The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-26
Sim FE|N LOOKS
To AMERICA FOR
HELP SAYS LEADER.
Wants Peace, But Not at
Price of Complaisance,
Declares Macneill.
AWKWARD ISSUE
independence of Ireland
Means Loss of Great
Britain's Security Is
Argument Advanced.
BY Robert Weile- Rlrcnie

London. April 25.--What does tho
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"'ipi' IN ireland Is a natural question
for the American reader to ask iust
now in view of the more conc;Ii,torv
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VI ~ i''S' sl'1'tAii'eh toward
the ifish questlon.
Professor James Macnefit. presiderf
of the National rrni,o~si+, "a -.
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ihuch as any country wants 1t. But
our experience shows us that we dc
nov get peace by acquiescence. Eng
l1iid : poilcy toward US has not been
!" iSe IN an! way Tor the past seventy
or eishtS years. HAN OF our popula
aon mas disappeared, and that has not
happened IN any country In Europe,
-, mater new padiy misgoverned.
" c ASK Tor selt-goNernment; Britain
answers that II we have self-govern-
ment her own security will be 5eo-
pardlzeo' Granting this argument for
me moment me net result IL that. X
ireland mas ln&pen dence. Britain
loses ner security. That makes an
aWkWard issue
5ut what does the guaranteeing
or britaln security mean to Ireland
south OF Ulster? Our Industries have
disappeared. Why? Because of the
pressure Of the British government.
nrst OF All through over taxation. then
.nrongh special encouragement CT
sritlSh industries at the expense OF
iFiSh aha Inc Er1tlsh exclusive poiicg
III regards 10 commerce
wr,TyYTY mr.. THEIRS
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tyrarntcal as he pleased never4h~,asx
he would h,a a,,rs Pu, the most hon',.
less thing in the world is tn he env.
ernan nv Yha nonu,ar ~av.rrr,a,t ~
another ~nur.rv tbs arSwar -. AVA.
Is Sim FeIn---not q sudden o,,,Sr,u ~
Of conditions hut the Iorica, demand
OF a subject people to be free Just.
rs logical as that Of the Poles and the
Czecho- Siavhks, TO which the British
government processes to pav such
heed at the present moment,
THE policy Of Sim Fein a, this mo-
ment is 10 make its cause interna-
tomato get all the international,
support we can, and that is a policy
we shall adhere to. whether IL is M
first successful or not. We look to
international support for helm We
look TO America for help. But our
cause does not depend solely on get
ting help from the outside--far from
that
The issue come. down To this:
Britain will weigh us down. or ~e
shall weigh Britain down. That
means a constant provocation of hos
tilities, which Sim Fein does not
want Sim Fein wants peace. but not
at the price Of complaisance. What
have we In Ireland at this minute
stronger military OCCUPATION than
ever befo-e-4o 600 armed men. The
defense of the realm act onerat.nr In
every conceivable way. Censorshin Of
the press and prosecutions for Illegal
assembly. Courts martial being held
everywhere---with nothing marital
about them. Terms Of imprisonment
being dispensed wholesale.
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