Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-07-29

This he will submit to the Irish ire
publicans" whose decision, he has as
serted, he will abide by The plan was
first given in detail to the British
cabinet and received its almost unani-
nous approval. Premier SHUTS OF
South Africa again had taken hand
in the settlement and had suggested
fiscal alterations which were adopted.
Thus the prospects for Irish peace
are fairly good, despite the fact that
Ulster and the extreme Unionists re-
main to be satisfied. Sir James Craig,
the Ulster premier, after meeting
Lloyd George in London, returned to.
Belfast to consult his government He
declared Ulster would not yield its
right of self-determination, that its
separation from southern Ireland was
an accomplished fact, and that 1T
now only remains for Mr.. de Valera
and the British people to come to
terms regarding the area outside of
that of which I am prime minister.
He emphatically repudiated the Sim
Fein argument that Ulster Is in the
minority and must bow to the ma
jority in ireland, admitting the unity
of the island and accepting self gov
eminent, if it gets it, from Ireland as
whole. Up to date De Valera and his
colleagues have not abandoned this
Sim Fein position. 1t remains to be
seen which side will yield For the mo-
ment, at least, the attitude Of the peo-
pie of southern Ireland is more peace
full and conciliatory than that of the
northern Irish.
Upper Silesia comes to the front
again, with prospects of renewed trou-
BILE which may result in another out
break of hostilities and even in
break among the entente allies. Con-
vinced that the situation there was ex-
tremely critical, France asked Great
Britain and Italy to join her in sending
achievements to the region. The
British foreign office replied beIittling
the danger and proposing that meet
ing of the supreme council be held on
July 27 To this Premier BRAND re-
spondcd with note announcing that
France intended to reinforce the Upper
Silesian contingent and again asking
Great Britain and Italy to follow
suit, insisting on the necessity of
committee of experts to hold a meet
ing Immediately to investigate Upper
Silesia and to draft frontier, and
announcing that France was not pre-
pared for a supreme council meeting
until the experts have reached a de-
cision, and the allies are in a position
to enforce the decision as to the Up
per Silesian boundary by adequate
forces in the disputed territory. Dis
patches from Paris said 10000 troops
were to be sent at once to Upper ST.
Iesia, with artillery, tanks and planes.
There was chance that America
would be called on to mediate. Our
position in rejoining the. supreme
council was that we would take no
part in questions affecting territorial
and frontier adjustments unless gem
eral peace were threatened. Some
diplomats believe that point has been
reached. Naturally there is intense
satisfaction in German official circles
over the prospects of a split among
members of the entente.
The advance. of the Greeks In Asia
Minor has been continuous, the Turk
Nationalist retiring before it without
putting up many serious fights Last
week King Constanttne's forces
reached and occupied the important
railway junction of Esh-Shehr. This
cuts the rail route to Angora, the
capital of the Kemalists, but the rail-
WAYS already have been destroyed.
Military experts in Constantinople be-
lieve the Turks plan to draw on the
Greeks until their lines are unduly
extended and then try to exhaust them
by a series of irregular attacks.
In Albania the Mirdites, a Christian
tribe. have proclaimed an independent
republic and elected president. The
Albanian government has ordered a
general mobilization to repress the re-
bellion of the Mirdites.
The United States has been sound
ing the German government on the
proposal to negotiate separate peace
in accordance with President Har-
ding's program. The pact, it is I'M
derstood,, will embody such features
of the Versailles treaty as are not re-
of settlement of war accounts to be
virtually identical with those imposed
by the allies. It is believed Rerlin