The Clio messenger., 1919-01-30

was the next scheduled for presenta-
tion. 1t was said President Wilson
would not submit his scheme until all
others had been heard, net only out of
Difference to the Europeai nations but
in the belief that when th& others have
been discussed. his plan may serve to
reconcile the differences thht will have
developed. That these differences will
not be great Is the belief oflLord Cecil,
who says he found in conversations
with the delegates that there was in
very large measure an AGREEMENT on
the principles he outlined.
Ia
The opening of the Sim tein par
lament In Dublin, with Its formal proc
lamation Of the independence Of Ire
land, was perilously near to being a
comedy, but may well develSp into
tragedy later. Only 25 membeis were
present, the others being In jain They
elected Charles Burgess speaker and
appointed Count Plunkett, Arthur Grif-
fiths and Prof. Edward De yaera a
committee to present to the peach con-
ference at Paris the claims of INLAND
to self-determination. The lastl two
named are in English prisons. The
proceedings Of the parliament" we're
conducted so far as possible in the
Irish Celtic language, with lapses INTO
English when the former failed.
The government took absolutely mo
notice of the meeting of the "Dail
| Li..nn fI,.n Irfe tl,at
(, sembly. although 1t was in the Man
| sion house, under the very shadow of
| Dublin castle. Loyal citizens hung out
| an unusual number of union jacks and
| some returned soldiers growled a bit,
but there was no disorder. The Brit
/ ish government apparently intends to
ignore the Sim Fein republic until 1t
undertakes to enforce laws that are in
| conflict with those established by the
| British; then the trouble Is likely to
| begin. In the opinion of the loyal
Irish press, the purpose of the par
| lament is to attract the attention of
the world. especially the peace confer
ence, to the case of the Sim Feiners,
and the latter expected and hoped the
assembly would be suppressed by the
| police. In this the British fooled
them. not desiring to create any more
Irish martyrs than necessity compels.
| If Count Plunkett takes the Sim Fein
declaration to the peace conference 1t
is likely to be quietly pigeon-holed.
One result Of the Irish matter was
the killing Of two policemen who were
guarding a quantity of explosives in
Tipperary and the theft Of the explOs-
ives. Tipperary was at once placed
under the crimes act, which means its
Inhabitants are under much the same
restraint as the people in the occupied
parts of Germany. The murder may
be the beginning of new period of
terrorism and assassinations.
~
While new republics are springing
up overnight in Europe, the reaction
aries of Portugal have broken out and
proclaimed the restoration Of the mon
archy. The movement Is especially
strong in the northern part of the
country. The revolutionists have Of
fered the throne to the former king.
Manuel, and though he Is absolyed of.
| ficially of any connection with the up
rising, 1t is reported he is on vessel
off Oporto awaiting developments.
| His lord in waiting at London said
| Manuel would return to his country II
| 1t wished him to do so. There Is a re-
| port that, In case Manuel does not ac-
| cept the invitation of the royalists.
they will offer the throne to Dom Mig
uel of Braganza. who married Anita
Stewart of New Jersey.
II may be the yellow Peril alarm
lists In America will be somewhat ST.
fenced by the statement of yiscount
Uchida, minister for foreign affairs, at
the opening Of the japanese parlia-
ment. He declared that japan had
mo aspiration but to seek the consum-
nation Of free and unfettered devel-
opment, of her national life along the
highway of justice and peace" and
that she was "determlned to pursue
fair and clean policy In all information
nj relations" He especially emphasized
his country's friendship for China and
Russid and denied that 1t would fbe
Japan's policy to take advantage of
the domestic troubles of Russia to pro-
mote solfsh aims Of territorial or eco
nomic ogyre'r'on ~ Japanese for
eign olDco alD ~ eniaIs Of "mit
chievooo 11oort1 % Japanese scfivl-
ties n O&z1a. y D(lcr11fiy In regard u