The Washington times., 1922-10-08
By Sir HO ACE PLUNKET1 ]
(FGnOus Irisk Statesnsan and Scholar
Bames British Statesmen for Peciatg Present Crisis In Erin
Restricting Emigration Of Young shmen and Then Not Allowing
Them to Take Part in the Great Political Aspects Of the Sit
nation Also Analyzed by Eminent Authority !,

pit Derry. in South Armagh q
South Down. while the six-coupw
area 10 cut of from the rest q
Ireland. Even In Belfast II p
doubtful II the present iull 10 more
than temporary. The evil arises
fr.m the total disregasd of princt-
pie in the creation Of Northern
Ireland" II !, there had to -
partition--against which I emphaf-
ically and uselessly protsstedv-
there was something to be sad
for cutting of from the rest "
Ireland the entire province q
Ulster. with its nine counties.
d There was great deal more p
be said for giving to all tn
counties seif-determination Thers
IL nothing to be saie for talting
six counties two Of which. Tyros1s
and Fermanagh. have substantial
Roman Catholic majorities) and
cutting them OF. not only froSh
the twenty-six counties Of the prob
pective Free State. but from. the
three Catholic counties In their
province as well. -.r of
Ut is widely believed that this
constitutional outrage las II fs
considered in twenty-eight out o6
the thirty.two counties of Ireland
was perpetrated IN order to diiufe
the Industrial vote In the four
semi-industrial counties (which
would probably vote themselves
into Northern Ireland. with the
purely agricultural vote 0f f!Tyros5e
and Fermanagh (which would elect
to throw in their lot with the
Free STATED ... q.
And this brings me to what men
Of goodwill might do to help
toward the only possible solution7-
Irish unity. A.
POSTWAR MAP OF IRELAND.
The Anglo-Irish treaty provides
that the boundary between the
two Ireland which the coalition
are trying to place upon the post
war map Of Europe should be fixed
by a commission Of three persons:
one appointed by the government
Of the Irish Free State. one by the
government bf Northern Ireland.
and one by the British govern
ment. These three persons were
to determine the boundary ''in ac-
cordance with the wishes Of the
inhabitants, SO far as may be com
patible with economic and
geographic conditions"
Now Sir James Craig has def
nitely declared that his government
win not appoint . commissioned.
nor tolerate any tampering with
the boundary. Thereupon the Brit.
ish government, instead Of insist
ing that the provisions Of the
treaty-its own treaty-shall be
~ carried out. proposes to establish
q neutral zone between the two
Irelands. and to occupy that neu-
tral zone with British army!
This. It appears to me, 10 the
biggest. and ought to be the final.
blunder Of British statesmanship
in Ireland. No better service could
be rendered both to the empire
and to Ireland than to concentrate
public opinion upon this manifest
breach of the treaty. and to pro-
test strenuously against II. n
am told that to prevent this breach
Of the treaty would mean civil war
In Ireland. I can only reply thai
you have civil war In Ireland IL
ready. " $3.50 y
The situation could not be worse.
anf England must do her part in
mending It. For II ever one coun-
try was responsible for the politi-
cal condition Of another country,
Britain has made herself respon-
sible for the present chaos in Ire
land. She cannot escape from II.
This involves the recognition
that the chief vice of this policy
IL partition. The main factor in ,
real settlement must be Irish unity.
The suggestion I have given
does not, Of course, amount to =
complete policy Of Irish peace.
This end might. m my Judgment.
be attained by bringing the prss.
sure Of public opinion to bear on
both recognized Irish governments,
In whose hands It lies to bring
order out Of the chaos In ireland.
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49,. (
Healthy 81 Years,
Dies on First Illness
ATLANTA. Ca. Oct. -
living ninety.seven years with.
out being sick. william Floyd
Carroll died here from the sffsots