Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-27 | Page 12 | Rebels Undecided on Home Rule Act

REBELS UNDECIDED ON HOiV: RULE ACT DUBLIN. Feb. 26. Though the Sinn Felnerg generally r j . , the Homo Rule act, ihelr organization has not yet officially determined its line of tactics in relation to it. Tho chief secretary, sir HTantar Greenwood, and the high officials aru busy with plans for putting the act Into forco In the S.iiilh. and are exploring ex-ploring the possibilities of finding candidates who will face tho risk of the polls. This compels Sinn Fein to decide what it will do, and Interview! with well known Sinn Peflners reveal three distinct currents of opinion, Tho largest section, supported. It is said, by the authority of Do Valara, believes that the act should be coin pletely ignored and that Sinn Feincrs should neither appear as candidates nor exercise the tram 0 A smaller section, seeing that this course might lead to the election of! a sufficient number of persons to constitute the Parliament, think that the sinn Felnera should contest the! seats and. having won most of them, refuse to attend the Dublin parliament. This would put the government to the) necessity of replacing the duly elected; ! representatives of tho country by! . nominated men who would, under tiiel j act, have all the powers of tho parlia-j 1 ment J A third, but very small bodv of' Sinn Feiners are of the opinion thatl thev should not only secure election; but undertake the work of goern-l ment in the new parliament, and use the position to extract extended powers. pow-ers. Between these rival views Sinn Frin1 must shortly decide, and there is no! doubt that the official decision will be obeyed.