Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-23
IRISH PROBLEM
NO v EC[|PSED
BY UNEMP [0YED
Barnes Regards Gov
eminent Proposals
Pitifully Inadequate.
Economic Facts Evaded
in Silesian Decision,
Says British Writer. !.
BY GEORGE N. BARNES
British Parliament Leader.
Special Cable to The Tribune,

Copyright, 1921. by The Tribune
London. Oct. 23.-The problem of
unemployed has taken precedence here
this week. 1t indeed transcends all
else IN Importance. Ireland for the
! moment is comparatively unimportant.
freshmen are like the rest of us and
can live only by eating. SO to the uf-
employed Belfast man, self determine
ton of Ulster is of little account com
pared to getting and keeping a job.
The cabinet plans submitted to par
Lament during the week are pitifulIy
inadequate. They were found to con
slst of increased financial assistance
to the local authorities who may in
stltute relief and are more generous,
sharing of risks with those engaged in
export business. In addition. there
were subsidiary proposals for supple
menting insurance benefits and the
granting of loans to poor law guard
lans.
Unemployment Is War Result.
These measures may relieve the pow
erty of the voorhees, by fitting some
Of their burdens to shoulders best able
to bear them. That is good as far as
it goes but otherwise. excepting where
they may help to resumption of nor
nal trade, the proposals will do lit
tie permanently to increase employ
ment.
The relief plans were assailed BY
labor with vehemence and alternative
proposals were submitted As be-
tween the two sets. however, there is
but choice of palliatives.
The abnormal unemployment is
result of the war. Having slain Go
Hath, we are faced with the havoc
wrought before he fell To clear the
debris, we must get cordial relations
between the employer and the en-
ployed. as well as lessened taxation on
industry and more mutual aid among
the nations in the international sphere.
have put these in the order of appl-
cation, though | believe the first to
be the best as well as the easiest. 1t
may be applied everywhere without
waiting governments everywhere.
Irish Problem Past Crisis.
The Irish conferences have passed
through critical time for the dele
gates have got through the initial
and may be presumed to have
abandoned preconceptions which were
and to have created a
peaceful atmosphere by friendly con-
tact
But the real tug of war, to use
perhaps misapplied martial metaphor,
will come when the claim is made to
deal with Ulster as part of Ireland.
In that connection the last utterance
of Sir James Craig, the Ulster prime
minister. is of interest. Speaking in
Belfast he has Just assured his follow |
ers that if called upon to take part |
in the parley he will yield nothing. |
The point here. however. is in the i'm |
plication of willingness to take part. |
The fact that Prime Minister Lloyd |
George may after all go to Washing |
ton is hailed here with satisfaction and |
may be taken as a sign that. in his |,
view, the Irish situation and his other !
prc-occupations are getting less seri |
Gus.
In the Silcsia situation, | must say /
The League of Nations council has !
risen to the occasion The in
lustrial triangle is to be divided. 1t
is On area crowded with mines and
factories, some of which will be sepa-
rated from their power plants.
Unfair Division.
Two towns which voted so per cent
German were given to Poland. The de-
.ision will create friction and inse-
.urity generally and thereby lessen the
output In view of the essential eco
ionic unity Of territory the Germans
md Poles are invited to cooperate in
ts administration for Is years, after
which they will be required to keep on
heir own side of the line.
The allied powers are, of course.
pledged to the acceptance of the de-
.ision. Owing. perhaps to regard to
,ur French friends. there is little
criticism to be heard here. My own
lew is that effect can be given to it
or the specified time, only if the
Germans and Poles are agreeable.
That il. it may cvade facts for Is
ears at the cost of efficiency.
After that the deuge.