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Show ffilSTlE ! RULEDEPLORED Sir Horace Plurikett Urges Provisional Government I Composed of Irishmen 1 Hy KtiOYD MA OR IFF, S Iiitcniadoniil New Service Slarf - Corrcspondcnl. I DUBLIN, May M. Sir Horace Plunkctt has outlined for the Man-' cheslor Guardian-his plan for settling 6 the Irish (jucstloji. y Plunkctt declares the Old Hnglish'A machinery of codrclon must be itbol-f 8 lshed, political prisbhers rfclcaA6d, rtrid' in place of Dublin eatld rdle lot there a bo set Up a provisional government fl consisting -exclusively of irishmen. M "If J were giv6n plenary powers t6- A day." he said, -the first thing I would 23 do would be to scrap the Dublin castle I rule. The first fundamental thing to & do Is tb gain aJi entire change of at- W mosphcr6 and psychology in Ireland X Until that lias Keen done nb sbrl 6t I agroonient between north and south U Ireland or with England cari be reached. ? "The continued application of cber- H cion tho policy of Dubln castle X which Is as provocative of crime as It a is ineffectual to prevent St. has H strained Ireland's nerves uncndurabiy. I This nervous tension must be relaxed 1 and a new confidence created." Pliinkott said there vus no need for a complete withdrawal of tho English A army, provided that tho army ceased to db police work. Tie said the army i could be used as formerly as a gar- A rlso'n hodlng strategic points against S (ho . foreigner, but not against the 2 Irish. . ' I "In the' place of Dublin castle rule. I a lirbvlslyiial govenimciit shotild be c hlon cHrirged with the maintenaiicb bf 6rder," Plu'nkett stated. "If it were generally understood that this gbver'n-was gbver'n-was Irish, and was, maintaining Irish law, It would rcceivo a genoral support sup-port In its tcmp'orary task. The Irish are. orderly ff left alone. "Then Ireland should proceed to elect a national constituent assembly, which -should bo charged with framing fram-ing the Irish constitution. Two po'inls of ddiibt immediately arise Ulster and Sinn Fein. I do riot believe Ulster's, Ul-ster's, attitude would be obstructive, provided there jvas a willingness on the part o south Ireland to give guarantees guar-antees and provincial rights and securities se-curities to Ulster, As to Sinn FCln, it is difficult to predict ,what they will accept, bbcause the British government govern-ment has denied them all mcan3 of self-expression. A persecuted government, govern-ment, driven under ground, naturally swings. tb the radical. But If political persecution" ceased there might bo a strong reaction to tho Right (conservative). (conser-vative). In this case Sinn Fein might accept the constituent assembly as bo-Ing bo-Ing an Irish institution and help frame the iipw constitution. "What js really vital is the resurrection resur-rection of confidence, and this can orfly be do;ie by the closing down of Dublin castle rule as now understood. In the poisoned air of today thfire Can be no healthy growth. Coercion and crime work In a vicious circle." |