Evening star., 1921-12-12
PEACE IN IRELAND
TO Be FELT HERE
Barnes Declares Lloyd
George Was More For
tunate Than Lincoln.
BY GEORGE n. BARNES,
British Parliament Leader.
By Radio 70 The Star.

BY Radio 10 The Star
LONDON, December 10 - Lloyd
George has been more fortunate than
Lincoln. He has been able to MAIN
tain the unity of the British empire
without a devastating war, and in
achieving peace with ireland he has
had the loyal backing of many states
men who have sacrificed old party
ties and prejudices.
He has. in fact, voiced Il great COM
mon effort for the common good.
which is to be crowned with success
And. as peace begets peace. so the
Irish peace may have great effect
upon world psychology and hasten
the contamination of those ideals of
which Washington today is the out
ward sign and expression.
Hailed With Relief
The successful conclusion of the
negotiations with Sim Fein have been
hailed here with feelings of intense
relief and qualification. The Sim
Fein representatives showed at last
real insight and courage. for it was
realized, even before tn" announced
dissension of De Valera and two mem
were many men in Ireland who would
rather fight and keep the old sores
open than to settle on the facts with
which they were confronted.
Mr.. De Valera has been known for
some time to be at odds with some
Of his strongest supporters. and while
there is no doubt that the fight to
be made by him on the treaty will be
spectacular and vitriolic. there is &:
wholesome opinion coming from ire
land today which makes one be
lieve that the Dali Eireann will in
due course of time ratify the pact.
Little to Fear.
On our side there is little to fear
In the ordeal of parliamentary exam
ination Of the pact. The split in the
dali may have the effect of strength
despite the fact that ratification il
still thing of the future. I believe.
that the settlement of this age-old
controversy is actually at hand.
There are two features to the peace
document, however. which, to my
mind. are regrettable-namely. "A di
vided Ireland and an Irish army and
navy.
The first is for the moment inrv-
table. because divisions are inherent
in the very facts of the situation. Ws
must trust to the emergence of good
Will lIIle lls W 'tS -
healing of the old sores and the lure
of self-interest tends to n fusion.
Moreover. Belfast will swing into the
orbit of those democratic influences
which In the political world are
everywhere blotting our religious di-
visions and political party traditions.
Price Of self-Determinatfon.
The second unfortunate feature.
separate military and naval forces for
Ireland. constituting multiplication
of the fighting forces, Is a part of the
price the world is paying for 80 called
self determination" 1t will be a
heavy price until all of the newly en-
franchised nations and peoples realize
their interdependence and exercise
restraint accordingly. So what the
world needs today is selfrestraint of
its self-determined peoples.
On the whole the settlement is no
less creditable to the union members
of the government than to Lloyd
lain and others it means renunciatfon
The conditions of the Irish pact are
in accord with the manifesto upon
which Lloyd George won the election
which placed him in power, for he
then pledged himself to explore every
possible avenue to peace on basis of
home rule. subject to the two reserva-
tions of transportation and non
coercion of Ulster. He has been true
to those conditions. Ulster is free
and Sim Fein has accepted that con-
ldition as well as inclusion in the EN-
pire, .,,,