Evening star., 1949-07-07
Complains About Britain's Control
OF Northern Ireland

To the Editor OF The Star:
Again Britain moves to double cross this
Nation, this time by endeavoring to per-
petuate her interference with the internal
and domestic problems Of Ireland. depend
ing on this Nation and on the democracies
of the Atlantic Treaty to support her in her
nefariouS work.
Realizing that her position in Northern
Ireland is no longer tenable, on May 3, Eng
land pushes through Parliament the Ireland
Bill. -. The Parliament (British) hereby
.. declares that Northern Ireland remains
part of his Majesty's Dominion and of the
United Kingdom and affirms that in no
event will Northern Ireland cease to be part
of His Majestys Dominion and Of the United
Kingdom without the consent of the Parlia-
ment of Northern Ireland" (Clause 1b).
This sounds very democratic. but in reality
the Parliament in Northern Ireland is rep
resentative of not one-sixth Of the Irish
people, a people who can claim to be a
nation at least 1000 years old, homo
geneouS nation with confines not established
by an international boundary commission
but by the hand Of God.
Never in these 1000, years had Ireland's
national entity been disregarded until 1922.
In that year the British passed a Special
Powers Act which became permanent law
in 1888
This Act gave the Parliament of Northern
Ireland, junta highly paid by Downing
Street, unlimited powers OF arreSting and
imprisoning without trial persons it deems
dangerous
The operation Of this police state where
there is one armed policeman to every 80
civilians on the street is now going on at
the expense of the American taxpayer.
Britain receives the American dollar without
strings. She uses it to maintain a police
state against the wishes Of the vast majority
of the Irish people.
Charges Vote Juggling.
All elections held by the Northern Parlia-
nlent are outright farces. BY a careful
gerrymandering of the polls the junta in
power maintains its position. Gerrymander-
ing works by juggling constituencies SO that
each Unionist vote is made the equal OF at
least two or more Nationalist votes. If.
under the Northern Parliament, one vote
should equal another (the test of demo-
cratic SYSTEM, the present junta would not
maintain itself for one minute.
If free plebiscite of the population OF
Ireland were taken relative to this problem
OF partition, IS per cent of the Irish people
would vote for free and an undivided
Ireland.
With Britains territorial integrity" thus
established by the Ireland Act" Britain
moves to sign the Atlantic Treaty. The
preamble Of this treaty reads They
(the members Of the North Atlantic Pact)
are determined to safeguard the freedom
common heritage and civilization of their
peoples, founded on the principles Of democ-
racy individual liberty and the rule of law"
Article 4 (and herein lies the joker)
afirms, "The parties will consult together
whenever, in the opinion of any of them,
the territorial integrity, political independ-
ence or security of any of the parties is
threatened"
Article provides: "The Parties agree
that an armed attack against one or more
of them in Europe or North America shall
be considered an attack against them all,
and consequently they agree that, If ouch
an armed attack OCCURS each of them. in
exercise of the right Of individual or coilec-
tive self defense recognized by Article 81
of the Charter of The United Nations, will
assist the party or parties so attacked by
taking forthwith. individually and in con-
cert with the other parties, such action as
it deems necessary, including the use OF
armed force, to restore and maintain the
security of the North Atlantic area
Ireland already has been excluded from
the United Nations by Russia Now Ireland,
by the present and past aggressive actions
of Britain, is to be excluded from becoming
a member of the Atlantic Pact.
SHAWN SHEAHAN.