The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
Mainly About People
A Weekly News Letter
By r. P. O'CONNOR.

Lloyd George either 10 Try for settle
mcitt or get ont. 1t IS still dii!cult 70
gather VIVA, are the immediate pur-
poses Of the Sim t'crners. Thcre Is Il
fotIccabl" difference already between
the Spvcvns OF the different leaders hnd
their speeches before ana since tn cleo
tlun. one speaker declares Tho lrIsh re-
public wlll come ~ lew months, ~hiIe
he Valera and others who ara III jail
suggest patience and soft pcdaiInE. but
apparently the Slln fcin memD"rs VIII
summon AN assembly III Dublin ana
proceed 10 lcGlSlatc Tor Ireland. The
government Will not interfere until Such
an assembly proceeds Ia take definite
action. such as attempting l. collect
rests viii follow. Then comes chaos.
with next. perhaps. some UutbuTSts ar
lI"lcncc. In the meantime Dublin CAS-
tie has been driven back on AL The "in
me huds to meet tn" revolutionary SIT.
uat,un by hiring spies and agents prJ-
rocatcurs---old machinery. aS rusty and
out OF date IN modern Ireland ana MOD
err, England AS would bc tn" res;ura-
ton Of the third police section IN ret
rOSrad.
ilonaI party is imposed by c9nd Tons
as one of absolute qulcs"nre. They feel
they must give The Slnn Rein iui ana
fHlr play and u free field TO realize
their program: alloy" a II. they must
leave IL Lloyd George the 1uIl resn9n.
Sblity Of cleaning up the mess mat
he. NOR" than any other man, except
Sir Edward Carson. has created III Ire
land. Either consciously or unc@n.
seiousIy. he SavG inc !rsn n, pa, naF Enrno u.s.
shell and his breach Of faith III rrtuS-
ing to carry out promises 10 parliA-
mrnt for Il united ireland: and he must
pass 20 The final cause OF tnat
slight hierarchy dlsiliusIon which
haunts the minds Of London people TO-
day. Has i'cs.dcni Wilson ALREADY fail
"a nDhle idea pf 4
League Of Nations" Is Europe deter
mined to 20 back INTO the Old rut al Il
balanc"' Of power and m" |ompIetion
and s"u" The encourage OF President
Wilson has gwen cat an "pt!miSuE
not" hut tho BRITISH and French demo-
Gratis do no; share thug OPTIMISM; rho
hrcakou, az an armed struggle between
tn" Poles and the Germans for the pos
session Of pos"n. the Italian ministerial
crisis. tn" growing bitterness of rch-
tons between tho lialians and the JuE"-
SIavs. the ANXIETY ms to the exact limits
of our Interference in Russln. remind
us that Europe, with rs old racial pas
sion and irrcconci liability. st'll stands
was the dream Of generous radical SPIT
It's the first few weeks after the war.
We still. however, cling with dcSper-
ate hope to Prcsidcnt Wilson. Even
now III" English papers continue TO
give echoes and manifestations OF the
extraordinarily favorable impression he
made on the English public. Even SUI
sic. Miss Wilson's negro nanny, was
rushed from tho privacy Of her d"Hics-
tic service 10 IN" position Of IL popular
fayuritr SuSi" seems more like hE-
ur.. from on" &c Thomas Nelson HaE"
books than anything known TO US. csp"-
riaf!y when. with CHARACTERISTIC negro
pride in her own p""plr. she looked with
unaSSumcd contempt on Tho gold scr
vice brought ont in buckingham palace
for ;hr presidents drlcrlation. AS n
the president himself attention Is d.
yldrd between III" holiness df tho iona
If his speeches. his winning and now
historic smile. and the smallest details
Of his habits.
find III the Manchester Guardian