Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-04
Eloyd-George Gives Views OH Irish Problem and How England Best Can
 Solve the Difficulties 1t Presents

, Lloyd George. If they (the Ir lsh factions unite they must d. so on their own accord"
 Affirming his unalterable oppo sltlon to any separation of Ire land from Great Britain, the Prc m1er said "and arrangement bS which Ireland could be severed from the United Kingdom eithc, nomlnally or in substance of ef : feet, would be fatal to the inter ests of both.
 You have only to look at what happened in the late war to req 11zG what would have happened il Ireland had been a separate unit the speaker declared. ".An nos tile republic or even an unfriend y one might very well have beer fatal to the cause of the allies. The area of submarine activity migh
 have extended beyond the limits ot control, we might have had { situation full of peril which might very we'll have jcopardized the life of this cou1 try. We cannot run the risk of hostility such as that, and it would be equally fata to the interests of Ireland. IrisF trade interests are entwined witl those of Great Britain. Britain is lreland's best customer.
 If Great Britain, with all its influence and resources found il difficult to govern hostile Ire. land, l cannot see how Ireland could control hostile northeast Ire,
 and. There would be trouble there would be mischief, there might be bloodshed. And then the whole black chapter of misundar. standing between Great Britain and Ireland would be rewritten all ov- CT again. We must not enter up. on that course whatever the cost
 Going into the question of pos slble, eventual union of Ulster and southern Ireland, Mir. Lloyd George said the council of twenty would serve as medium of inter change to this end. He referred to the railroads which serve both areas. '1f the two Irish legisla- lures agree. they can leave contro (of the railroads) to this national Irish council" he continued. "This is Illustrating the kind of subject which might we'll be delegated by the two Irish legislatures to this council which represents both and which can only be delegated by agreement. Power to consumare union of the two legislatures, he states, would be placed in the hands of these bodies. Such a unified epresentative body, il was declared, would constitute al Irish parliament which would be accorded additional powers by the British parliament, including taxation.
 Federal powers, Mir. Lloyc George said, would be reserved for the future Irish parliament, em- bracing the crown, peace, war foreign affairs, army, navy de. fense, treason, trade outside ot Ireland, navigation including mer chants shipping, wireless, cables coinage, trade marks, lighthouses and higher judiciary
 "These powers," the premier de- clared, correspond to the powers reserved wherever there is a fed eral constitution, whether 1T America or on the continent of Europe"
 Powers of the Irish parliament he stated, would include contro over education, local government land, agriculture, roads and brid- ges, transportation including railroads and canals, old age pen. sions, insurance, municipal affairs labor, local judiciaries hospitals and all machinery for maintenance of law and order except the high CT judiciary ,the army and navy and housing.
 MT. Lloyd George said the post office would continue to be ad- ministered for the present by the British parliament because of the difficulty of keeping up the ser vice under two legislatures.
 Discussing finances, the premier said it was proposed that Ireland contribute approximately 91S,- 0O0,000 toward the imperial ex- penditures. This he stated, is the amount the treasury derives from Ireland to apply against the na- tional debt, the army and navy trade, and for running the ma chinery of war and pensions. Each of the two legislatures it was said, would receive e1,O00,000 to cover the initial expense of setting up the two governments, with per manent provision for their main tenance from the land annuities in Ireland.
 Each of the two legislatures, Mir. Lloyd George explained would Phave taxing powers comparable with those enjoyed by the states in the United States. The three great taxes, he said, the income tax including excess profits and supertax, customs, and excise would be levied and collected im- perially.
 Premier Lloyd George in clos ing his address said there had been mistakes on both sides. "The question is not who is to blame" he declared, "but how are we set it right, and that is not easy to answer"