will be accorded to Michael Collins, head of the Pro- visional Government and of the Free State Army, it was stated this after- noon His body will le in state prior to interment in the Glasnevin Cemetery where Arthur Grifith was buried a few duys ago. Irish Leaders in U. S. Shocked By Slaying of Beloved Chiel Knew He Was Marked for Death by Insurgents, but Believed Good Fortune Would Follow Him. Former Gov. Martin H. Glynn, who returned from a prolonged visit to Ireland only last week, after many conferences with Michael Collins and other Free State leaders with regard to really representative sentiment of friends of Ireland in the United States, at first refused to believe the report of the Irish leader's assassination, “The men capable of such a deed, @——__$$_$$$$__$_____ world over. OF IRISH Y “Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith will go down in history as the founders of the Irish Free State. They suc- ceeded in getting more for Ireland from England than any other Irish leaders, Griffith was @ political phil- osopher; Collins was a man of action, and the two made an ideal team for the furtherance of a political ideal. They both served the cause of Ireland well and will both live in history as martyrs to the Irish cause. What they secured for Ireland from England met the approval in the ballot box of 90 per cent. of the people of Ireland. That portion of the Irish people to- day are in favor of the Irish Free State, and the machinations of no fanatics, the slaying of no gunmen, will alter that decision of the Irish people. “The men who are setting them- selves up against what Griffith looked for and what Collins looked for and what 90 per cent. of the Irish people have approved are doing the very thing for which Ireland and the Irish people condemned England for 700 years. COLLINS A MAN OF DASH AND SNAP. “Michael Collins was a man of dash and snap, of intense convictions ans determined action, He had many of the characteristics of Theodore Roose- velt. He was intensely beloved by the people of Ireland, and his slayers will arouse a resentment which will come howe to plague them, The men re- sponsible for the slaying of Collins are playing into the hands of «Ireland's enemies, murdering Ireland's chances to tuke her place among the nations of the world, and are creating an ox- cuse for England once again to assert dominion over the Emerald Isle."’ “Another heroic figure has been added to the list of Ireland's patriotic dead,’’ said Judge A. J. Talley of General Sessions. “Before the un- happy difference of opinion In Ireland itself no man was more beloved by his people than was Collins. There was an atmosphere of bravery and mystery about him that made him particularly attractive to the romance loving Irish, Like Harry Roland, he has been cut down in the flower of his youth. And if to die for one’s couniry is a badge of honor the name of Michael Collins will stand at the head of the list as an example of patriotism and sincere love of country and as an ————— SEN, Rien aR MULCAMY Wipe Werte " id sonal force and magnetism, and he PREDICTED BY IRISH LEADER |had brains Monsignor C1 cellor of the I res F rman ¢ HERE. Major Michael A. Kelly, New York Duffy, Chan- tholie Dioce director of the American Association | f Newark: He a enneOtate for the Recognition of the Irish Re-| {ence from town of Bishon O'Connor, public and a leader of those who have “at the hands of i maaan) ete sympathized here with the De Valera| jat j7t hands of an assassin I faction, sald last night on receiving Caan can ae = that depends word that Collins had been killed: upon an ; “T predicted that a week ago in aly) Duffy said. n's bullet,"” Mc nor he best friends of Ire COLLIN, LLOYD GEORGE WIRES REGRETS TO COSGRAVE Says Free State Has Lost Fearless Soldier, Great Leader. LONDON, Aug. 28 (Associated Press).—Prime Minister Lloyd George to-day sent the following message to Willlam T. Cosgrave, Acting Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government: I deeply regret to hear of the death of the Commander in Chief of the Free State Army, In his death the Free State has lost a fearless soldier, a teader of great energy and devotion and a fnan of remarkable personal charm, “Please convey to the members of your Government my profound sympathy with them In their loss of one of Irelgnd’s' brilliant sons at a moment when Ireland most needed his special qualities of courage and resolution." “DIED LIKE A COLLINS FIGHTING FOR IRELAND,” MESSAGE TO BROTHER Latter, in Chicago, Recently Rad etter From Dead Leader. CHICAGO, Aug. 23. — Bandon, County Cork, where Michael Collins, Irish leader, was slain last night, is Just twelve miles from Clonakilty, where he was born, sald his brother, Patrick Collins, Chicago Police Ser- geant, when informed of Michael's death. “Many is the time Mike and I have walked to Bandon as boys," the Ser- geant said. ‘Never would I believe anybody in that town would kill my, brother. That his brother had been expect- ing to be killed was revealed, Ser< gant Collins said, in a letter the Irish leader wrote him a fortnight ago “But he wrote me that if I did get the news that he had been killed, to know that he had died like a Collins and fighting for Ireland,” added the Chicago man. “If it were a real Irishman that killed Mike I would say the Irish race stands discredited, But I know it was not. It was some blackguard not fit to wipe his boots."* if more than a half Century of concentrated effort, study and improvement in candy-craft does not insure quality of the highest character — where wil] you find it? Advt. on Page 13 Orwo. FLANAGAN—ELLEN FLANAGAN, CAMP MELL PUNERAL CHURCH. Notice later, RAMSDEL.—JAMES, Campbell Funeral Church, B'way at 66th st. Notice later. SCHMIDT.—BERTHA, beloved wife of Harry and mother of Lillian, Elsle and Henry, died at her home Au 1922, after # speech in Philadelphia, I predicted} {ity must grieve at this mew turn of that the’ killing of Boland would mean] strairg. A creat ileal te belmue loot by that Collins and many others would} tho action of its friends. Michael Col pay the price. It was the natural re-tjing was killed when he was best em- sult of fighting of that kind, Itisallljiovea, May his death not be the very tragic."’ death of Ireland's hopes.” Major Kelly said he did not belteve| WASHINGTON, Aus, 23.—Those Collins's death would have any effect on the injunction proceedings now pending involving the funds collected here for Irish independence, asserting that no member of the Free State Government had any claim to the funds. Supreme Court Justice William P. Burr, himself a native of Ireland, who granted the Injunction Monday forbidding New York banks to re- lease $2,300,000 deposited here by Eamon De Valera before his break with the present Irish Free State leaders, said: I am shocked to hear of it. Somehow I didn't think It possible that Collins could be killed now. It is a great loss, probably an trrepar- able one, But surely Ireland will not collapse. There must be another who can take his place. It is not only a shock to friends of Ireland but It is a shock to the whole civilized world, Michael Collins, acting in his ca- pacity as Minister of Finance, was an applicant for the injunction which restrains the New York banks from releasing funds to De Valera or his agents. His successor as Minister of Finance probably will be substi- tuted in the papers. Several other co-trustees, among them Bishop Fo- garty, appeared with Collins as pe- titioners. CALAMITY who have followed the affairs of Ire- land most closely at the capital were greatly disturbed by the despatches telling of the murder of Michael Col- lins. Senator James A, Reed of Missount sald: It 1s a matter of worldwide re- gret, not only because of the loss of the man himself but his services to Ireland, Everything of that kind ts hound to be injurious to the Irish un- less it should have the effect of draw- ing them closer together.'* Senator Borah of Idaho said: ‘The assassination of Collins is sure to prove a great misfortune for the Irish people, and to many outside of Iveland it is ind This -Yo ‘ork, for or it Popul FEARED BY MR. KENNELLY. Bryan L. Kennelly, real estate op- ceator, who was in Ireland last sum- mer and has long been on intimately friendly terms with Griffith, Collins, De Valera and other Irish leaders sald: . “It Is a terrible calamity, I'm so shocked I don't know what to say. Grifith’s death was a frightful thing. It left all our hopes og Collins, and now he's gone I don’t know what we'll do. It seems that every time a na- tion or an individual is very near a good thing, very near the realization of high hopes, something like this happens. Collins had nearly 90 per cent. of the people of Ireland with him in this fight to establish the Free State, and he was doing the job in good shape. There may be somebody to take his place—Gavan Duffy, per- haps—but he will not be Collins. Col- 1 vote for.. W Or Pornet_ 38th ates ry ; Theresa Building: Brooklyn, "Do not vote only one candidate, be destroyed. If you use Official Voting Coupon. Coupon Entities the Holder to Cast One Most Maa In Greater New ‘One Vote for the Most Beautiful ‘Womun, Who, on Sept. 11, 1922, MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL AT CONEY ISLAND Will Be Crowned KING AND QUEEN 1922 Coney Island Mardi Gras Revue Week of Sept. 11. Contest Closes 12 Noon, Sat., Sept. 2, 1922, A Le COO er aa) Mail Votes to EVENING WORLD MARDI GRAS DITOR, P. 0. BOX 247, EDITOR, P. Ew YORK, t The Wo pe bended, ‘Third ave. 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