In Dublin, last Saturday, many of the- old associates , of
Michael Collins met to pay a tribute to his memory. The Times - correspondent -rightly calls the meeting significant, as all the speeches were in- the same strain-- in strong advocacy; of the complete independence of , Ireland; Indeed, this memorial meeting was summoned by the Irish Republican Army Organization, the body' which inspired, the recent mutiny in. the. Free State Army. Mr. Liam Tobin, formerly aide-de-camp to the 'Governor-General,-who presided, said that they all stood for what Collins himselffought for—absolute independence. This, of course, is to attribute to Collins an aim which he publicly disavowed -when he accepted the Treaty and put on the -uniform of a Free State General. It may be, as has frequently been said, that Michael Collins privately regarded the Treaty as a stepping-stone to Republicanism. In any case, the memorial meeting thought fit -to 'honour the dead leader by imputing to him essential dishonesty.
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