Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-19
WILL IRELAND REMAIN PEACEFUL?


Tyrone. they generally had one nght
under way on tho cast and another
They acquired County Donegal in
the western war and captured
County Ulster to the east Then came
the seographers and map-maksrs. Who
labelled the northern countie. a. VI
some portion of Ulster since an irish.
man first fashioned . shillaiah ana
found no better target than the head
OF an enemy.
Most of Cavan. which n the south
ernmost of the counties accredited TO
Ulster by historians, never oslongsu
to that section. In truth, map snow
a collection OF shreds and patches. OF
shades and OF percentages. 1t would
be fairly solid As far south as North
Londonderry and North Armagh are
concerned. but after that 1t would 30
all to pieces.
Even Londonderry City. the indus.
trial prosperity OF which has induced
a flow of cheap labor from County
Donegal. on its west, now has Ma
luonalistic majority. Tyrone and Fer
manaeh both have slight Nationalist
|majorities. Tho figures by religion
show i1a.7ss Catholics and eo.74s Pro-
testants.
To mark Off certain counties and to
label ono part a. Ulster and the other
part as Southern Ireland. ~ was done
by the Act OF Parliament Of 1920 has
been found to be = hopelessly bad ar
rangcment. It was certain to lead to
trouble. Such = delimination includes
thousands OF red hot NatioRalikts and
excludes thousands Of equally rcd hot
unionists.
BITTER FEELING STILL ExIsrs
IL It be true that Lloyd George told
the Irish delegation to 70 ahead and
include in the Free State some OF
tho sections Sir James Craig says MI
chasl Collins intends to have as parts
of the Free State. then Ulster proba-
ties are taken from IT,
A boundary commission might set
tie the question in general wAy with
in = very few weeks. Certainly II could
with respect to Armagh, Monaghan.
FermanAGh and DONEGAL Every mans
religion and politics ara known in Ui.
ster from the cradle to his. Erave. A
Armagh out OF Ulster and bring in
one-third Of MonashAn: that would
leave out half OF FermanaSh and bring
In sections Of Donegal. would result
in a fair partition to most Of the resi-
dents OF those four counties.
30 far As Tyrone Is concerned, any
land division appears to be hopeless.
There are $1,000 Catholics and 7o.oos
ProtestAnts in this county. Yet thov
arc 20 eriss-crossed and intsrminrisd
that any attempt to say which part
OF II belonged to Ulster ana which to
the Irish Free state would tax the
wisdom OF 4 new Solomon. Tyrone
lies in the heart OF Ulster. Any divi-
sion OF 1t undoubtedly would result
In endless clashes.
The dsltminauons rscountsd hsrv
would put Approximately 10000 u
stermen in the Free State and the
same number OF Free staters in UI-
ster. and 1t appears that something
OF this nature must te done IL the
Irish problem II settled without resort
to arms
Sir james Craig AAys. however. that
me Ulster counties ~ stipulated in
the Act of Parliament Of 1880 Will b.
considered by his government as BE-
longing to the northern section. He
refuses to accept tho services of a
boundary commission. saying Ulster
was not consulted by Lloyd George
or the Irish delegation which solved
the differences between southern Ire
land and tho British crown. He de-
clares that tho act Of Parliament vas
accepted by Ulster and that the Brit
ish premier declared in a letter to
Eau:onn dc Valera last July tina, the
settlement must allow for full recos-
milton of the existing powers and
privileges OF the ..arliamenr and sov-
ernment OF northern ireland which can
not bs aorogated except by their own
consent"
Tho fact that British troops have
left tho Free State leaves tn. ouss-
tion TO BE- decided by armed force un-
less Lloyd Georges cleverness can find
way to circumvent resort to a civil
war by Clstermen and the adherents
OF tho new dominion.