The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-11


Prime Minister, Northern ireland.
By Special Arrangement With the London
Daily IHustrated.)
Copyright, 1922, By United Press.)
BELFAST, July 11.-There still ap-
pears to be a good deal of misappre-
hension regarding the north of Ire
land. and in the minds OF many peo-
pie the idea appears TO linger that
the Irish question OF today is much
the same as 1t has been since the
eighties, and that it would be a good
thing to have done with It for once
and for all
Not only to Us In Ulster, but to
the people Of Great Britain, as well.
there Is a dangerous train Of thought.
which may engender a state Of apathy
athat would lead to disastrous results.
Old Tissue Is Gone
The issue Of home rule, as It was
understood IN days gone by. has
ceased to exist in its old form. The
lct Of 1920 providing for one parlia-
snent at Dublin and one at Belfast,
Brought and end to the controversy
which called forth the great efforts
Of Harrington and Chamberlain.
In those days the issue could be
simply defined as "home rule" today
the issue is different and the most
Impartial observes Of the effects OF
that act must come TO the conclusion
that since home rule was established
events have been marching slowly and
tragically, but all the time surely ir-
reststibly, to the climax foreseen by
the opponents OF home rule, when
the issue to be decided will be whether
ulster, which is british to the core
and proud Of the fact. is to have her
connection with the mother country
nevered. and her fate handed over to
her enemies
Climax May Be Near
II NAV be that the climax Is nearer
than some people believe The pso-
ME OF Ulster hope that It may be
averted. but II it is forced upon them,
they can give one answer and one
answer only. That answer will be TO
resist to the end any attempt OF the
kind.
This Is the cardinal issue today,
and I would ask our friends who say
they have tired OF the Irish question
to think out this aspect Of the pres
ent problem. There will. no doubt, be
those who will encourage them TO
be apathetic about Ireland; there
v certainly will be those who will make
themselves responsible for the con-
tiuued camouf1aging Of the issue and
the willful misrepresentation OF
Ulster.
Not only Great Britain. but IN
America and France, there are avowed
Republicans, who are persistently
spreading fantastic stories about pog-
roms against innocent Catholics and
contemplated outrages at Belfast.
These stories are circulated with an
object in view. I have denied them
time and time again. but they still go
on. their originators hoping that by
repetition the prejudice aroused
against Ulster will facilitate the end
for which they are working.
Campaign Against Ulster
They fosSn part of the plan Of cam
paign against Ulster by those who
wish to see her deprived Of her par
lament, and who have done their
best to destroy the machinery OF
government as set up in northern
ireland. Sometimes I wonder II the
people OF England ever tried TO ap-
preciate exactly what the government
of northern ireland means to them.
It IS a matter OF importance that
they should know exactly what 1t
stands for.
Do they realize that this young
government which has been set up in
the north Of Ireland IS almost as i'm
portant to them as the House Of Com
mons in London, and that II destroyed
a vital blow will have been dealt to
the whole fabric Of the British En-
pire?
Do they realize that In Ulster-the
\ oldest colony OF the Crown-the
, things we have taken our stand for
and defend. are just those things