The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-24
Mainly About People
A Weekly News Letter
ByTP O'CoNNoR.
A Weekly News Lette
By T. P. O'CONNOR

things at the nc:tcr conference, ana
where tn. months which stretched be-
furc The gaze Of disappointed, ANXIOUS
and impatient Europe now are coming
down to weeks. This accounts for the
joyous reception for president wilson.
IL whom Europe looked during his an
S"nc" with the same intense anxiety as
Sister Ann" to coming ~ the rescue IN
an old fairy tale. ono or two llnGH
organs still protest against 1ccuihs
Germany. but the pressure from Lam
sing and British officers and tn" gen
rial dread Of lulsh"viSm swept all this
away and Germany will soon b" res
rurd from starvation and perhaps
thereby from I!"lshcvism.
Nation Like Speudthr1ft.
Rcverting To government expenditure.
public opinion is shocked nj once ny
one set Of SPEAKERS declaring We are IN
sight of national bankruptcy. when
Churchill gaily and d"linantly produced
another gigantic army scheme: waiter
Long an equally ambitious naval ana
Srcly an equally ambitious ami costly
air scheme Everybody knows Llo!u
GcorE" has no keen sense or 1nahchtI
responsibilities. Thus We have curl
Gus Sp"ctahlr of Il nation lik" il young
sy,,ndthrift who Sr"s a great heritage
last disappearing ulN'I 'NN4"'N6>'''
living and disappearing under cXtraNa-
CANT living and 1T the Same time fcels
himself incapable "f putting Il brake
on his app"iil"S and barking hack from
the abyss of ruin.
In the meantime the government pro-
gram of rrcunSt ruriluu does not 20
quite smoothly The bill giving the
government control of tn" railways.
canals, roads. electricity and virtually
all transport is faced by crowds OF
enemies. The bill will pass in some
shape or other for two reasons: first.
because the naturalization of railways
is Demanded SO necessarily by TN" ihh"r
party; secondly, because Lloyd GcorIes
hold of fcalty on his party persists
until peace is signed; but the bill VIII.
have to be severely curlailrd and ~
tered Here again one sees that SEs-
tom Of groupings which threatens the
continued existence Of this adminlStra-
ton. Road men and autnm"hlliS'S
form one group. docks and lIarhprS an
other. electricity n third and son an
There is little new to say Of lr"iahu.
John Dillon. interviewed by the Morn
ing Post. gives p"sSlmlStIc account
Of the present state Of Ireland. where
tho governments policy Of dFlftlng'
combined with drastic militarisIl, ados
fuel every day IL The com ilsra'l"H
there raging. He demonstrated now
rv~ry act uf the Lloyd George admins
tration had played into tho hands OF
the Sim Fr;mcrS and thus Destroyer
the Constitutional party. ready I" mak%
:; settlement and have 81 RECOMMENDATION
with the ,l,ncliSh people. Even inc
Morning Post. with all its linE"lShl'
shows sorlr signs uf anxiety at thc
uglinrsS ui' the Irish situation. Equally
significant Of the trend "f l;hEllS"
opinion is that the DAILY Mail. Lord
NurlhcliffS most widespread organ
sen, Il special correspondent 10 Ire
land, who writes cmphaurally That sr!t-
government is one remedy l"r growing
anarchy in Ireland
Several Tories in thr h"u$" ar COM
mons; declared 10 me this week 'h"lr
feeling that Irish settlement ought 10
came soon. think il depends largely,
if moi mainly. IN whether Lluyd G""rs"
has the couraS" and vision In propose II
really generous settlement and tax" ms
risks do not believe in risks as Scfi-
Gus as trarson'S crowd. quite dls"r"ilt"d
in this parliament. Moreover. The enc
mics Of ireland arc confronted hE inns
nnC-wall fact. that the existing nom:
rule net cumns automatically in opera
ton within six months after the ratll'-
cation If peace. and nobody ~ any
party in mis- senses thinks u auchlPI-
ing 10 repeal it.