The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-02-01

of the Hedjas, represented at Paris
by his son Prince Feisal, asking COM
plete independence and autonomy for
the Arabian state Of the Hedjas to
consist of Syria, upper and lower !.
Mesopotamia, Yemen and Nejd. The
conference is asked to send a commits
sion to learn the desires Of the peoples
involved. The king Of the Hedjas and
his troops gave the British very con-
siderable aid in the conquest of Pales-
tine. !
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The British draft of a league of n q
lions was submitted to the peace dele ,
gates last week by Lord Robert Cecil, !
who said it was his opinion that an in
ternational tribunal with absolutely
binding powers is not practical at the
present time. The British plan follows
the ideas of General SHUTS, the South
African leader, and contemplates a !,
league relying largely on public opin-
ion and having the power to impose
delay on disputants before resort to
rms. The French plan for a league
was the next scheduled for p~resenta-
ton. 1t was said President Wilson
would not submit his scheme until all
others had been heard, not only out of
Difference to the European nations but
in the belief that when the others have
been discussed, his plan may serve to
reconcile the differences that will have
developed. That these differences will
not be great is the belief of Lord Cecil,
who says he found in conversations
with the delegates that there was in
very large measure an agreement on
the principles he outlined.
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The opening of the Sim Fein par
lament in Dublin, with it's formal proc
lamation of the independence of Ire
land, was p%erilously heal to being a
comedy, but may well develop into
tragedy later. Only % members were
present, the others being in Jail. They
elected Charles Burgess speaker and
appointed Count Plunkett, Arthur Crit
fths and Prof. Edward De Valera a
committee to present to the peace on
ference at Paris the claims of Ireland
to self-determination. The last two
named are in English prisons. The
proceedings of the "parliament' were
conducted so far as possible in the
Irish Celtic language, with lapses into
English when the former failed.
The government took absolutely no
notice Of the meeting of the "Dail
Eireann," as the Irish call their as
sembly, although it 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 Lrit-
1sh government apparently intends to
ignore the Sim Fein republic until it
undertakes to enforce laws that are in
conflict with those established by the
British; her the trouble is likely to
begin. In the opiniA 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 it
Is likely to be quietly pigeon-holed.
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One result Of the Irish matter was
the killing of two policemen who were
guarding a quantity of explosives in
T1pperary and the theft of the explos-
ives. Tipperary was at once placed
under the crimes act, which means it's
inhabitants are under much the same
restraint as the people in the occupied
parts Of Germany. The murder may
be the beginning of a new period of
terrorism and assassinations.
While new republics are springing
up overnight in Europe, the reaction
aries of Portugal have broken out and
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