Evening star., 1921-02-10
Cancellation NEED
ADMITTEDLY CRAIG
New Leader in Ulster An
nounces Policy Toward
South and West Ireland.
by WILLIAM HARD.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright 1921
LONDON. February 10.-The events
OF last Friday in Belfast give con-
f1rmation to the views Of those people
who believe that the home rule act
will in the end drive Belfast toward
ico-operation with Dublin. In temper
ament the scenes attending the resig-
nation of Sir Edward Carson from
leadership of the Ulster unioniSts
were. OF course. thoroughly Irish. Sir
Edward was deeply moved. He as
sured his listeners in Belfast that
southern and western Ireland could
win over Ulster only by sincere 10y
atty and attachment to the throne and
the constitution" Very romantic
Words-throne and constitution-espe-
orally since nobody in Britain knows
what constitutions are in possibility.
| But the point of Sir Edwards re-
mark was not that it was a tribute to
the throne and constitution, but that
II was appeal to southern and western
ireland. Southern and western Ire
Ulster as soon as Ulster moves from
London to Belfast. Sir Edward will
stay behind in London and will not
take part in the Ulster government.
| Sir James Craig's Announcement.
! Sir James Craig, successor in the
| leadership. will leave London. vacate
ms Office as parliamentary and finan-
| clal secretary to the British admiral
[ ", and will also in time vacate his
seat in the British parliament; he will
| become an Irishman with his atten-
| tlon centered on Ireland. Sir James
\ said: we will not say one word or
take part in one deed that could
arouse anger in the breast Of any one
IN the south and west" Here is the
beginning Of sense Of Irish respon-
I slbility in and for Ireland. There
will be a government in Ulster re-
sponsible for the physical protection
| OF all denominations.
| Conditions In Ulster.
| In addition to the need Of conciliat-
| ing the south and west Of Ireland for
the purposes, both Of politics and
commerce., there is also need of con-
| ciliatinG anti-unionist Ulster itself,
| Cnlonist politicians are figuring on
! the seats they and their opponents
| are likely to carry in the election for
| the first parliament They estimate
| that the unionists will carry thirty
! two seats. and that their opponents.
| the nationalists. Sim Feiners and the
| like, Will carry twenty-five. In other
| words. they calculate that almost
two-fifths Of the population in their
own sstrongholds will be against
| them from the start Here they be-
gin to experience the results Of in
| sisting on having the counties Of Ty-
! rome and Fermanagh within the
boundaries of their parliamentary
! territory. In those two counties they
expect to be outvoted.
| OF course, the number Of seats in
| these two counties is relatively small
only eight. But the unionists an
| ticipate carrying only three Of the
| eight and are conceding that If their
opponents join they will probably
| carry five. Thus the inclusion of Ty-
rome and Fermanagh within the same
territory with Down, Antrim. Ar
magh and Derry reduces the unionist
majority in the Ulster parliament by
two. 1t is also noted that the union
ist calculation gives the antl-union-
lists two seats out of five in Derry
and two seats out of four in Armagh.