Evening star., 1921-11-27
THE <STORY THE WEEK HAS TOLD

stitutionality of the bill (not the amendment
fession is indignant at what they call the
usurpation Of its functions by Congress Why
should the comic spirit avoid Washington!
The British Empre.-It has leaked out and
seems certain that Sim Fein delegates to the
London conference on Ireland never did give
Lloyd George an assurance that II Ulster
would accept the principle of Irish unity and
agree to all-Ireland parliament the Sim
TeIn would accept the principle Of Irish al
legiance to the British crown. On the con-
trary the Irish delegates have been through
out intransigent on this head as de Valera
himself: The utmost conceivable limit of Sim
Fein unbending would be to consent to asso-
ciation of ireland with the British common
wealth of nations by treaty. Prior to this
disclosure of continued Sim Fein 'fntransi-
sence, Ulster seemed to be growing more,
rather than less intractable. Yet, despite her
obstihacy, there was justified hope that ulu-
mately she would accept a compromise settle
ment. All that is changed now Certainly
Ulster will have nothing to do with south
Ireland associated with the British common
wealth of nations by treaty only the nope
of an Irish settlement recedes indefinitely ef ely:
broken out In Belfast-twenty-eight persons
killed.
movement in India, was very much upset by
the Bombay riots on the occasion OF the tr,nGe
charged his followers to- refrain from VIC.
lence. he was candid enough to find himself
in his nostrils." Therefore he imposed on
himself fast till the situation should be
Whence 1t may be inferred that all is now
quiet in Bombay Meantime the prince mas
gone ed up count with unbounGed enthusiasm On
Wednesday he was at Barroda, being entertain
ed by the Gaskwar with ia fantastic nsss n
which reads like pure romance.
The negotiation in London between repre-
sentatives of the British government and an
mas been broken off and the Egyptians have
ul1 the rupture has not been offctally disclosed.
Now for a pretty mess in Egypt in the best
style of the Levantine agitator-the meanest
scamp earth
The British, told have put one
the Ameer of Afghanistan (whom Chicherin
had come to regard as his mani not untasor- as,,T
ates" pes q. e.. anti-British propaganda centers)
are not to be allowed on the Afghanistan from
tier of India
Germany-The reparations commission re-
turned from Berlin to Paris on the 20th; how
much the wiser for their Investigations one
should like to know The loan for which the
government has been in negotiation with the
German Industrial Union che Stinness crowd)
has not been consummated nor is 1T likely to
be. In some other way the government seems
q have seen definite statement on the sub
ject) to have procured the money for the de-
layed reparation payment on December !.
Wirth gave assurances to the reparations
commission that the moneys would be forth
coming for the January and February in
stallments. But those assurances seem based
on optimism the desire to be rid the
commissioners, rather than on the solid rock
of assured assets or credits Wirth is said to
contemplate a long-term foreign loan Sc
cured by the joint credit of Germany's indus
tries, agriculture and banking" whatever
precisely that may mean. 1t is said that the
Industrial magnates have consented to par