Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-04-01

}, British propaganda carried on there.
Lloyd George asserted that the Uni
ted States was encouraging secession
in Great Britain by declaring sympathy
with Ireland, as the senate did. and BY
permitting Irish propaganda - doing
own civil war on the part of British
sympathers with the southern confeder.
acy.
Golden Rule Reversed.
Il want to say this" he said "to
our American friends: ''Mr. De Valera
is putting forth the same claim in exact
ly the same language as Mr.. Jefferson
Davis: and the ancestors Of some of
the men who voted for that motion in
the senate the other day fought to the
death against conceding to the southern
states of America the very demand
their descendants are supporting for
ireland. The acceptance of that de-
mand we will never concede. It is a
demand which, if persisted in, will lead
to exactly the same measures Of repres-
sion as in the southern states OF
America. We claim nothing more than
the United States claimed for them
selves and we viii stand no less"
This passage was loudly cheered.
Satisfied It's Oniy Bill.
Replying to arguments in the house
oi commons against ;l:zs -ish home rule
biif., Premier Lloyd George declared
that the government had every reason
to be satisfied with the course Of the
debate. as it demonstrated that the gov
ernment's plan was the only one that
held the field.
The difficulty of the problem. said
the premier. was that no proposals
which would be acceptable to any
party in this country would be accepted
by any party in Ireland. If the people
of Ireland were asked what plan they
would accept. declared Mr. Lloyd
George, they would say by an emphatic
majority:
eve want independence and an Irish
republic"
No Self D ecision II Secession.
The premier insisted there was no
use Of talking about self-determnation.
since those who supported it must GO
to the full length of granting an Irish
republic.
"Self- determination" continued the
premier. does not mean that every
part of the country. which has been
acting together for hundred years.
should have the right to say: we mean
to set up separate republic There
must be limit to the application Of
any principle, otherwise it might be
carried to every locality in every coun-
try throughout the world"
Mr.. Lloyd George asserted that no
one had accepted the plan Of former
Premier Asquith. Dealing with the
suggestion of John r. Clynes, Labor,
for constituent assembly. the premier
emphasized that the previous Irish con-
vention had failed and asked If it were
likely that the assembly proposed by
Mr.. Clynes would be any more sue
cessful.
Since any proposal which Irish opin-
ion would by large majority accept
would not be accepted by any party in
Great Britain. Mr.. Lloyd George de-
clarcd. therefore the government must
exercise its judgment for the United
Kingdom and the whole empire. to come
to the wisest conclusion possible.
Arms to Save Kingdoms Unity.
The premier reiterated his declara-
lion that the government plan held the
field because it recognized the fact that
the house would not satisfy Irish opin-
ion in its present state without de-
stroying the essential unity of the
kingdom. The demand in Ireland for
the moment was for independence and
secession not self government.
There were certain powers which
might be conferred upon Ireland when
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