Evening star., 1924-05-11
By HENRY ". BUM.

The following is brief summary Of
the most important news Of the world
for the seven days ended May 10:
IreIaAd.-The controversy over the
boundary between the Irish Free State
and Ulster is in a very critical stage.
A clause in the London treaty of
1921, which created the Irish Free
State, authorized Ulster to separate
herself from the southern counties on
condition that a commission should
determine, in accordance with the
wishes of the Inhabitants, so far as
may be compatible with economic and
geograp phica considerations" the bound
ary between Ulster and the Free
State.
Ulster has recognized the London
treaty except for the conditioning
clause cited above. She has persis-
tently refused to recognize that clause.
taking her stand ON the government Of
Ireland act of 1920, which assigned her
the six northern counties, including
Tyrone and Fermanagh enttre-to
which two counties the dispute refers
itself.
The Free State ogvernnent has
repeatedly demanded ,that the COM
mission be formed and get to work:
lust so often the Ulster government
has declined to appoint a comm1ssione. % a
times brought together Mr. Cosgrave,
president Of the Dahl Eireann, and Sir
James Craig, prime minister OF ulster
with a view to a compromise setue-
ment without the intervention OF a
commission. Tho results of the meet
ines have been absolutely negative Az
ter such a meeting the other day mr..
Thomas, the British colonial secretary,
ary commissioner would be appointed
Now what? It is generally pre-
sumed that the Belfast government
viii refuse to appoint commissioner.
Suppose attempt is made by parlia-
mentary legislation or otherwise to
coerce Belfast into appointing a
commissioner Or suppose the COM
mission to go ahead with only Two
members (the British appointee pre-
dominions); suppose anything you
please except a commission to INCLUDE
q member willingly appointed by the
Belfast government, and acting pur-
suant to an ironclad engagement by
both Belfast and Dublin to abide oy
its decisions, and you are like to have
a situation as rich in Illuminating
content as any previous Irish situation
enough said
Finally suppose commission hap
PLY constituted; that commission
would have it's work cut out for it.
The upper Silesian question was not
more difficult. Wanted-a super
Solomon.
France.-On May that extraor-
binary youth, Lieut.. Pelletier DOisy,
the French birdman, reached Calcutta.
Squadron Leader Stuart MacLaren,
the British aviator is stalled some
where between Karachi and Agra, In
dia, waiting for a new engine. D'Oisy
passed above him on May 3. The
southern sun has played the deuce
with his wing surfaces, but should
he reach Canton, he will then be past
this most serious danger. His elapsed
time from Paris to Calcutta was
twelve days, including four non-fiying
days for overhauling. His actual fly
ing time was fifty-two hours. He left
Calcutta on the 9Th and reached Ak
yah, in Burma, that day. ~ On the 9Th
he hoped on for Bankok, in Siam, but
everlasting of his engine compelled
him to descend in Rangoon, in Burma.
1t is officially announced that Toxic
is the goal of D'Oisy's adventure, but
there is a general expectation and
hope that should he achieve that goal
he viii continue eastward in the hope
of being the first to cfrcumn avigate
the globe, the Cano Of the air.