“THE FINAL HAMMER BLOW.”
STAGE MARKED BY ARREST OF STACK. END OF THE STRUGGLE IN SIGHT. By Telegraph. —Press Association.-—Cop.vright.—Reuter's Telegrrams. (Received April 16, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 15. The capture of Austin Stack, and the discovery of the document which stated that further resistance would be futile, is described as the Free Staters’ final hammer blow. Stack was one of the best political brains in the Republican movement, but remained a mystery man. The death of Liam Lynch removed a dictator, who was standing between an army on the verge of despair, and a peace movement inspired by reason. A determined peace move, piloted by Stack, was on the eve of being brought to a conclusion. Stack, evidently realising the futility of prolonging the conflict, may have been responsible for a clever move having the resemblance of a surrender, without the ignominy of giving himself up to the Free Staters. Stack’s capture removes a prop supporting the Irregular movement, and it may well be that the end of the struggle has arrived. De Valera's flamboyant manifesto seems to be an attempt to rally the courage of despair.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17017, 16 April 1923, Page 7
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