The New York herald., 1922-07-09

in the Southern Parliament. This
will be the chief bridge between
north and south in the immediate
future and the northern employers
know it.
1t is the belief. however, of these
captains of industry that so long as
they can keep Ulster out Of United
Ireland, so long will they be able to
prevent a northern and southern
labor combine. This was practically
the view expressed to me, though not
in so many words, by the distin-
guished Labor Minister in the Ulster
Parliament, Mr.. J. NJ Andrews, who
is the trusted confidant of Lord Car
son, chairman OF the Ulster Liberal
Unionist Association and one OF the
honorable secretaries Of the Ulster
Unionist Council.
let me make the position of the
FISHERMAN quite clear so far as his
attitude to the four-fifths of Ireland
which constitutes "the South" is con-
cerned.
The present leaders of Ulster made
their position perfectly plain to me at
meeting in Belfast, when Mr..
Andrews made the blunt statement:
I'VE don't want any sort of home
rule. We want to stay in the en-
pire. The thing that has been forced
on us is taken as the lesser Of two
evils" the other evil being the dan
ger of Britain's new policy, even then
foreshadowed, Of throwing Ulster
standing with 'the South" for the
whole of Ireland. Mr.. H. NJ. Pollock,
the present Minister Of Finance in the
Northern Parliament. in several con-
versations made the Ulster position
similarly clear, and as he is a singu-
larly open minded man, who, the
writer for one believes, will one day
be with Michael Collins, representing
''the South" the negotiator toward a
United Ireland, first economically and
then politically. his views are espe-
cially worthy Of consideration.
Irish Free State will
Eventually Include Ulster
The bridge to Ulster will be golden
bridge. During the last six years
much of the time of the leaders of the
South has been occupied in consider
ing a way by which the heart of Ulster
might be reached. Arthur Griffith has
personally told me that the South
would be more than willing to concede
almost anything within reason to
Ulster, giving her preferential eco
nomic treatment and even perhaps, he
hinted. twice or thrice her proper rep
resentation IL she would only consent
to come into a united Ireland.
The United Ireland" scheme seems
further than ever from maturing-but
its non-fruition is more apparent than
real. Ulster and the Ulster mind is
capable of the most violent changes OF
front, and at any time something may
happen which may give to the north
crn province an entirely new oriental
ton. Pressure from England. as has
been said, might do it-but it might
come from a dozen other different
things-from attractive economic pro-
posals from the South, from the driv-
ing of the Labor wedge into Ulster
politics-from anything or everything.
Within ten years or less the Irish Free
state. in perhaps quite other form, will
have come to include Ulster.
One curious fact about the Ulster
psychology is that whenever II is
crossed 1t Is as likely as not to COM
pletely change front. Now one of the
pet ideas of the fisherman is that he
is the only man who knows anything
about empire running-something In
which perhaps he is right. Possibly
one Of the most singular evidences Of
this belief was shown in the famous
letter. intercepted by Sim Fein. ac-
cording to its own statement. from
that distinguished soldier Sir Henry
Wilson, Chief Of the Imperial General
STAFF. to Sir James Craig. the Northern
Prime Minister. dated from the Brit
ish War Office on June 16 last year. at
the time Of the opening Of the North
ern Parliament, which the Ulstermen
did not want any more than the
South:
MY dear Prime Minister: I Sent
you telegram this morning saying
that I was afraid II was impossible
for me to accept your invitation. As
you may well imagine. there are few