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February when it became necessary to deport from Ireland certain persons it was because the helping hand was be- ing held out again and the British gov ernment knew it."
 Declaring that in various parts of Ireland men are being threatened by the rebel movement, both with regard to the present and the future, the sec retary continued:
 There is the greatest alarm that at this stage, when it was hoped the con- vention was about to devise a solution that the government of Ireland may become actually impossible. There ex- ist two currents of feeling, one in favor of passivity in the face of action of the most illegal and dangerous kind, the other which believes that unless free dom from disturbance is maintained the convention must be defeated.
 The trouble arose in Ireland in recent weeks because the convention was doing well. The design of the Sim Fein leaders requires the failure of the convention and their present maneuY- CTS are directed particularly to the rais- ing of a state of things in which the convention would appear to be hope less. The government has to deal with that situation and will do it's best to prevent criminal acts of that kind" Here cries were raised: Why don't 1 you arrest De Valera?" and the na- l tionalist: Why don't you arrest Car son?"
 The secretary continued after the Interruptions: While we hope that the new constitution is in the making and l while the mass of Irishmen are satis- a6 within bounds there will be no arrests D
 Mr. Lloyd George, whose absence for 1 time during the debate had been | strongly criticized by the Irish mem bers, made a dramatic reappearance in the house and wound up the debate i with strong and outspoken denuncia> l ton ot the Sim Fein movement and of 1 the propaganda of Professor Edward De Valera, Sim Fein member for East | Clare. He also made striking reve- lation of another plot aided by Count l von Bernstorff the former German ann ] bassadOr to the United States, to land arms in Ireland. The premier also gave assurance to John Dillon, one of 1 the Irish leaders, that the government would do it's utmost to put any agree ment reached by the Irish convention into legislative effect.
 In the course of speech in the house or commons today Premier Lloyd | George declared the government was l aware that arrangements were again being made, partly by Count von Bern | storff to land arms in Ireland.
 The premier said that the govern ment could not possibly forget what had happened only eighteen months ago. These speeches could not be treated as excited speeches delivered py persons of no consequences which ! would end in nothing.
 In order to save these poor people who honestly believed they were doing their best for their country from being persuaded by others" continued the premier T thought it essential that the government should take action, not provocation action, but firm action.
 There are three things the govern ment ought to make clear in the in terests of Ireland: First, indictment to rebellion cannot be permitted The | Germans nearly landed arms for that purpose IS months ago. We know that arrangements are being made for arms to be landed again and we know that it is partly done by von Bern storff. Second, thing no government . can permit IS organization tor re- bellion.'
 Alter referring to ,ae drilling and i marching going on in Ireland. and the exnortatlons of De Valera, the pre- mIer declared that what was going on In Ireland was a deliberate attempt to enroll and drill thousands of young men-who in England would have beeL compulsorily enlisted-in preparation for rebellion.
 The thlrd point was that there was a deal of talk in Ireland among the Sim fein leaders which, said the pre- mier, did not mean home rule or self government, but separation or seces- sion. There was demand for the sovereign independence of Ireland and, declared the premier.
 We had better say at once that under no conditions will Great Britain permit anything of that kind''
 Sim Feiners Arrested