The sun., 1918-12-27
SINN FEINERS PLAN
TO CALL ASSEMBLY
Those Recently Elected Will
Refuse to Take Seats in
House Of Commons.
DEMAND INDEPENDENCE
"America" Was FavOrite
Theme of All Parties Dur
ing Election Fight.

| Correspondence Of the associated Press
DUBLIN, Dec. 26.-The Sim Fein
victory over the Nationalist in the
recent Parliamentary elections ex-
| ceeded the highest hopes of the Sim
Feiners. 1t is believed that when the
| final count is made on December %
the Sim Feiners will have won a ma
jority of the Irish seats. In fact be-
fore tho election they had gained
twenty-five seats because the Nation
alists did not oppose them.
The Sim Feiners elected TO the
House of Commons will not take their
seats. They will forfeit the SIS which
they had to post as an election fee
and which is returnable only when a
member takes his oath and his seat
The immediate purpose OF the Sim
Feiners. according to one Of their
most prominent leaders, is to convoke
an Irish Nationalist Assembly early
! in January. The assembly would draft
national constitution for ireland,
which would be laid before a confer
ence Of all nations.
Ask Separate Republic.
Complete separation and republic
\ wholly independent OF Great Britain is
boldly claimed by some Sim Feiners.
The policy OF the Sim Feiners Is re-
ported to be all or nothing. and 1t is be-
lieved the success of the Sim Fein has
been because a moderate settlement of
the Irish question has not yet been
reached The difficulties In the way OF
| a home rule agreement still persists
Various plans have been suggested to
bring about home rule, but none has
substantial backing from any organized
party in Ireland
| Meanwhile the Government in ireland
Is concerned mostly with the problem
OF the reconstruction OF industry after
the war and plans are being prepared
for the expenditure OF money In Ireland
on Industrial and agricultural improve
nteut. Viscount French. the Lord Lieu
tenant and the Secretary FOR Ireland.
Mr.. Short. are in accord with this
movement, which may be affected adj
versely by the absence OF Irish mem
bers from Parliament II the Sim Fem
ers carry out their threat.
| Election day came, with the Sim Fem
| ers having an advantage over the Ma
tional!sts in being returned unopposed
from twenty-five constituencies. The
Nationalists made weak fight in many
such moderate constituencies as Carlow
Made Use of Slogan.
The Sim Fein leaders made valuable
political use OF the continued imprison
ment Of their leaders on a charge o.
completely In a German plot. Many o.
the informed Sim Fein were nominated
for Parliament and the cry Of Vote fol
the men uniustly in jail was raised IT
their behalf The Nationalists helped
this by repudiating the suggestion of &
Germa plot.
| In Ulster Cardinal I>ogue was leade
In organizing opposition to the follower
Of Sir Edward Carson. With Catholic
Bishops and others he allotted the eigh
doubtful seats in Ulster equally between
the Sim Feiners and the Nationalist
and called upon the supporters OF eaci
party to vote against the Carsonltes.
| Cardinal Logue, who has condemned
1.-the Sim Fein policy az foolish and dis
astrous," announced his intention to vot'
for the Sim Fein candidate. This wa
another bomb in the ranks of the Ma
tionalists. who were weakened furthe
by the support given the Sim Fem b!
Archbishop Walsh OF Dublin. Bishol
Fogarty OF Killaloe, Bishop Hallnan o
Limerick and Bishop Cohalan of Cork.
All Look to America.
Appeals to America played a grea
part in the contest on both sides. TIL
! Nationalist leaders recalled that tn,
Sim Feiners had insulted the American
flag and supported Germany Tn
, Sim Feiners minimlzed the reports O
, insults and repudiated allegations OF pro
. Germanism by claiming they were onl.
pro-Irish. No speech was complete with
out a reference to the Irish in America