The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-04-10
Political Bomb Thrown
in Commons by Lloyd
George in Irish Crisis
QUESTION IINS LONG BEEN
THORN N ENGIANNDS SIDE
Nonnnue,I rrom pngc u.

The Irish question has been a thorn
In the flesh for the United Kingdom
virtually ever since the kingdom IT.
self was created 10y the act OF union
in 1851 The active campaign Tor
Irish home rule. however. really dates
from iN>t when. futhcred by Charles
stewart I%arucll. the Irish leader II
was adopted by Gladstone. who after
being returned To- office with the
knowledge uf tho country that he
|purpuscd dealing lin q liberal spirit
with the question. caused the first
home rule bin 10 he introduced In
the house uf In April. 1856.
The question thereafter was one OF
the leading ISSUES IN British politics
NJ tu the outbreak Of the great war.
and during the progress OF that con-
flict the fact that II was still unset
tied has seriously handicapped Great
| britain In her war efforts. The an
Client conflict between PrOtcstant us
ter and the largely Catholic remand
er of Ireland constantly operated to
prevent an amicnhlc adjustment by
agreement among lrishmen thcm-
selves. and this feeling found It's re-
flcN in Great Britain, where the ultra
conservative forces. supporting tho
north of ireland position. were long
able L. block even AN attempt az an
application Of the home rule priuci-
pile through 10 government framed
measure.
After more than %, years ~ effort
however. the obstacle created 10y the
opposition of the house cot lords was
finally overcome, 70 home rule hin was
passed and the question OF It's opera
ton came tu the front This created
20 crisis iu the relations between the
Ulster uuiunists and IN" remaining
population of the island which reach
ed H. climax tu the spring ana sum
mcr uf 1914. lust as the first blasts
81 the war were about tu sweep over
France. Ulster, with Sir Edward
Carson ts leader, declared She would
never consent to recognize e home
rule parliament. and her people DEM
oustrutcd that they were prepared to
resist by arms any attempt to force
home rule upon them.
In an attempt tu deal with thss
situation en amending act was passed
10y the house of lords. under which
such of the Ulster counties as should
81 express themselves hy ballot were
Ia be- excluded FOR six years from the
provisions Of the act The war Ice
gan before the amending act had
been introduced In the house Of CON-
mons however aud in September an
act suspcndiug the operation Of the
hin TO % date not later than the ter
minution uf the war was passed by
both houses.
For the better part Of two years
thereafter tho Irish question remained
I'm allegiance. Numbers Of recruits FOR
the army hid beer secured under the
voluntary system in ireland. but the
conscription act WAS not applied To-
its people. More than an unwilling
ness to help along Britain in her
fight with Germany. however. had
developed In the south OF ireland,
this tendency particularly revealing
itself Ia the ra. id growth " the rev
"~lutionary sim Fcin party. whose
nutioua listic aspirations In their eN-
trcmcst form have been expressed In
tho call Of certain Of its leaders for
complete separation ~ Ireland from
Great Britain The operations OF this
group led To upen rebellion. in the
Easter rising of 1919 IN Dublin and
vicinity when the Irish republic was
proclaimed. The movement synchro-