Norway Ignores Six Counties " Government"

New Zealand Tablet, 29 September 1921, Page 37

Norway Ignores Six Counties " Government "

The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner for July 16

says:

The "Northern Ireland" Parliament was formally adjourned until the end of September. We think it should be summoned to meet at once and consider a very grave offence against the dignity of the new State which has just been committed by the Norwegian Government. These hardy Norsemen whose King is the King of England's cousin, and whose Queen is King George's sister, have recently been displaying no small share of interest in Irish affairs; and the fact that they sympathise very keenly with the Irish national demand may, perhaps, help to account for the affront put on the Six Counties Government by the Government of Norway. One Mr. Archibald Weatherill has been appointed Consul for 25 Irish Counties by the authorities at Christiania; and Mr. WeatherilPs headquarters are in Dublin. There are 26 Irish Counties outside the Six; and the Norwegian Government actually took Armagh and Fermanagh out of the area allotted to Sir James Craig and transferred them to the care of a man in Dublin, thus ignoring the Act of Partition and deliberately slighting the Government of the Six Counties! Sir James and his Cabinet can hardly refrain from regarding and treating this Norwegian decree as an "unfriendly act." ; \ v