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Show ICATHOLIG BISHOPS TRY TOEND CHAOS Make Effort to Harmonize Op pen ing Factions PVBMV. Feb. It There is a great weight of general sentiment throughout ih couniry In favor of any settlement which will end the present chaos. Irish 4'HthoItc bishops are foremont among those who are encouraging this sentiment. senti-ment. tween the mmt moderate and the mont extreme nntionalijus there is this one point of agreement, that the decision of ihe Irmh tcople thmelv?n muut be supreme. Huhmieaion of their attitude to the eiertorn arid the Indorsement of 1 hut attitude by the country's voters. Ik the basin on which Sinn Keiners rent their cane. They say that indorsement must Stand. There is a considerable section of the fopular. however, who believe the time ims arrived for a frenh continuation of the eoile hat a new opportunity nhould te given for expreiwion of the popular will. The suggestion is made that a formal referendum should be taken as to whether the people ft III adhere to the uncompromising republican policy, or are willing to gt the new home rule act a trial. Hir toward Carson, for T'luter. has ar cepted. hut Sinn Keiit has refueed the set. In neither case have the people them-n'lves them-n'lves teen consulted as to hat they think of It. There is even among Sinn Felners a firrbor who hetjeve thf it woiiM he eond tactics to accept the act as far as It goes, secure the election of Sinn Peiners to the southern parliament and obtain as much control of the Iriah government as possible In the same way mm they have obtained control of most of the local au thorities. They would then use their new position as the basis for a fresh advance. The argument is heard that Ie Valern and Arthur (Jriffith could do more for the cause In executive office than in )il, but that is not the dominant Sinn Fein view at any rate among the "responsible" "responsi-ble" leaders of the movement. Hence the suggestion to consult the rank and file. |