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Show - -PRESS IlllT ! OVEHIRELAND Advent of Irish-American Delegation in England May Create Crisis. BY ARTHUR MANN. ('liir.LKO Tribune '.'abb-, .'opyriht.) JJNOOX, .M:iy The vi.s;r. of the lrih - American tie lew .it inn eonM.-it im of Frank 1. Walsh, former- t:nr 11-ward 11-ward K. Dunne of Illinois, ami Michael -i. Uyan of Philadelphia, to n-land fd-lowinK fd-lowinK their visit to I'ari;-, may create a political crisis in IJhland :iml is rer-talnly rer-talnly furnishing ammunition to that neetion of Uiu British pivsn and public which has recenl ly been ex pn .-smuk ru-neutment ru-neutment with the alle.-d hit enVr.;ru:o of the I'nitwl StatiM in Kurope.-m affairs whirl) do not f-oii'-'-rn ln-r. As to flu; editorial bultle in the press, too ult ra-eo riser vat i ve AI orhiii 1 '(..it is a:i usual most outspoken and heads its! Jirtlele, "Kriend nr Koe." Alter bitterly i rot'endnf? to the remarks nuule by the d.ik-ation in Ireland, Ibu paper says: "I r is to tfive st rt'iiKi b and collide- , nance to this rebel party that these i IriHh-Vmt-ri-an nave come over. These visitors openly boast that they have received re-ceived Ktl'ull d M : 1 r: I p. e 1 1 if 11 1 if'MII J're.il- dent. Wilson and tliey also least that Lloyd rjcorprt will receive them when they return to Varis. "It Ih either true or false that Vresi-flent Vresi-flent Wilson Ih In-; hind t his Intrigue ualnst the, union of i he I nit cd Kins -duni. Tf It is falHO then 1 'resident Wilson Wil-son ouht at once to he asked to deny it. Tho American ambassador In London Gupht at once to he told that the spreading spread-ing of such infamous reports by American Ameri-can citizens in Ireland cannot bo permit-led permit-led in the interest of the peace of this kingdom and the friendship between the two countries. "But if it is true, and after President "Wilson's behavior toward Italy anything is credible then attain the American ambassador am-bassador oupht to be tohl that, the United Kingdom does not tolerate interference In Its domestic, iiffairs. loes Vresident Wilson Wil-son question tho Itritish constitution? If he does let him say so." Tho Times is more diplomatic, and leaves the president of the United States out of tho issue, but trains its guns a f ai hb t jlo y d G on vyc e . "It is imperative," says tho Times, "that the head of the knur's government Mhotild disclose to Great Uritain and Ireland Ire-land his reLuions, if any, with these persons per-sons who profess to be, preaching republicanism repub-licanism under facilities granted by him. No graver constitutional issue has arisen in our tinio and no prime minister h;is ever been placed in such an extraordi-' extraordi-' narily equivocal position." |