Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-27

,srs. undoubted gravity of the sit
49, cajls for cool heads and clear
Nv, Ivy. a., both sides of the Irish Sea. y
il. s.~snoner w added. "a weariSame
..snrs Of mere notes, can serve no
6..sJ nurpose. Sooner or later some
.sr;,e decision must be reached. y
hJOYD GEORGE REPLY
TO DE VALERA'S NOTE
London. Aug. 27.-The text of the
,olv Of Premier Lloyd George to
.mon do yalera's latest note follows !:
nsir--The British Government is pro-
uudly disappointed by your letter of
lunpst "a. You write of the conditions
the meeting between us as though no
netting had ever taken place.
u ~ must remind you, therefore, that
men | asked you to meet me six weeks
sp made no preliminary conditions of
M sort You came to London on that
Invitation and exchanged views with
q, At three meetings of considerable
NTH, The proposals I made to you
tsr those meetings were based upon
kl and sympathetic consideration OF
M views which you expressed.
II Denies Haggling Spirit
"They were not made in any hag.
/. linz spirit. On the contrary, my col.
arues and I went to the very limit of
: n powers in endeavoring to reconcile
4 a British and Irish interests. Our
Z toposals have gone far beyond all prec-
! tent and have been approved as lib
ksl BY the whole Of the civilized world.
& Men in quarters which had shown SYM
lhthy with the most extreme of the
ish claims they are regarded as the
most which the empire can reason
BIZ offer or ireland reasonably ex-
v"The only criticism of them I have
:, heard outside Ireland is from those
b maintain that our proposals have
rstepped both warrant and wisdom
their liberality. Your letter shows
Il recognition Of this, and further ne
akiations must, I fear, be futile. un-
some definite progress is made to-
I'd acceptance Of basis.
Rights Offered to Ireland
You declare our proposals involve
surrender Of 1reland's whole ma.
pal tradition and reduce her to sub =
Fience. What are the facts? In
the settlement we outlined, Ireland
I'D control every nerve and fiber of
national existence. She would
ok her own language and make her
religious life, she would have com
power over taxation and finance
)ect only to an agreement for keep
uade and transport as free as pos =
between herself and Great Brit :
her best market.
nhe would have uncontrolled MI
Flty over education and all the moral
spiritual interests of her race, she
"a nave 1t also over law and order,
land and agriculture. over condi
= Oh labor and industry, over the
l'n and homes Of her people and
her own defense.
l. Vi AhoH aHler1CA
ehe would, in fact, within the
~ OF Ireland be free in every re
ol national activity, national ex =
oh ana national development. The
a'ss OF the American Union, sover :
ass Of rights. " 'D
Vur proposals 90 even further for
" invite Ireland to take her place
.s partner in the great Common
a VI Tree nations united by al
nsnee to the King.
We consider these proposols rom
sg fulhll your wish that the nrin .
ms VI government by consent Of the
e,usu nN, should be the broad and guild :
principle Of the settlement which
~, pNnipotentiaries are to negotiate
~ principle was first deyeloned in
asMnd and Is the mainsnring ~ .ho h
'sssn.atlVe sV institutions which sbe
,h arst TO create. 1t was spread by
sas throughout the world, and is now
.thfs lie OF the British Common .
~, Would Heal Old Breschcs
(d,h "s could not have invited tb,
ommpppe psUpIe to take their place In thai
ItnohWsalth on any other princinIa
e are convinced that through /,
Ssn neal old MISUNDERSTANDING mr.
I an enduring partnership n.
Taoie to Ireland as 10 tho o+ba,
}nsists. WHICH tne Commonwealth
2uon. whep you argue that the re
n s.s VI ireland with the British EN- :
~ ~ comparable In principle r.
rm,n puoIland or Belgium with tb,
best . empire, ! find Il necessary II
4 vIe GIaye more that those are prem
kat.v.. no British Government
ef 'ts complexion, can ever ac.
su.emanding that Ireland shoult
NJ, sea'ed as a separate soyereigr
~ with no allegiance ~ ~.
HON. o1a "a no loyalty to the sistel
fnnc,nUni VI me Commonwealth, you ar,
~ IVY, claims which the most ia
y, tauohal list leaders in Irish his
ION Grattan to Parnell anc
nave explicitly disowned.
Daniel o'Conneps Opinion
aAssd tSot In famous phrase de
kpsra,;inasat mat the ocean protests agains
Dsnis ~, and the sea against union.
ubsns oSonnell, the most eloquen
dsb n,. Gi all the spokesmen of th,
N Housn cause, protested thus il
hNsase OF Commons In 1880:
sdiviSsder did monarch receive NOR,
lpr ~ allegiance than the presen
dr. % %.S the men who in irelant
NJ fbssaae sae repeal of the Union. Neyel
~ Es,s grosser calumny than to as,
u 6ts .ney wish to produce separa
d th,rsea tne two countries. Nsvel
MA -1S'S greater mistaka than \,