Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-16

(Staff Correspondent OF the Alpuquet- I
que Journal and the New York World, |
Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publish !
ing Co.
(The New York World.)
Especial Gable Dispatch to the World) !
London, Oct. 15.--I am able to state
authoritatively that two rival schemes
for Irish home rule are to be submit
tea to the committee of the cabinet !
appointed for the purpose of present |
ing the appearance of a desire TO set |
tie the Irish question The commit !
tee began it's sessions today after the
meeting of the cabinet and called Sir
Edward Carson into consultation.
The first plan is for full dominion
home rule, giving complete fiscal
independence to Ireland but without |
the power to raise an army or navy, |
and providing for a fixed annual CON
tribution by Ireland to these and |
other imperial services. This cen
tribution would be perhaps one pound |
This scheme would also provide that
any county in Ireland that preferred |
to remain under the rule of Downing |
street should have the right to do SO
by plebiscite. Allowing the Orange
men their fullest claims, this would |
mean at the outside, four Ulster |
counties, Down, Antrim, Derry and |
Armagh, which might want TO remain |
under the imperial government.
But even among those four the de-
cIsion Of Derry and Armagh is doubt |
full, because in Derry 46 per cent are
nationalist and in Armagh A per |
cent so 1t would take a comparative |
ly trifling shifting of allegiance to
bring them in.
Would nc Home Rule.
cal n 1nnfn1 WOllII
settle the question, although IN
doubtedly the partition of even two
Ulster counties would be resented. |
Put as it would be home rule for
the whole country except the coun-
ties that might choose to remain out, !
Premier Lloyd Georges suggestion
that there are two Irelands would be
repudiated. Resides. it is firmly be
lieved that the taxation and other
advantages that would accrue to the
vast bulk of the country under do
lninion home rule would soon bring
Ulster in.
Put there is another scheme before
the committee Which is supported
by Lord Lieutenant Lord French and
Chief Secretary Mac pherson ard
was originated by Walter Long, first
lord Of the admiralty who was Sir
Edward Carson's predecessor as
chairman of the Orange party. This
plan is SO absolutely worthless and
unacceptable that 1t could not be in
tended as a bona fide solution. 1t 81
q federal scheme, drafted so that
England. scotland and Wales can be
included None Of these countries
las even asked for federal home
rule. nor has Ireland, but there Isl
an idea in Premier Lloyd George 5
head that the word federal womb
have some magic influence over tn
American mind. so if Ireland refused
ANYTHING called liberalization, Amer
i, an sentiment would become hostile.
The 1.-TWO Ireland Idea.
The scheme proposes to perpetuate
the idea of two Irelands and would
make a clean cut of all the Ulster
counties, placing them under a separ-
cite parliament Thus two parliaments
would be set up in Ireland, one for
Ulster, another for the rest of theI
country. No party in Ireland will look
at such scheme. In favor of this So
luton II is suggested that, as the ma
t!onalsts are increasing more rapid
w than the Orangcmen, they would
ultimately gain control,
Tho Euckingham palace conference
of I9t4 actually broke down because
John Redmond absolutely refused tot
clean cut of the six Ulster counties,
and now Premier Lloyd George comes
forward with proposal 10 give Slf
Edward Carson nine, although on al
plebiscite he could not possibly getI
more than four and perhaps only two
AS means of smoothing Lord
Crews diplomatic path at Washing
ton which is undoubtedly the motive
ending Lloyd George in taking upl
home rule again. this scheme might
well have directly the contrary effect
because it would make the last condi
ton of Ireland worse than the first
Lloyd Georges Hurry.
There is also another characteristic
reason for this sudden furry about
home rule in the British government.
They appear to have been ADVISED
that the original resolution postpon-
ing the operation of the home rulei
act in 1914 was so worded that the act
must come automatically into opera
ton when peace is formally declared
Their calculation was that the
treaty would be ratified by Turkey in
six weeks, so some sort of home rule
bill had to be FURNISHED up by that
time. But it is now pointed out that
perhaps Turkeys ratification may not
lie effected for three months; in other
words that Turkish chaos may be al
lowed to continue SO that the British
government can have leisure to deaf
with the Irish question.
Premier Lloyd George, at any rate
has fun warning that he will be vast
ing time and effort in trying TO foistl
his federal scheme on Ireland
Presence of Carson.
The trend of the discussion today mi
the cabinet committee is indicated by
the presence of Carson. To invite any
one not member of the government
TO attend a. cabinet committee meet
ing is entirely unprecedented How