Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-10-28
Lloyd George Defeats Attack Of
/! Asquith Coalition in De-
bate on Ireland.
BRITISH COAL STRIKE OH
Minors Proposals. for Settlement Laid
Before Farlament-Recent Events
IN Central Europe-secretacy
Houston Tells Bankers
Taxes Cannot Be
Reduced
By EDWARD w. PicKARD.

Herbert Asqui'h's grand anti-goyeIn-
ment combination in England scored a
complete failure IN it's first aislApt 10
overthrow Premier Lloyd Gcrge last
week. Parliament had assembled, and
despite what must be consilgfea the
more pressing business of the coal mi
ners' strike, the opposition s1aeled IN
on the Irish question, callin1 a9r
public inquiry into the ALLEGED atroei-
ties Of the police and milita u the
island. The motion was mad Il the
names of Henderson and Adauison a-
Dor party leaders, and Asquilh aid Sir
Donald Maclean, leaders OF ne iber-
ais, and the correspondents Siid was
supported by every party in b house
|Of commons except the fnln rs of
Lloyd George. withstaniiHg such
Ia powerful coalition after idls and
heated debate the sovernmant foreed
the withdrawal Of tie motion by 4 vote
of 346 to 70.
Lord Robert Cecil, speaEita iar the
motion, denounced the adm ir>lFarion
lin Ireland as one of the II ~ disas
Itry's history, and declared t iar The
sake of the country's good pame the
government must clear il II OF the
charge of connivance in the reprisals.
Mr.. Asquirh followed the saI inc of
argument and described in 9etail The
occurrences in Ralbriggan a6d other
towns.
Sir Hamar Greenwood, cijef secre-
tary for Ireland, set up tllH GOVERN
ment's defense i'm u fiery sft lie
declared the acts of the pHirt We're
"deplOrabe but nnderstar in
view of the doings oG the Iri Irder
Iers. Asserting that he, IL - one
lelse, was the head of the lr gein-
lment. Sir Hamar said: we sp ,FeaG
ling Irish terror. Ii is being en by
the forces of the crown VIII r aa be-
ling condemned here today 1esae
lat no diStau. date the ED III lhe
regime of assassination in Iralaid nGW
being carried on by the irish repub
Ilican army which has members in
every village.
Eve are breaking the boycott on the
police and we are breaking The refusal
to carry troops or police on The rail-
roads ! would rather see egery dish
railroad shut down for hundred
years than yield one jot or little Of our
right to carry any one we please"
1t Is the expressed opinion Of certain
American correspondents that the AS
Quith following in this matter, though
heavily outvoted in the house Of com
mons, represents the majority Of The
English people and the most thouGht-
ful section of the country and that tic
members of the house cannot much
longer ignore the feelings Of their con-
stituents. This opinion, however, can
not be accepted unreservedly in view
Of the bias displayed by these corre-
sp0ndents when dealing with Irish az
fairs.
Efforts to avert the strike of British
coal miners failed, and the men all quit
work. Industrial and economic confu-
sion set in at once, but as the week
drew to a close the situation was not
without its hopeful aspects. The gov
ernment. the people generally and ar
least the leaders of the miners federa-
ton fully realized the gravity Of the
crisis and the threat of greatec disas-
ter to the country If the rail and trans
port workers should strike in sym
pathy with the miners. Prime Minis
ter Lloyd George presented the matter
to the house of commons Tuesday
night in a speech that won hearty ap-
nlauAa and that showed the govern