The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-31

remainder of the population. In thu
northeast of ireland, If that were done
YOU would inevitably ALLEVIATE the bes
elements from the machinery or OF Law
and order don't say it would pro
duce the same results but il woult
recreate exactly the same condition!
which you are trying to remedy in tn,
south and west
Mr.. Lloyd George said the failure
of the self-government act of 1914 t.
deal with the peculiar position O.
7 Ulster was largely the reason fol
the decision OF the government t
make changes in this Home Rule plan
4 He prefaced the statement with the
remark that the act OF 1914 appear
4 ed to have no friends.
In support of his position that tc
force union of Ireland upon Ulster
would be unjustifiable. the Ptemiel
Z read letter from Father O'Flanna
gan, an Irish Catholic priest, said to
be former vice-president of the Sim
Fein party, and quoted from the
! words of Father macdonald, pro.
lessor of theology in Maynnoth col.
lege.
] Father O'Flannagan was represent.
4 ed as having asked in 1916: III we
reject home rule rather than agree to
\ the exclusion of the Unionist party
1 OF Ulster what case have we to put
before the world?" and also to have
! declared. we are anxious to start
where England left off and to compel
| Antrim and Down to love US by force
Mr. Lloyd George read from a
speech OF Father macdonald in which
the latter was said to have remarked:
Were Ire and made republic fully
independent OF Great Britain, it seems
to sem that she would Be bound TO al.
low Home Rule for the northeast cor
ner on the principle underlying your
claim for Home Rule in the United
Kingdom, which | regard as we'll
1 founded
These two quotations state the
case IN favor of the treatment of
Ulster. declared Premier Lloyd
George. If they 1.-THE Irish factions)
unite they must do so on their own
accord"
Affirming his unalterable opposition
to any separation of Ireland from
Great Britain. the Premier said "anv
arrangement by which Ireland could
be severed from the United Kingdom
either nominally or in substance or
effect, would be fatal to the interests
OF both.
you have only to look at what han.
pened in the late war to realize what
would have happened if Ireland had
Deen separate unit" the speaker de.
ciared An hostile republic or even
an uniriendly one might very well
nave been fatal TO the cause of the
Allies, The area of submarine actiyi.
ty might have extended beyond the
limits OF control we might have had
situation full of peril which might
very well have jeopardized the life
OF this country. We cannot run the
risk OF hostility such as that. and it,
would be equally fatal to the interests
OF Ireland Irish trade interests are
entwined with those OF Great Britain
Britain is ire and's best customer.
III Great Britain, with all its in
fluence and resources, found il difficult
to govern hostile Ireland, | cannot see
how ireland could control hostile north
east ireland. There would be trouble,
there would be mischief, there might
be bloodshed. And then the whole
b ack chapter OF misunderstanding be.
tween Great Britain and Ireland
would be rewritten all over again, We
must not enter upon that course what.
ever the cost
Going into the question OF possible
eventual union of Ulster and southern
Ireland Mr. Lloyd George said the
Council of Twenty would serve as
medium of interchange to this end
He referred to the railroads which
serve both areas IF the two Irish
legislatures agree, they cannot leave
control (of the railroads. to this ma
tional Irish council, he continued
This is illustrating the kind of sub
ject which might well be delegated by
the two Irish legislatures to this eoun-
Gil which represents both and which
can only be delegated by agreement"
Power to consumate union of the two
legis atures. he states, would be placed
In the hands of these bodies. Such &
unified representative body, it was de-
clared, would constitute an Irish parli-
ament which would be accorded addi-
tonal powers by the British parlia-
. ment. including taxation
Federal powers, Mr.. Lloyd George
said. would be reserved for the future
Irish parliament. embracing the crown.
peace, war, foreign affairs army, navy
defense, treason, trade outside of Ire
+ land, navigation including merchant
shipping wireless, cables, coinage,
trade marks, lighthouses and higher
judiciary.
These powers" the Premier declar-
ed, correspond to the powers reserved
wherever there is a federal constitu-
tion, whether in America or on the
continent of Europe"
Powers OF the Irish parliament he
stated, would include control over edu.
cation, local government, land, agri-
culture, roads and bridges, Transports.
tion including railroads and canals,
old age pensions, insurance, munich
nal affairs, labor, local, judiciaries,
hospitals and all machinery for main
tenance of law and order except the
higher judiciary, the army and navy
and housing.
Mr.. Lloyd George said the postoff1ce
would continue to be administered for
the present by the British parliament
because of the difficulty of keeping
up the service under two legislatures.
Discussing finaces, the Premier
said it was proposed that ireland con-
tributa qnnrOyipnafa1v -p1Q mn nm IN