Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-07
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IRISH DISPUTE
SEEMS To HINGE
ON ULSTER|TES
Next Few Days May Decide
# the Peace Negotiations
in London Are to Fail or
Prove Successful,
VOTE IN PARLIAMENT
SUPPORTS PREMIER
Europe Is Stirred By Rus
Sia'S Appeal for Credits
and Offer to Assume Old
Debts If Recognized,
BY GEORGE N. BARNES. NJ. p.

BY GEORGE N. BARNES. NJ. r.
Especial Gable TO Morning Journai)
| copyright 1921 by Albuquerque Journat)
London, Nov. 6.-The Irish set
tlement once more is up to Ulster.
North Ireland has the opportunity
of rendering as great a service to
the cause OF peace IS she rendered
to the empire in the waging OF the
war. The pext few days, when Sir
James Craig Is TO continue with
Prime Minister Lloyd-George
series of conferences on the new
proposals will show whether Ulster
can rise to the occasion.
There is hope for settlement
since Sir James has already de-
clared "a wish for peace "at a fair
price, But in any event, the Irish
crisis is grave enough to cause
Lloyd-George to abandon hope of
any early attendance at the Wash
ington conference.
Intolerable Burdens.
There was a distinct sombre note
in the prime minister's speech in
parliament last week which por-
tended the possibility of his resigna-
ton as mode of release from bur-
denS which he declared were be-
coming intolerable. There was a
distinct shock to the British peo-
pie in the free manner in which the
prime minister adumbrated to mill
ltary measures on a large scale as
a possible sequel to the failure of
the Irish conference and Lloyd
George added that he was far from
'sanguine of its success.
The vote in parliament, support
ing Lloyd Georges Irish policy,
was so overwhelming as to reveal
the poverty of the arguments as
well as the paucity of the "die
hards," who are opposed to any
sort of concessions to Sim Fein.
They had only repression to offer
as an alternative to conference and
rancor as a foil for obstinacy, Some
of them found it convenient to
have engagements elsewhere and
whereas fifty dissenting unionists
had signed a challenge to the prime
minister only forty-three voted
against the government. Numeri-
caily, as well as argumentatlvely.
the unionist revolt proved negli-
BILE
Debate Has Done Good.
The debate, however, has done
good in that 1t has brought people
on both sides of the channel to a
knowledge of the facts A solu-
ton depends on facing them.
Ulster unquestionably is the key
to the situation. Sim Fein is
pressing for concessions from that
quarter as quid pro quo for aban-
donment of the claim for the inde-
pendence of Ireland. There are a
majority OF Catholics in the two
Ulster counties of Tyrone and Fer
managh. When in ] 914 an attempt
was made to reconcile Irish differ
ences at a conference presided over
by the king these counties were
the bone of contention which led to
a breakup of the proceedings. At
that time Lloyd George was against
their retention by Ulster. He was
then defeated but the difficulty re-
mains. Sim Fein makes the same
claim now that the nationalist
leaders made then. And IL the
present conference breaks down on
that issue Sim Feiners will have
the best appeal to democratic pub
lie opinion. for IL it be wrong to
coerce Ulster it Is no less wrong
for Protestant Ulster to rule the
Catholics Of Tyrone and Ferma-
nagh against their will.
Revision OF Border Lines.
Lloyd George is quite alive 10
that fact and will press for a re-
vision of the border line so as 20
give to the south irish parliament
the Catholic population nearest
to 1t.
As ! have before suggested, a
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