Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-15
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gOvsrment II willing % grant ~ Ire
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NOUS govenEoent ri rs own, gucA "a
that ri Natal. ~~pres;Gent" De Valera,
Arthur Griffith. founder III Sim FEN;
Michael Collins and ofher republican
ieacers are non willing that Ireland
shall remain q part N the Bntish cir
~pire-4bouzh thez prefer The term
BRITISH commonwealth of natiOns"-
procffeE their right II secession 10
reco9nized Other prominent Sim
Yeiners, comprising the tnterectuals
and foctnnaires, insist Prime Minister
Lloyd George has not yet sufficiently
recognized the eszerfial unity II Ire
land and ~ ngLt 70 seif-Ieternna-
tion. All the Sim Feiners assert that
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the supreme Irish parliament IN Dub
lin. Tie tax that remains IL 10 recon
cfle these views and bring the Ulster
ifez anh southern uniollsts into
agreement with The cornprornise plan
That this can be done IL the exprezsed
opinion N sonae Of the chief figures
In the negotiations.
Says General smuts: Il think. I am
hopeful. ! trust, that the question will
be solved and that thereby the British
empire will be freed from the imputa-
ton that IN this ancient part M the
United Kingdom there gtiIl exists NO
iation n the fundamental principles
upon which the empire rests. I say
that the problem IL soluble because ]
have ssen II solyeA In my own coun-
try under circumstances less ennbit'
tered than In Ireland but certainly od
a very difficult character, too"
De Valera. In his fret authorized
statement since Lloyd Georges invi
taffon. says: I'VE trust that the Brit
ish prime minister's letter may pfov'
10 be the first step toward submittin;
a civilized basis Of right and reason
for that Of bartaric violence In th'
arbitration OF the question at issu'
between Ireland and Great Britain.
"Hhould the conference now initial
"a lead to an ultimate understanding
and lasting peace between the people
Of those two islands, which have boel
IN a state Of war, Or suspended war
for mWe than eve and q half cen
turtles, It VIII ret a worthy Christian
precedent for the entire world.
British prestige will be restored
young Ireland win live in history a