Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-14
INDEPENDENCE FOR
ERIN NOT POSSIBLE
Chief Secretary Says Idea IS Not
TO be Tolerated; Promises
Better Finances.
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Belfast, Ort IA Sir Hamar Green
wood chief secretary for Ireland q
speech here Yesterday announced mat
Visoount French. lord lieutenant for Ire
land. Sir Frederick Nevill Macready.
commander If tho military forccs ~
Ireland and himself, were N complete
accord and did not contemplate reslgning-
He declared that the government IN
tended to continue with tho hornF rilie
bill which y had prepared and would
enlarge i in tho most generous manner,
especially in the direction ~ finances
thereby making d complete aud final
settlement of the Irish problem.
The government will not be defect-
ed in lts course by promises ~ better
rneasure- or other measures, said The
chief secretary. 1T follows, therefore,
that We will not tolerate an independent
ireland or part of Ireland beng inde-
pendent We believe in tho imperial
and strategic unity of these islands We
believe that this unity is fundamental Tor
the weii-beIng of the whole empire
The real bar 70 peace in Ireland and
the immediate passing of q bill that
would enable Irishfnen To govern thelr
affairs IL the campaign Of deliberate
and caIlous murder, arson and TntIml-
datlon IN certain parts of Ireland No
civilized government could tolerate that,
and | can assure all those who read
what ! say that il makes no difference
what the costs in men. money or time,
the government viii 90 forward un-
finchingly TO treat criminals like the
criminals they are. We are breaking
the terror in certain counties. the boy
colt has ceased, and IL viii cease every
where
THE government of Ireland hIll dealt
with a great reality, namely, that Ire
land. historically and IN many other
WAYS, rs divided into two main parts
This is 20 be regretted, but il Is still
a fact. This IS the FIRST government that
has faced that fact
Il am not one oS those who believe
that the setting no Of two Parliaments
in Ireland carries with il ans II those
disabilities and awful consequences that
people who know nothing about home
rule are constantly prophesylng
The secretary cited Canada snd Aus
tralia a. examples where Seif-gOvern-
nent started with number Of small
Parliaments. lie appealed 20 the lrlsh
70 guarantee success IN undertaking SELF
government and blamed suggestions IN tne
press and from former cabinet MN lSterS Is
responsible IN \ measure Tor the morslSs-
We are faced today De continued
not so much with the Sim Fem move
ment as with the inner circle of that
movement-an inner circle of men VINO
believe they can ntlnIdate the irish gov
ernment and the British government, and
get the support Of the civilized world by a
policy OF assassination.
The secretary contended that no civil
lied government in the world would
sympathize with that policy and de-
elared that no threats and no dangers
would deter the British snd Irish gov
eInments from going on with a serious
duty which must be carried out
1T Is an onerouS and heavy bur
den, he said, and the price must n
paid with the blood OF some of the bravest
men this country or England ever pro
duced
Sir Hamar believed that the govern
ment would succeed In ending the cam
paign of murder, and then the way
would open and Ireland would be handed
over 10 the Irish. They in Ulster would
have their parliament, and the rest oi
Ireland would have its parliament The
government would do its utmost t. back
them financially and would not consider
them as prudigalS, but aS two favovitC
sons of the empire Once these parha-
GentS started he believed the problem
would rapidly be solved
I The secretary referred 70 the work o
the police force and said: In carrying
out the difficult duty OF maintaining
peace and restoring normal condition,
il has been decided 10 set up systcm
Of special constabulary exactly on tn,
same lines as that prevailing through.
out the British Empire. and almost I'M
mediately there VIII be force com
posed of selected patriotic men, who
under the control Of the Royal Irish
Constabulary. would have the right q
every citizen 20 protect his own home
and, with his fellow constables, t. pro
teot the communities at large"