The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-21

I revolutionary party. Md If that was
! their purpose they have Succeeded. ~
! IS hard for M" 10 say how they intend TO
! face the situation they have created. BY
! breaking their pliShtcd faith over ana
over again. and finally by introducing
! last May the Cunscription Act. and
! carrying with it against tho protests Of
All the Irish Nationalist representatives.
| and by the arrest of the Sim Tein
! leaders they hay" brought about the eS-
/ listing position. Remember that Mr..
Lloyd George gave 81 personal pledge in
| his letter TO Sir Horace Flunkrtt TINT.
! no matter what was the result OF mo
! convention the government would pro-
| coed forthwith, 10 settle tho irish 1u"S-
! ton. He broke that pledge. and having
/ broken faith with ireland. h" Proceeded
! TO apply CunScrption 10 Ireland, ;Li-
! though We who knew the country warn
! cd him that he would get no men under
| the Conscrinlion Act. and that the only
! result would he Ia throw tho country
| into a state Of revolution. II was these
proceedings on IN" part Of tn" govern
: mcnt which caused Sim Fem I" carry
! the election"
Prediction Fulfilled.
DO you not think that thor" WAS An
agitation in Great Britain n favor NJ
| dpDlClIE COnSCIIpNltII ~ '''IetlN -
| strong that the government were ohilScu
! TO yield Ia it?'
| Cert ainly not. Successive govern
ments have repeat eddy faced this aEita-
! ton and declared that they recognized
| the special circumstances Of the Irish
| case. and would not include Ireland IN
tho Military Scrvic" Acts. What does
government exist for except In act
upon their Judgment? When they did
decide on their course Of action. They
did So against the advice Of every off
cial tho: have in this country. from thc
Lord lieutenant down. not /" speak "f
our warning. Tho result was that they
threw the whole Of Ireland into the
hands Of the Scparatist party. TIL"
warning I gave them IN May has turned
out precisely tr1ic. That is 10 say. they
did not get Il man under CONSUMPTION:
they did not dare To put the act into
effect: and they poisoned tn" mind ~.
Ireland and created tn" present situn-
tio1. Now. ] want to scr what their
policy is. 7 don't know il. Do you"
Docs anybody know il" 10 they know II
themselves? The country is now under
martial law. How long DOES III" govern
mcnt propose tn maintain this system.
Killing The League Of Nations.
What would You suggest aS Il policy"
INC To make suggestions. AT III" moment
I cannot speak rhr ireland. Mr.. Lloyd
George and tho government hav" hcndcd
ireland over To Sim F"in. they are r"-
sponsibf" for The present situation. and
1t is for them 10 apply remedy.
Have YOU any hope Of III" Sim Fcin-
crs coming around 10 Il more reasonable
frame Of mind"
THAT is Il question which should he
addressed Ia lhr leaders Of Sim Fcin.
I am not in their counsrlS. But ! af1
afra i'll IN" government seem determined
10 do everything in their power t" pre-
vent any Irishmeu coming round 10
reasonable frame Of mind or what Eng
lishmcn would call Il reasonable fran"
Of mind. Ono effect Of their action Will
be 10 kill the lraGrl" Of nations. hay"
never known IN" Irish IN America :"
aroused | haYn no special knowledge
of tho American nation. hui ] can speak
for Irish opinion there. and | should be
inclined To say thai If circumstances in
ireland remain rs they arr H." whole
body of the lri=h in America. AMI they
number moro than ion millions. will 20
against tho lCaeu" Of nations. President
Wilson has very difficult task 10 carry
America with him in that matter and IN"
Irish pulley Of IN" British government
ha.; in my judgment enormously incrras-
cd his difficulties
Sir E. carson's Example.
"SupposinE the hdnI" Rul" Act is
brought into operation You know II
comes into force automatically six
months after peace is SiE7l"d."
Il must decline to 'XrrrSs my opinion
on that. II is for tho government. They |
have created tho present situation. and |
they are bound to Nropo*" their remedy. |
They will have Ia deal in some way with !
it, never believed or expected that |
ANYTHING would como out nf IN" rnnrcn- |
ton | did not JOIN il because believed !
that Fishermen were determined In |
wreck II. You know that u, thr end they |
declared they would have nn\s"t'lcn"nt |
Of any sort"
Cannot the Sim F'cncrs be induced |
to look NJ things from Il common sense
standpninl"'''
You have ir deal MOI with common
sons" but with wild enthusiasm and OK
HSpcratinn and 4 total diStri&t "f British
minister's. Tn" government hay" taught
tho Irish people that they will yield TO
nothing bu4 threats Of force and VOL
encc They turned deaf rnr to the
Irish party which had for NOR" than
thirty years successfully persuaded the
Irish people IT, abandon r"volui ionary
Il nd violent m"thnd> and work for the
end they had in view by constitutional
agitation. ENaspcrulcd by long delay
md broken pledges. the people have now
decided 10 try Sir Edward Carson's