Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-26
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.
By Cable to The Star and Ch1ca
Daily News. Copyright. 1920.


By Cable to The Star and Chicago
Daily News. Copyright. 1870.
| LONDON, July 2s.-"War prevails
in Ireland" said a responsible gov
eminent official to me this morning.
| TT is q war between Sim F'einers
and Ulstermen; between Roman Cath
olics and Protestants: between seces-
aenists and Observation-Disclosures all.
"As between the combatants, the
British government merely is strug-
Cling to restore law and order pend
| ing a permanent solution of the Irish
question. if such a solution can pc
found. We are favoring neither side
in the actual conflict, though the SIM
Feiners are the avowed enemies OF
the FISHERMEN. who are our proved
friends. Moreover, the Sim Feiners
are Roman Catholic. while Britain is
an overwhelmingly Protestant nation.
Must Respect Ulster. Too.
"Of course. the Sim Feiners cannot
have q republic or absolute independ-
ence under any name if Great Britain
can prevent it. The Sim Fein can
have almost anything it wants short
of absolute Independence, however.
so long as it keeps violent hands on
Ulster. II the Sim Fem can win over
Ulster by example and moral suasion
Wen anu KOOu, ITCdI britain WYNN
be happy to see such development.
But the Sim Fem must not attempt
| to tear Ulster out of the empire by
force. Ulster must have an equal
choice with the Sim Fem as to its
form of government, and neither
more nor less.
And whatever happens Great Britain
must control Ireland strategically. just
as the United States controls Cuba and
other islands in the Caribbean. Forty
! Ave millions of English, Scotch and
Welsh living in an island. entirely
commanded strategically by Ireland,
cannot intrust their fate to 100000
Irish people whose effective leaders
have boosted of the wish and the aim
to destroy the British empire
Belfast Quiet. But Ready.
BELFAST July 25 (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-The military. which is
| being steadily reinforced not only by
men but by armored cars, the latter
for the present being kept in barracks,
Barbados in all Of the disturbed
section were strengthened with further
| sandbags. more wire was erected and
more men were added to the pickets.
including more seasoned soldiers.
The precautions were not ill-tined,
! in the Falls road district was wrecked
and the premises of certain hardware
merchants met a similar fate. Those
| saloons and pawnshops which have
! thus far escaped the iooters are close
~ boarded
Factions Stand Ready.
| Rival factions stood in groups ready
| for a renewal of the strife, having ap-
parently ignored the appeals made
from the pulpits Of all sects today to
avoid a provocative attitude. There
was an exodus of Catholic families
from the Protestant section OF Bally-
nacarrett. Soldiers guarded the fugi-
tives, and in some cases army lorries
were used to facilitate the change In
labodes and thus lessen the danger OF
lrenewed disturbances.
| There was no firing here last night
ior this morning. The death list as 8
result Of the recent fighting between
1.-The unionists and Sim Fein factions
Preached seventeen today when twt
women, who were injured Friday il
tho attack on ST. Matthew's conven