The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-01
Solve Problems Easily, Says
Sir Edward Hall.
British Have Failed To Deal
With 1t Successfully.
LLOYD GEORGE STANDS FIRM
Irish Question Again Postponed
by Britain.
Washington May Have Hand
in Affair.

London, April 15.-Correspondenc
of the Associated Press.-Solve Ire
lands troubles by turning the island
over to the United States. This plan
solemnly suggested, is offered in a let
ter to the press by Sir Edward Mar
shall Hall, former member of parlia-
ment and one of the best known GRIM
inal lawyers in England.
Successive British governments
have failed signally to deal with the
Irish question:" the letter says, "and
at the moment we are faced with
grave disaster. We have failed. WHY
not ask the United States to help us
and offer to hand over the govern
ment of Ireland to them ?''
By SO. doing, the letter affirms. in
stead of creating a possible German
menace within q few miles of our
shores, we should bring our allies
nearer to us by some thousands of
miles and under their beneficent rule
Ireland would prosper as it has never
done before and we should have
bound America to us by bonds of mu-
tual gratitude.
"And above ALL" Sir Edward con-
cluded, mo one of the Irish leaders
would be able to say that either one
Of the others had entirely won."
Postpone Irish Matters.
London, May 1.--An order in coun-
ell has been issued further postpon-
ing the operation of the national sery
ice act or conscription as respects
Ireland beyond May 1 to which it had
been postponed previously. Some of
the morning newspapers say the post
ponement is due to the government s
wish to introduce home rule bill
and to see what measure of success
it gets, before proceeding to enforce
conscription in Ireland, which, it is
said in some quarters, is not likely to
be attempted in the next few. weeks.
Opinion in the lobbies of parliament
Is that a home rule bill will be pre-
sented in the house of commons next
week, but the difficulties of drafting it
have not been overcome entirely.
Lloyd George Is Firm.
Members of the labor deputation
who waited upon the premier in the
house of commons Monday in regard
to Irish conscription admit, says the
Daily Telegraph, that Mr.. Lloyd
George spoke frankly and firmly and
listened patiently to the statement
prepared by Arthur Henderson. upon
representa- tions made by a deputation
of Irish trades unionists and the
lengthy explanation of j. H. Thomas
M. p, for Derby. who had been in
Ireland on business of the railway
mems association.
Premier Lloyd George promised
that the cabinet would decide fully
the representations of the laborites
but he held out no hope SO far as he
was concerned personally for any
change in the policy of the govern
ment In a speech the premier in
sisted that equal rights of citizenship
involved equality of duty and respon-
sibility and that Ireland can rot take
all the advantages accruing to its as
sociation with Great Britain while re-
fusing to bear a share in the burdens
and sacrifices of the United Kingdom
of which it is part
Ireland Is just Pccvcd.
The Daily Telegraph, recalls that
Ireland did not refuse the gift of old
age pensions from an English parlia-
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