Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-02-18
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Especial Gable Dispa'ch)
London. Feb. 17.-lHeland, which
was to be re!egatcd to the BACKGROUND
ground with the determination OF the!
nationalist party at the polls, intruded
in a peculiarly menacnE form on thei
debate at the opening of the house of
commons before it was an hour old.
Mr. Devin wanted to know what gov
eminent exists in ireland and de-
handed that the prime minister tell
the house what is happening in that
country.
The home rule move in the Ameri-
can house of representatives to urge
the house conference to favorably con-
slider Irelands claims may be said to-
have created a new situation there,
Lloyd Georgian dream that the peace
conference can be concluded without
reference to Ireland's demands for
self determination. AS to the new
house of commons, Devlin stigma
tized it as the house of all the in
terests, a house elected i'm a public
panic, and declared that the kings
speech was not drafted to meet the
popular demands, but 10 satisfy the
wishes and meet the idiosyncracies of
interests.
Sir Edward Carson, whose self
styled loyal and patriotic orange
supporters in belfast have estab-
lished the first soviet in the three
kingioms--which body, after con-
sideration, decided yesterday to
continue the strike and deprive Bel
fast of all transport facilities-was lis
tcning to Devlin. The house is GER
tainly eager to hear what sort of
an explanation Carson can offer Of
the new Ulster rebellion.
In Belfast, by the way, where all
legal authority in municipal affairs
has been superseded by the soviet
with which the corporation is treating
as with a properly constituted supe-
rior authority-the measures taken
to re-estahlish the authority Of the
crown differ markedly from the ma
chino gun and artillery commandments
in Dublin at the first appearance of
revolt The only damage done is
whore Carson's followers, out of sheer
devilment have smashed windows
themselves. and no such Caesarian
methods have been adopted by the
government and the military as have
left Dublin with lis principal street
ruin only comparable to shelled
city IN the war zone.
The Irish people are not so stupid
as not to draw their own conclusions
from such lenient treatment of car
sons braves who have taken COM
plete possession of Belfast and para
y2ed it sindustral life They have
out Sim -Feined the Sim Feiners with
perfect immunity and Carson is either
unable or unwilling to restore order,
Premier Lloyd George had no word
to say to the house about Ireland
in his opening speech; not q syllable
of condemnation of the Orange reb-
els of Belfast, nor even a hint of
what the government purposes to do
in Ireland now that il has succeeded
in its policy of destroying constitu
tionalism with north and south
But whereas outside Ulster the
Sim Feiners are court -martialcd if
they dare to form fours" Carson's
pets in Belfast are left in undisputed
possession of the city, the good will
and favor being fruitlesSly sought by
government emissaries and rebellion
is sanctioned by government inaction.
II such conditions of affairs had
been attempted in Cork the commons
NpWlu UaNt | ullS WIN lJlpN u Nt'l Sitn
Indignation and the streets with mill
tary rifle bullets.
> Does the government fancy that the
Sim Feiners are not rubbing their
hands with glee over this connivanceI
at revolt and that they will not follow
the Belfast example when the time isl
ripe? The blindness of the govern
ment to the grave outlook in ireland
is tragic. The ministers are wholly
concerned with deVising sops to throw
to the hungry interests on whose Ia
vor they exist.