The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-31
IRELAND MUST
I REMAIN WITHIN
/. UNITE D KINGDOM
Separation, Declares Lloyd
George Would Be Fatal
PROVED BY RECENT WAR
Premier Also Says Internal Differences
Must Be Adjusted BY Irish
People Themselves
PROVED BY RECENT WAR

London. Dec. 23-(By The Associat
ed Press Premier Lloyd George, in
presenting to Parliament yesterday
the proposed dual legislative system
for granting self-government to Ire
land, declared that to force union OF
/ Ulster and southern Ireland would
/ promote disunion" and might result
1 in "bloodshed."
! Tie governmental scheme, announc-
ed by the Premier, contemplates the
| creation of two legislative bodies with
council of twenty to serve as a
link between them. In addition. both
divisions would eject members to the
British Parliament until the time
should. be ripe fer the voluntary form
alton of an Irish Parliament.
Liberal extracts from the Premier's
speech were cabled to America, yes
terday. The full text OF the address
gives comprehensive idea of the
position of the government in the new
attempt to compose the differences
between the Irish factions and to
reach satisfactory solution of the
Irish problem.
There may be advantages in
union Mr. Lloyd George said in dis
cussing the stand of those accused Of
wishing to coerce the Obstetrics. Il
do not deny that. Geographically the
conditions are such as to make it
desirable. There is an advantage in
mingling races and religion so as to
contribute n variety of ideas so as to
have q different outlook. And there
is undoubtedly an advantage in hay.
ing industry and agriculture working
side by side in the same parliament.
But that Is a matter for these popu-
lations themselves. Lord Durham at
tempted to force Quebec and Ontario,
Lower and Upper Canada, into the
same parliament. That plan had to be
abandoned. Separate parliaments had
to be given them and it was only after
that was done that federation became
possible"
The Premier said the Irish question
was difficult because three quarters
of the population of Ireland are not
merely governed without their consent,
but manifest the bitterest hostility to
the government
II remember" he continued, when
it used to be argued that If ycn i'm
proved social and economic conditions,
If you got rid of the agrarian trouble,
improved housing, created peasant pro
prietorshiu and built railways, con-
structed harbors and did everything
possible to mako Ireland as prosperous
as conditions would alloy, all this OBJ
lection to British rule, would vanish.
What has hanpened? ireland never
has been so prosperous as she is today
The vast majority OF the cultiyators OF
ireland are possessors of their own soil
Houses and comfortable cottages for
the working men have been built at
the expense CT the British taxpayer,
Men who travelled through ireland
4 generation ago and revisited the
country would not know it today II
is completely TRANSPORTED.
Declaring it to be fundamental
fact" despite these conditions that
ireland has never been so alfenated
from British rule as it is today" Mr..
Lloyd George said there was another
fact just as fundamental-tha you
have u considerable section of the
peop,, of Ireland who are just as OPP
pose to Irish rule as the
m a jority of Irishmen are to
British rule. Both these facts must
be taken into account. In the north
east of Ireland. you have a popula
ton, a fairly solid population, alien in
race, sympathy, religion, tradition, out
look, from the rest of the population
OF Ireland, and it would be an outrage