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Peace in Northern Ireland [WORLD, June 1]? I'll believe it when I see it. Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, may have changed his tune, but others have not. Ask me 30 years from now whether this was a watershed or just another "Sinn Feint." FLASH FIASCO Mannheim, Germany...
...committed to the peace process in Northern Ireland, but raised a furor by shaking hands with Gerry Adams, the president of the Northern Ireland political party Sinn Fein, which has suspected links to the terrorist Irish Republican Army...
...This is, essentially, the end of armed struggle," Hillenbrand says. "And it's especially big because of two contradictory elements, both Sinn Fein and the Protestant paramilitaries, are aboard." To the south, in the Irish Republic, the endorsement was even stronger. According to preliminary results, 95 percent have voted not only in favor of peace but in an extraordinary gesture enacted a constitutional amendment dropping the Republic's territorial claim on the six counties of Northern Ireland...
...which is bad news for Northern Ireland. The IRA won?t stop Sinn Fein from voting yes on the deal, but part of the fine print calls for paramilitaries to hand in their guns and semtex over the next two years. If they?re not going to do that, Protestant leaders smell a rat. ?You cannot say there?s a peace agreement if some party has a private army armed to the teeth and ready for action,? fumed Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble. Like it or not, a sustained cease-fire is the best the Irish can hope...
...Could Robinson be threatening disruptions? "One thing we will not do is give prior warning of our intentions," he replied. The White House says there has been no decision, but Paisley's opposition will be "irrelevant" to what Clinton does. On the Catholic side, GERRY ADAMS, president of Sinn Fein, has been holding a frantic series of meetings with the people who, as Adams says, "made the struggle, made the sacrifices and made the big commitment"--in short, the I.R.A. So far, he is getting a mixed reaction, but he is confident that he will ultimately bring them along...