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f1eforce Of these objections and desire
sorconsider. In consultation with YOUR
aalEand your Cabinet, how they can best
t;e met.
,iHIIis Majestys Ministers believe ar
iangements can be embodied in the
Rkrsement now in view whereby these
ylffficulties can be met. The question
- 1.-THE area within the special jurisdic-
fion, of the northern Parliament we
l,sSe reserved for discussion with you.
sghe. creation OF an all Ireland Parlia-
mont would clearly further the ami
liable settlement OF this problem.
sn"Eiis Ma1esty's Government are fully
isware OF the objections which the people
M.northern Ireland may feel to particf-
jgatibn on any terms in an all Ireland
parliament. They therefore have been
ahamining some alternatives and their
HQhseauences. Their study has con-
would be raised for both parts Of Ire
land If jurisdiction over reserved sub
jehts was not conferred upon common
Aatliority.
"Border Hard to Maintain
In the first place. customs barriers
would have to be established between
northern and southern Ireland over the
Jagged line OF the frontier. The incon-
venience OF this arrangement would be
considerably enhanced by the fact that
there must Of necessity be large eie-
ments OF the population on both sides
whose sympathies will be across the
border. Natural channels of trade
would be arbitrarily obstructed. The
difficulty Of working out any such ar
rangement would be unceasing. the cost
considerable and the vexation to traders
continuous.
I'm the second place the finance OF
the Government OF Ireland act would
necessarily have to be recast. 1t is the
essence of dominion status that contri-
button OF dominion toward the inn
perial charges Is voluntary. If. northern
Ireland were part of the Irish State
its contribution would be voluntary,
like those of the dominions.
ION the other hand. IL southern Ire
land becarre a dominion. while northern
ireland remained a part of the United
Kingdom with the essential corrollary
of representation In the Imperial Par
Lament, II Is clear that the people of
northern Ireland would have to bear
their proportional share Of all the inn
perial burdens, such as the army and
navy and other imperial services, in
common with the taxpayers of the
United Kingdom.
ut will be evident that the people of
Great Britain are making important sac
rfices for the sake of a settlement.
Heavily burdened though Great Britain
IS, the Government, with the full con-
sent of public opinion at home and
throughout the empire. are Offering to
forego her right to exact from ireland
any contribution to future imperial ex-
po0ses Single handed, the British nation
pseun1es responsibility for imperial de-
fcrce except SO far as Ireland and the
dop1inions may resolve OF their own free
w;ilsto contribute to the cost.
"1dis Majesty's Government have pur-
poseiy reviewed the problem in broad
outline only. and his Majesty's Govern
merit cordially invite the Ministers of
northern Ireland to meet them in confer
encE with q view to q full and frank
exchange OF views"
allegiance Never withdrawn"
In his reply. dated November II, Sir
James Craig wrote:
The question of giving their allie
glance to the throne does not arise in
thescase of the people of Ulster as they
have always been among his Majesty s
mo& loyal and devoted servants. I.
It has always been the desire of north
ern.Ir Gland to remain in the closest pos
sbie union with Great Britain and the
empire which Ulstermen have helped to
buim up and to which they are proud
to belong. e
The Government of northern Ireland