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Show willing to allow Queen A'ictoria to decide de-cide the civil war dispute, but the north, which represented the United States government, would have scornfully scorn-fully rejected any such proposal. Nevertheless, Never-theless, it is quite possible that the administration ad-ministration may exercise its influence for the good of Ireland before the world settles down to peace, unless the government of Great Britain is able to solve the problem meanwhile. Very few people in the United Slates, Protestant Protes-tant or Catholic, have the least sympathy sympa-thy for the stand taken by the Ulstcr-ites Ulstcr-ites in this controversy, and they would' applaud Premier Lloyd George and the members of his cabinet if they would disregard the disloyal threats of Sir Edward Carson and others of his stripe and apply a real home rule law to Ireland. Ire-land. We have always believed that the Ulstcjites were bluffing, and if the toiy support in England were to be withdrawn the Irish question would be settled instanter. In our role as pacificator we have become mixed up in a little trouble in Santo Domingo, a few bandits having been killed by marines. Some of the bandits were natives of Santo Domingo and some were Haitians, but they all looked alike to the marines, who were landed for the purpose of keeping the peace. Santo"1 Domingo and Haiti form one island, and both republics have been turbulent and unruly from time immemorial. We protect these two republics re-publics from their European creditors who might gather them in, and we have tried to civilize the natives up to the point of working for a living like the people of other countries, so far without with-out very much success. Take it all in all, the United States has its hands full these days without taking on ariy further complicated situations. OUR HANDS FULL ' Br.sil's intervening in tho war in Europe to prevent Oonimnv from dominating domi-nating tho world, tho T'nitp'l .States is in duty bound to sre to it Dial tho little lit-tle nations vhich. comprise the western heminphoro keop hr pca'-e nud continue con-tinue to make prop;rrH in tlio diroction of civilisation. Keeping the peace between be-tween tbe Latin-American republic and keeping down the re olut ionary spirit in many of them 1h ipiite a chore in itself, it-self, liut, in addition to taking part in tli! Kuroprau war and policing .South and fVntrnl America and Home of the i.ln nd s of tlio caf Kerpi n;j an eye on Mexico meanwhile, we are, compelled, by the very nature of thiii'14. to piny a leading role in oriental affairs. We n re achieving Home kiicicsm in this latter lat-ter undertaking, for Japan has accepted our proposals cni'-erniu in t er cut ion in TCuHsia, and there will he harmony nil around, although it is not to lie denied that Home of t lie en tent n powers were in favor of giving .Japan free rein. So it- v, ou Id Her in to even the niod ca hi ml observer that ju.'d now the t ' 11 i ted St a t en has plenty to do in I ho wa v of un ra el i ur t a uled nkei iih and M rai;;)tl en i njr out. eoui pi i"-;i I ions. Never theteHM, John Ttillon, who .succi'nleil Jfdia Ifedmond as leader of the Nationalist Na-tionalist j in rt y in the F' r i t i uti IwuiHe of commons, Iuih made tho proposal llnit t lie pet 1 1 emeu I of the Irish (pi est i on be left to I 'renident Y i Ihmi, ) f eon rc, it h aliMiird lo propose mk'Ii a thinjr, for .ve con Id not i h t erf ere in the internal a IT a i rn of a no I her nation. o itou bl I Ik; southern Mtaten vould have 1 u |