Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-04-10

"In urging the new home rule bill as
settlement of the Irish question the Lloyd
George government returns to hopeless
task" declares the NEW YORK WORLD
(Dem.). "The measure meets with strong
favor in no quarter and bitter opposition
from every side. The stand taken by the
government itself is almost apologize"
ga situation that for the sake of all parties
calls for speedy correction" the WORLD
continues, presents insoluble difficulties,
not less through the inability of the Irish
people to come to an agreement on a work
able plan of self-government for united Ire
land than through the conflict of opinions
and interests at Westminster.
The ALBANY TIMES-UNION (Dem) gives
the following summary Of the measure:
Each division of Ireland (north and
south) will have it's parliament Of SO and
12S members, respectively; each parliament
will be charged with the preliminary duty
of naming twenty persons, in any way it de-
sires, to form with a representative of the
British crown the council of Ireland, and this
council will have power, whenever it can
agree on the subject, to establish a united
parliament for Ireland, fixing the number of
members, the manner of election and the linn
its Of the constituencies"
But there are strict limits to the power Of
such body
Neither parliament nor the united parlia-
ment Tin the improbable event that one is
obtained) may make laws respecting the
crown, international relations, army and
navy, extra-territorial trade, coinage, cables,
wireless, aerial navigation, lighthouses, buoys
and beacons, trade marks, patent rights and
SO forth; acts of any Irish parliament are
void if they conflict with acts of the parlia-
ment of the United Kingdom; and any act
of an Irish parliament is void unless it re-
ceives the royal approval within a year.
Since the British crown is but another name
in legislative matters for the ruling majority
in tn ehOuse of commons it is plain that Ire
land will have home rule only to the extent
that it is desired by the majority in the
commons. At the same time Irish repre-
sentation at Westminster is reduced from / 03
to AZ. There is nothing in this act to pre-
vent the London government from imposing
martial law whenever it deems it expedient."
So, comments the TIMES UNION, "the sole
resemblance to home rule that this plan
offers lies merely in the name" The measure
has few warm supporters in any quarter,
says the SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN
Gnd.), which regards it as doubtful that in
it's present form it will ever be carried into
effect while the NEW YORK GLOBE (Ind.)
holds that Undoubtedly the most serious
mistake that Mr.. Lloyd George is making in
pressing the present bill is his failure to
realize that disconnected Ireland is po1iti-
cally, as we'll as geographically, a perpetual
barrier between the two countries (England
and America)."
The British premier's resentment at Amer
lean propaganda for Ireland was expressed in
sharp language during his defense Of the bill
in the commons. He compared the Ireland of
today to the southern states in 1876, and
said: eve claim nothing more than the
United States claimed for themselves and
we will stand no less In reply to this the
PHILADELPHIA RECORD lind. Dem.) re-
calls chow malgn and how meddlesome was
England's behavior during those trying four
British statesman could
to widen the breach between the two sec
lions, for they knew that two American re-
publics would be much easier to deal with
than one"
A COMPOSITE HISTORY OF THE WAR
So great was the scope Of the labors Of
the peace conference that many important
questions we're perforce omitted from it's de-
alterations. Mr.. Herbert Satter1ee formerly
assistant secretary of the navy, submitted to