The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
premier AGAIN
TWILL DEFY FOES
|OF IRISH POLICY
Renewed Declaration Of
Peace Before Farley to
n Be Made Soon.
VALERA PLEA USELESS
Lloyd George Not Likely to
Heed Report Of Appeal
in Person.
EHUMOR IN COX ATTITUDE
British Press and Public Re-
gard Utterances as Harm
less and Unimportant.
HUMOR IN COX ATTITUDE

specio, Cable Despatch 10 THE HERALD.
Copyright 1890, by THE NEW YoEK HERALD.
LONDON. Oct. 6.--Premier Lloyd
George will renew his declaration of
an Irish policy in Wales at the end
of this week. From what is known, 1t
a can be said for the present at least
there will be no change from the basis
\ upon which he has built his Irish
Y programme throughout the last ses-
sion of Parliament.
1t is reported here that Earnonn de
Valera, president of the Irish Re-
q public" wants to come to London to
talk over the whole Irish situation
with Premier Lloyd George, If tho
i British Government will guarantee he
\ viii not be arrested and the Premier
will treat with him as the accredited
representative Of the Irish people. 1t
Is believed here there is little likeli-
hood Of such conference being held.
1t Is the Lloyd George policy to root
up the entire de Valera school from Ire
land before treating, despite the fact
that many underground negotiations un-
4 doubleday are going on between the more
or less authorized spokesman.
Cox Declaration Ansvered.
h Persons familiar with the working OF
the Premiers mind assert that the three
4 distinguished critics OF his Irish policy
a who voiced their criticisms during the
week--Viscount Grey. Viscount Morley
and Herbert II. Asquith--are due for
some severe raps on their knuckes
N Gov. Cox Is not. The Cox aeclara-
tons are generally accepted here In high
good humor and as having been uttered
In sort OF political council of despair
which is not Great Br,tain's affair In
deed. the Ecening Globe seriously, even
IL CURLY, reminds Gov. Cox he ought
TO mind his own business. as British
statesmen did when the South tried to
secede. despite provocations in hard
ships arising from loss to the British
Of Southern cotton.
The writer In the Evening STANDARD
best typifes the British attitude to-
ward Gov. Cox under the heading mo
Reprisals by Lloyd George" Then this
neat paragraph follows:
''In regard to Gov Cox. Democratic
candidate for President of the United
States, having declared his sympathy
for the Irish rebellion, 1t may be taken
that there Is no truth in the rumor
that at Llanduduno. Friday Lloyd
George expressed sympathy with the
American Reds. Anarchists and Boil
ferent system of government from that
which exists on the other side of the
Atlantic"
Regard Cox ms Harmless.
All Government officials refrain rigor-
ously from comment on the course of the
American political campaign. and dis
courage their press supporters from
comment on II. But q very highly placed
official seemed thoroughly convinced
there was not the slightest likelihood OF
Gov. Cox ever being In any place where
he would be called upon to carry out
the Irish policy he suggested.
Senator Harding's election Is predicted
in England with truly surprising unan-
unity, and hearty appreciation Is ex-
pressed of his observance of information
al amenities when he Is pressed upon an
issue. recognized here as Offering the
severest temptation to man who Is
seeking votes.
Despite the determination of Premier
Lloyd George to stick to his policy first
10 restore order In Ireland and elimi-
nate the violent element from those
controlling Irish action and then to
pass the home rule bill, letting Ulster
start the demonstration Of how this bill
will work in the hope that the rest OF
Ireland will be obliged to fall In line.
there Is no doubt that tho savage re-
prisals in ireland. bringing out three
important statements from viscount
Grey. Viscount Morley and Mr.. Asuuith
on three successive days, have effected
n new meeting of minds over the whole
Irish problem.
But nothing SO far brought out affords
any hope of getting over the essential
difficulty in which Great Britain refuses
to treat with Ireland as with an equal.
and Ireland refuses to treat otherwise.
NO solution Acceptab BILE.
Despite the regard in which viscount
Grey and Viscount Morley are held at
this moment they do not represent tho
slightest political kinetic energy. Their
contributions are generally accented ms
thoughtful and valuable sideiights on
the problem. but as presenting nothing
upon which any government could act
with majority either In Parliament or
among the people.
Further Irish horrors may arouse the
British public to a point where they
would consider remedy like that pro-
posed by Viscount Grey ana that Is
what the Sim Fein Is counting on. ON
the other hand. II may arouse them
TO the support OF real campaign of
reconquest. and that Ii what Premier
Lloyd George Is counting ON ~ Irish
terrorism persists
In this regard Mr. Asquith and his
proposal to permit an Irish navy and
army Is regarded the same az IA the
proposal by Gov. Cox. Mr. Asouith "a
looked on az politician whose power is
approaching the vanishing point and
who IL ready to grasp any straw.
His declaration that ireland would not
DO insane enough to endeavor TO build
UP an extensive navy was answered by
the reminder that II does not cost much
70 build a few submarines which. iurk-
Ing In the hundreds OF Irish bays, would
Epeil doom to the British navy and Brit
ish commerce during war. This an
swor typihes the general attitude OF the
English mind toward Irish Independence
or anything savoring OF Britain's loss
OF control
The Frecmdr's Journal OF Dublin, the
most violent Of the Nationalist organs.
reiterates the assertion that full and
free dominion home rule, II submitted
20 the irish people. would sweep the
country The only difficulty which now