New-York tribune., 1921-02-15
Britain Faces
Rail Strike lin
Mallow Case
Union Reported TO Have
Set Midnight Thursday
for Walk-Ouf Unless Cow
ernn,ent Grants Inquiry
l1timatum Ends To-day
Tabor Executives TO Meet
After Parliament Session
and Give Final Decision
iron, The Tr46uae's Earopeon Bureaa
,,,,v~ieht. 1921, New York Tribune Inc.

copyright 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON. Feb. 14-The Locomotive
rnr;neers and Firemen's Union is said
= have scheduled a strike for mid
r;yht Thursday if the government in
;ss mean time has not instituted an
;,opirv into the Mallow shootings of
January 81 and guaranteed the safety
# Irish railwaymen. The ultimatum
70 the government expires tomorrow.
and the union will await the result of
,o.morrow's debate in Parliament be-
fore acting.
Members of the National Union of
Railway Men have been instructed to
tsEs no action on the Irish situation
mntil the engineers ultimatum has
been brought up in the House of Com
rons. The union executives will meet
sfser Parliament has acted and CON
sjder the situation.
The Railway Clerks Association, the
last one OF the rail unions to act, has
;ndorsed the demand for an inquiry
and guaranty, but has not yet voted
on strike.
Il is understood that the report of
General Sir Nevill Macready, military
commander in Ireland, on the Mallow
INQUIRY will be forwarded tomorrow
to Sir Hamar Greenwood, Secretary
for Ireland. The government view is
that all available evidence is already
"A the hands of the authorities and it
il not necessary to appoint special
cormission.
]. H. Bromley, president Of the En-
Tps Ar
DECISION Of his union to strike If the
government did not take satisfactory
sctioa He said that the members OF
bis union were unanimous on this
policy.
The Irish situation, which will fo1m
the first subject to be debated by Par
lament after it is opened by the King,
also will be responsible for the omis-
sien Of much historic formality con-
nected with the Kings visit to the
House of Lords. Precautions have
been taken that no Sim Feiner or
radical Irish sympathizer intrudes into
ths royal procession or gains entrance
into Westminster
The public will be barred from Che
galleries and extra guards will be on
DUTY outside the building. The King,
Of course, will refer to Ireland in his
address and it is expected that the
subject will be Immediately taken up.
Break in Coalition Seen
The Labor party, the Cecil brothers
and the Asquith Liberals will Join is
que with the government in it's Irish
policy, and it IS believed these varied
groups will unite on an amendment
tOndemning the governments attitude
The most interesting feature of the
debate will be the number of Conserva-
lives who will desert the coalition for
the first time.
There appears no reason to expect
an adverse vote against Premier Lloyd
George, but he may face "a powerful
minority, especially as the Cecil
brothers are bitterly opposed to the
developments under the regime of Sir
Hamar~ Greenwood, Secretary for Ire
land,
Sir Hamar passed the weekend with
the Premier at Checquers and returned
tc Ireland to-day. 1t is announced
that the government intends to hold
an Irish election without delay and
hopes TO set up two Irish parliaments
III the spring The forthcoming par
liamentary debates, however. may alter
strike should be called.
Those who advocate a change in the
irish policy are placing great expecta-
tons on Lord Robert Cecil, who hence
forth will sit in the front on the OPP
POSITIONS bench. 1t is reported that
be will move for an Irish amendment
on Wednesday, Greenwood is ex-
Eected to return from ireland to take
part in the debate, but Lloyd George
Will make the chief speech for the
government.
Since Parliament adjourned before
christmas conditions in Ireland have
grown worse, despite the drastic mill
tary measures introduced. The Sim
lelners have extended their operations
sra there is no indication that the
trown forces have succeeded in re-
storing order in the slightest degree.
Inc return from America of Eamon
pe valera seems responsible for the
mtenslhed campaign which the govern
aeht officials now admit practically
amounts to war. The so-calred murder
gang ls not now limited to few score
sesperate men, but includes thousands
wao are armed with rifles, revolvers
ana BOMBS. Just how the government
proposes TO hold an election under
shese conditions is one of the ques-
nons which will be asked in Parlia-