Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-10

Dublin. May Concurrontiy with
the guerilia warfare which is In progress
IN ireland the country is now on the eve
ot an election campaign which ia certain
to 10 fraught with violence and In
tonsiicd unrest. II can hardly be
othcrwiac. The Home Rule Act which
the British Government has forced upon
The country has no friends In any sec
ton OF tho people II carvcs the island
INTO two separate entities endowa each
with "A Parliament of It's own. and tells
the people that that Is the only solution
of which British stntesmanship Is
Capa BILE
IL provides. of course. I'm the Council
OF ireland. for n means by which ulii
mateiy the two portions may become
reunited but there is no compulsion that
they must unite within "A fixed term Of
years and consequently that act Is gen
erally regarded as n permanen, phr-
titioning of the country
This broakinE up uf the country ia
naturally objected To by the great ma
iority on sentimental grounds They
have always regarded ireland as a
nation. and aR nation one aud in
diVisible Il must remain. This would be
all right but for the problem Of Irotes-
tant Ulster which holds that while he
ing Iriah II is distinct from the rest Of
the country IN almost every trait of
character and every final ideal II la
admittedly or ~ all events very
large portion Of II quite distiuct in
most ways
It's people arc the ,lcscendants for the
most part Of the British settlers i'm
ported to supriant The recalcitrapt
a.. q L. al ill.,
IN point 81 religion. being fof the most
part Protestant while the rest af Ire
and is pre- -oniuentlv Iiouan Catholic
Its people disturb their Honan catholic
fellow -countrvmen. although 4 ia right
Is claimed that n tho south and Weet
tho slarec Protestant population has
novot had any rraaou 10 complain ~
the treatment they received from fhoHo
~ the dominant religion
~. that as Il mat letter or lea
tho slx noyth eastern eouufi..a ! .ijsd
cnphattanv that ~ would poi iatn
th. south ia an All ireland Parliament
IN tublln and rs compraniise i
arroed ia take n Parliament ~ Hselt
and - work IL as we'll Il could
Tho Hofne Rule Act providing a
/ Parliament for tn aix north eastern
counties IN neifaHf nud another for fhs
remaining twenty six counties - l1uilif
was the rostilt If tho coruprnuaise
i So far aa he Southern Parliament 4
lrouccrucd Il ta already forionned - dc
1 aator II viii never function Tha SHr
/ Ifoiners through the mouth ~ their aa
/ eall,d President Mr. DeNatera havt
1 announced that they will run candidate
/ III every constituency IN The southern
/ area and when they have capture
F ,,ers acat they will refuse to take
/ the oath of allegiance and viii accord
/ inst, rcmain outside the new rarlia
/ mont In That WAY tho southern III
/ liaIaent will rrver come - function
Nattora will bc dlnerout IN regard Z,
/ tho northern Parliament Tn Union
4 sat or Protestant party will doninate +
ard thoy Will wori, i for al fhes knav
/ Hut Il docn not follow TINT thcJ will aD
/ have. to nght hard for f
I The Sim Fcinora and Constitutions
| Nattonallsta of the uorth-caHteru are.
| ha,c Within the last few dava arrived a
an understanding Is which they wi
! JOIN forces against fho nionists The3
/ VIII select randidatca for all seats Wh,
/ VIII be voted Tor ~ Slnn f.eiuers am
1 Natsouali1ts alike. and iu this WY thc.
+ hope to win AZ least fourteen seats q
/ Tho total of nftv-two Thost fourteen
/ members will not enter the new paria
ment hut remain outside AMI perhaps 4
some system of non-co- operation =
+ massive resistance VIII dtfeet fhei
energies 10 completely smashing III