The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-11-09
THE IRISH QUESTION SHOULD BE HAN
DIED AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE


DIED AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE
London Nov 6.-After discussion lasting all day, the
house of commons today rejected by of 1876 to lis
motion made by John Dillon chairman of the Nationalist
party that the Irish question should be settled without
delay President Wilson's principles of selfdetermina
tion.-News item
The rejection of the Dillon proposal at the
purpose Of putting record before the world the
sstency and hypocrisy of the British
ton Irish affairs 1t is we'll of democracy
assembled under the banners of the Allies should
definite declaration and forecast at this uncture of the
British official policy with respect to the future
of the most acutey distressed of all the smaller
ons for the amelioraon and enfranchsement of all of
which the great world has been fought The
vote the Dillon resolution thus clears the air for
benefit of the other Allied nations particular the
benefit of Americans
little room for doubt as to the ultimate nten.
tons of Great Britain left deal with question
as domestic internal political problem. 1t demon.
straes In advance of the conference wherein it is
to be presumed that all the national controversies and
onshps that be the potential of another
eruption shall be considered and adjusted that the
Of Ireland must be heard assemblage
and that cannot be safely entrusted to exclusively
handling Ireland must be dealt with separate and
distinct nation rather than British province colony
and should enjoy at least status of equality Poland
the Czecho-Sovaks, the JugoSavs the Ukraine and the
rest of the submerged and naonaties that
receive resurrection and rehabilitation in the universal
clearinghouse of Armageddon. There argument
mas been or can be advanced support of the claims
any of these peoples to national recognition that does
apply with equal or greater to the case of Ireland
All included within the broad scope of the principles
so carefully and skuly enunciated in President Wilson's
several announcements and declarations regarding the
issues of the world Underlying all of these are the
democratic axoms that must derive just
from the consent of the governed and that
nation should be accorded the right of selfdetermnaton
Of the sovereignty under which it desires to live
British statesmen such Lloyd George, Balfour
even the secenered and narrowgauged Carson freely
concede these propositions in respect their application
to the several small nationaes of the Continent
to receive their emancipation from the thradom
turtles of oppression and repression but they become
myopic and color blind when asked apply these
principles to the longsuering people of Erin At this
point they begin to hedge qualify their
fessed adherence and fidelity principles of democ
which President Wilson writ so large and clear
that he who read u.s. therefore, apparent that
the Britishers need vigorous jolt from the democratic
schoomaster, President Wilson, bring them realz
Ing sense of the identity of the issues involved in the
Ireland with those of Poland the CzechoSlovaks and
others.
The Dillon resolution has served bring out into bold
relief the deficiencies and msappehensions of the
statesmen who the exempars of democracy
the world but lack the fairness Of vision analysis to
apply these principles at their DOORS this
the record Of the vote in the House rejecting
the Wilson principles is timely valuable as it fore