El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-28
PRESIDENT WILL SOON RECEIVE
AMBASSADOR FROM GREAT BRITAIN
d DAVID LAWRENCE.

9 have been instructed 10 act as Job
/ servers" at the councils Of state
abroad. For whichever way one
turns, president Wilson's treaty OF
/ peace and league Of nations under
L which European governments are now
/ functioning. stand in the way The
whole structure Of foreign affairs Is
! interviewer nowadays with the execu-
Z ton Of the peace treaty. which America
] signed but did not ratify-
Looming larger, however, than in
! discriminate state Of the peace treaty
/ is the existence in the United States
/ OF an aggressive group Of American
citizens who are sponsoring the cause
I OF Irish independence IN analyzing
! the cause Of the rift in Americas
ranks over the peace treaty, viscount
Grey did not. in his letter to the
I London Times, feel disposed to take
cOgnizance Of what has been from
the first an active opposition to the
peace treaty and especially TO article
10, from the Irish sympa thizers.
Irish Question Delicate.
While the British envoy coming 10
. the United states may formally take
no notice Of 10, the Irish independence
movement IN this country is unQues-
tionably in the minds Of president
Wilson and secretary Colby as one
OF the most delicate questions az
fecting the relations between the
British empire and the United States.
An authoritative outline Of the Brit
ish position as given the writer IS
therefore pertinent at this time.
While the Irish question has forced
Its way in American politics. It IS
no less a disturbing factor in British
politics, where the CRY OF all classes
IS TO get something done Immediately.
Only yesterday, for Instance, a cable
gram was received telling Of the
speech OF lord Robert Cecil in the
house Of commons. condemning the
British government for -'vacillation'
and warning against a cycle Of an
archv that would lead TO an Irish
reueblic- The British government IS
resolved TO enact the home rule bill
providing for cual representation for
the north and south Of ireland in an
Irish parliament This viii be put
through by midsummer or August Of
this year, at the latest
As for Independence. the pres
ent viewpoint OF the British
cabinet is practically unanimous
against such an idea. Ireland e.
too close to England on trade
routes, too close for comforts
sake in the event OF a war in
which Ireland might afford sub
marine or aeriaI bases TO IN
enemy.
The British government IS willing
to give the Irish people fun control
of their domestic affairs but is firmly
resolved to keep control Of Ireland's
external affairs in the same way as
II maintains Jurisdiction over the I
foreign concerns OF all OF its domin- I
ions
There IS no undue optimism in I
England that this plan Of home rule 1
viii satisfy the Irish people at this /
time but there is a conviction that I
the people OF ireland may ultimately Fl.
accept home rule as the best that cal I
be obtained II is perhaps a hope. I
more than a conviction. that II rep
resents the trend Of British policy.
Burden Falls on England
In defence Of England's 'vacilla- I
ton" IT is conceded that the with /
drawal Of the United states from an
active participation IN the European
affairs since the peace conference, {
the burden OF keeping peace in En-
rope has fallen upon Great Britain. Z
Indeed il may be said, that the policy
which transcends all others Just now
in the British cabinet is that Of
getting peace in Europe.
The peace conference left a residue
Of quarrels and tangles and boundary I
disputes. Russia is an open sore
Germany is economically gasping for
breath and Italy has Joined with Eng
land in persuading France to forget |
her war spirit for the moment and /