Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-19
IRISH POLITICS
GIVING PLACE To
GRAVER PROBLEM
People of Emerald Isle Inter-
eSted in What De Valera
May Have Accomplished in
the United States.
(By Reciprocal News Service.

Dublin, July 29.-(By mail)-|
Rumors that Lloyd George now will
produce a settlement are spread by
the newspapers, but very few people
have any faith in them. Irishmen
are tired of these half promises and
despair of getting any fair treatment
out of the present government. the
average man at the present moment
desires more than anything to get
rid of the British army of occupation
and of the methods of espionage and
Erovocation which are practised b.
the Castle government There is no
sign that the chief secretary has
either the power or the wish to do
anything along the lines of the recon.
struction that was promised after the
war and the cynical indifference with
which he has treated all Populations
that have waited on him has not en-
deared him to the people, Mean
while Lord French seems to waver
between indifference and outbursts
of militarism and coercion.
Intrust To Irish.
The three things in the near future
in which Irish people are taking q
live interest are the results of Presi-
dent de Valera's mission to America.
the prospects of Sir Horace Punkett's
dominion league, and the Industrial
situation, which means at this mo-
ment the increase in the price of coal
and the unrest among agricultural
laborers. Reports in various papers
as to the support obtained by dc
Valera differ greatly and it will be
some time before the effects of the
mission can be justly estimated
1t is significant that leading Sim
Feiners in Ireland have very little to
say about it. Their idea evidently is
that If there is not much success the
mission can be represented as unim-
portant while if the contrary takes
place they will be able to give their
supporters a welcome surprise. 1t
is we'll known that all classes of Ma
tionajlsts from the extreme Sim
Feiner down to the mildest newly
converted Dominionist have their
eyes turned to America at present, so
that the amount of moral support OBJ
tanned by de Valera may have a great
bearing on, the future development
of parties in Ireland. This is especi-
ally true when it is remembered that
most people here do not understand
exactly the position of the profession
al Irish-American and therefore do
not realize that there may be enthusi-
astic receptions in such places as
Chicago which would leave the aver
age American citizen cold. The ex-
tent to which the Sim Fein leader
is able actually to collect cash IS
important for two reasons. First Of
all, it will be regarded as the best
practical measure of the sympathy
of the American people for his pro-
gram and secondly, it will enable
! the Sim Fein organization to support
| a large executive and staff and pup
| Lefty machinery which will create a
vested interest in favor of holding
! out for the extreme demand. Mean
while in view of the lack of any con-
structive policy and the absence Of
evidence of practical progress Sim
Feih's hold on the country is very
precarious, drawing its main support
from such things as Carson's Bowery
outburst on the 18th of July and the
British governments acquiescence in
| it, together with the Castles excurs-
ions into repressive acts
In these circumstances there is nat
| urally a great real of interest IN the
doings of the Irish Dominion league,
which, led by Sir Horace Plunkett,
aims at bringing together moderate
| together with the supporters of the
| Nationalist party which was swept
| away at the last election, in a united
| demand for constitutional home rule
on complete Dominion lines. 1t is too
early at present to say how much
| power the new movement is likely to
obtain, but no doubt the Irish States
man, the weekly paper whlcn express
es the views of the league. has been
very well received. and is probably tn
most influential organ of opinion Ire
| land has seen for many years. In
spite of the fact that this paper Is
very outspoken and goes more than
half way towards the viewpoint of
Sim Fen it does not seem probable
that the league itself has made many
! converts from the ranks of the ex-
| tremists.
| The number of girl scouts in the
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