New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

very fiber, When one ia in England or
IN the South one tends 70 overlook
Ulster in what seems tho more press-
ing question, "What Is the outlook for
peace between the government and
Sim Fein2" In Belfast one finds cor
roboration of the impre 4sion that the
problem of reconciiing Ireland with
itself is apparently still FIR ptc9ter
than that of effecting rapprochement
between the South and England.
Th1re is no necessity to expand upon
the differences between Ulsterite and
Nationalist, Orangeman and Sim
teiner. 1t is repulsion Of tempera-
ment more marked than that between
the people of industrial northern italy
and agricultural southern lta'v; be-
tween the systematic, efficient. Prussian
ana the easy going Bavarian. Your
typical fisherman thinks the people of
the South dreamers, Missionaries and
idlers, bent upon taxing Ulster out of
existence should they get the ch nee.
or upon denying it its pet local educa-
tion controi scheme. The S u,herner
considers the Orangeman soulless, hard,
calculating and diabolically clever.
That these bsolute'antitheses should
exist among people which is not,
after all, so very large is astounding
L,
withstanding the fact that the repul-
sion has been there for long time
when the Act of Union was passed
Belfast was q fishing village" said to
me to-day man who has been men
toned" as a possibility for the Ulster
Cabinet. "In one century we have
doubled the population of this village
fourteen times. We have built up some
of~the worlds greatest industries. We
have constructed harbor and we keep
it in repair. We have erected this and
that public building-and all without
one ha'penny from Great Britain.
Won't Stand Dictation
"The South is predominantly agricul-
tural. It's people cannot face facts.
They haven't business mans outlook
They live in glories of the past and
dreams Of the future. We want to pull
with them, but we won't submit to
dictation."
1t was the intention Of the trainers
Of the present Home Rule bill to set
up two Irish parliaments, with the
hope that they would gradually ANAL
gamate into single all-Ireland AS
sembly. That hope seems very remote
Of realization. One of the primary de-
mands of the South is for fiscal au-
tonomy. Ulster will fight this even be-
fore there is any question of union. 1t
fears that south with control of its
own finances would set up customs bar
riers against 1t, even if it never got to
the point of voting Ulster down in an
all-Ireland Parliament.
AS for the latter contingency, the
bill provides that the two parliaments
shall fuse only if both approve it. 1t is
very evident to any investigator in Bel
fast to-day that the North studied care
fully the Home Rule bill now on the
statute books, chapter and verse, and
that in Ulster opinion it represents
the maximum concession which should
be made to the South. Any further
powers allowed the South by the Brit
!sh Parliament would promptly be op-
posed by Ulster.
The consensus Of belief in Belfast is
that the South eventually will accept
tho Home Rule bill and that the pres
ent disorders there represent the last
stand of the militant elements.
So, after all, Ulster answers the
query, "What are you going to do with
?" if not exactly in the spirit of
the mountaineer who is reported to
have said, "Well, boys, Pm going down
town to liquor up tonight; and gosh!
how dread it!" at least without undue
enthusiasm.