The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-19
General Feeling of I'm
certainty Eeen In To-
days Dispatches : Ri
oting Said To Have
Been Started In Ireland
by "Black and Tan"
Outrages

London, Aug. 19.-The British gov
ernment, declared Premier Lloyd
George today, in making its settle.
merit proposals to Ireland had decided
on putting the whole of it's terms into
the letter to Eamonn de Valera, with
out keeping anything back. and the
sequel had proved, he said that it was
right in adopting that course.
He had heard no suggestions from
any part of the world except Ireland.
he remarked, that the proposals had
not gone to the limit of possible con.
cession.
81 want to make it clear" continued
the prime minister. That the govern
ment did not put forth haggling terms,
bat put forward everything it could
possibly concede to purchase peace
and the good will of the Irish people.
In Ireland itself, so far as | can see,
the doubt is not so much as to the
terms, but as to whether the govern
ment really means them.
THAT is a question of working out
the terms-of elucidation and elabor-
alton, and not a changing of the
terms. The outline cannot be altered
nor the basis changed
Some Contingencies
I'm view of the fact that the house
is about to separate and the fact that
very disQuieting statements have been
made, and even of a few disquieting
facts, we are bound as a government
to take thought of all possible contin-
gencies, however, unpleasant they
may he.
'"The first is the possibility of an
agreement, in which case the details
will have to be thrashed out which
will take time. There is always apt
to be an atmosphere of suspicion sug-
gested in the relations between two
nations-a suggestion of bad faith if
there is misunderstanding on the
slightest particular
1t would be the duty of the govern
ment. said the prime minister, to
place bill embodying the details and
principles before the parliament for
immediate action because delay is
disastrous once an agreement is
reached.
Il wish it We're not necessary to
deal with the other contingency, but
we are bound to take notice of GER
tain things which have been said
This contingency is that our terms
are rejected.
Sees Grave Possibility
Were that misfortune to befall the
relations between these two islands,
whose history has been so full of such
unfortunate incidents we would be
faced with graver situation in re-
gard to Ireland than to which we have
ever been confronted.
whatever these terms may accom-
plish and may have done there is one
thing they have achieved. They have
defined the issues more clearly than
ever before, and rejection would be
an unmistakable challenge to the au-
thority of the crown and the unity of
empire, and no party in the state
could possible pass that over without
notice.
Il am using no languagesof menace.
That would be indeed folly. When
there are so many existing difficulties,
to use threatening language would
be to aggravate other difficulties and
create new ones.
"If there is rejection, and final re
lection beyond hope of negotiation,
steps will undoubtedly have to be
taken which the executive ought not
and won't wish to take without first
consulting with the other government
department