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Show J EUROPE'S SKIES I DARKENED BY 1 LITE MURDERS 7 Germany May Founder Be tween Monarchism and Bolshevism Writer Says I ERIN IS BIG PROBLEM A Scandal In Britain Over' Alleged Sale of Titles Jp By Crown By A. G. GARDINER 3l4! (Britain t.rcntct Llbewd Kditor) INKl (Spc-lnl Dispatch to The standanl-$3J standanl-$3J Examiner.) 2 , u , i-.jj. I.v T!.. S'and.ird- Examiner) v i i.vi k-.n. Jul' i. The clouds ate Minn; from the European skies, it.on has darkened the out-I out-I K.oK The murder of Rathenau is the I heaviest blow that Europe has sustnln- .',! mil UK killing oi .I.-iui . .- 1 km w I him well. His profoundly sagacious ,,, in. i I ral spirit n a a pillar Of European civilization. England I awaits the consequences of the das-I das-I la i Jlv a'tempt to torpedo the repub--! , , ni'T; .Tit of caMing it Iwnuld vim that the criminals have jll i iheii mark The revulsion I of feeling In Germany is so great that I it mav s.ic the situation. But to fore- VT. i-.iq impossible. TO STOP DISSOLUTION. The lesson for the allies is clear gB.The policv crushing Germany musl Tl ... 'i i, ; : vi '1 I h' i - public jW omld.sl i he difficulties within 1 a mir-Kncte. mir-Kncte. But the miracle cannot last jjHl Wither the allies will support the re-j PS public's reasonable policies or ;.t-" ;.t-" many collapses between the devil of q f .. ..ivif.-i.:M.i and the deep sea of bol-Sal bol-Sal -in If Or many goes the last I hi. i f saving the European - ftera B disappears Strong British sentiment Biiow favors Germany's inclusion in the I rMV ..rue of nations There are hopes tqat ; Ven Prance will agree This Is ., bel.ited i xpedienl b . j . i.' i, . :,T, - i i stopping th( n of Eur hUt RH s OUTSID1 n ' ! i i ; . 'h.it Am ...iis out- Ks.' The svii path: and help of Anion Ani-on , , , r, Europe oni ui she' ocai .. German crime still is over- n a: , , , nglish mil y the "I munh r ol Mar.- Will I as p !K i in -a ' b.-- dastardl; i i ., . ii ' ' - wlu The campaign of the "die-hards Ln1 1 h.i been i .erfully strengthened by dln ji . 'i h. demand for the rep ion , i !,, M.it- i he danger, of 4m course, is that the Bril sh government ;h" mixb' bi- stamp. .!' i violent 11 tcourses and that nothing less than nit I , , ,,f 1 1 eland would bi I' sary. Fortunately the m w fn tate , ..v, rntni'til has met the ultimatum - from Westminster sensibly I p bav i.ri-n taken againsl the eerl 1 rebel headquarters Th battli foe possession of the Four Courts was I promptly begun. If the free state j (jm I .'liiimltci fventuall authority o er the rebels the effect on I English opinion will be great nnd the 9 1 government may ride the storm with w ..i:t a resort lo vloh Bl ERSIO TO 1 ORCI I a reversion to the polii ol toi e on s KBcale unprecedented in modern hie- iory. The Wilson murder played Into I l;hc hands of the Ulster firebrands and j Bihe empty headed boys of unionism. ! j L Til'"- )oen C dir. . j t ' I Catholic minority in 1 I r It open I I and notut ious. i have been taken by !h- Ulster gov j . ' ernment to j.rote,-: : hed H E tima of Intoh ra nci I 1 P'.for the Catholics is Impos: Iblc; There ' I-is no apparent remedy, but th( de-portatlon de-portatlon of the whole Catholic poi- ulatlon. There has been nr. protest (Continued on Page Pwo.) EUROPE'S SKIES DARKENED BY LATE MURDERS (Continu-d from Page One) UeT tf2a?tSLe Ulsler orl-lies. orl-lies. t-r.ii, the I IsUt nrnmlar u. fhe effrontery to deny ffcS In? I persecution, while It Is a notorious fact that it hai. been in progre-s for two years. Wilson was one of the most lrreij C icll ' lo Orangemen and one of the' cin i authors of 'h' -br 1 movement. jot 1914. His muni, r was more than' a crime, it was a blunclor. It infl im-1 led English opinion afresh on th uxght-1 lew reactionary lines Thirty thous-1 in, I British troops now have been lmlfl ported for the defense of Ulster. 1M events go wrong In the south It Is nofl difficult to surmise what will follosfl I Uut It Is very difficult to forecast the ,end of such tragic happenings. TITLES SOLD, CHARGE! Meanwhile, a domestic storm has I broken over tho head of Lloyd George, His distribution of titles has outraged public decency. South Africa formal-1 j ly has repudiated the peerage grant- ed J H. Robinson and threatens to follow (.'anada's example and refuse I royal honors altogether. It openlv ll declared that titles are sold for caal or party purposes. in one .-as- a P race was given a man who had transferred his business to South Am- rl( a to dodge taxation Thorn is urn iversal Indignation and so far the prefl mlrr has refused to grant an Inquiry.-1,111 Inquiry.-1,111 ""' matter Is too Ak for suppres. Hon. The house of lords prohablv wlBl lS,Ke Independent action Th,- silo of j hopors has been a ecandal for yeafl but never has It been so cross an' outrage out-rage as under tho present -overn. S i , man wh0 respects himself title ,oner afford to accept el an |