The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1921-11-11
LLOYD GEORGES
IRISH POLICY Wins
Commons, 439 to 43, SustainS
Premier and Defeats Motion for
Censure Over Peace ParIey.
WARNS WORST MAY COME
May Be Found Impossible to Settle
Without Danger and Dishonor.
Lives and Taxes Should
Not Be Risked.

London. - Premier Lloyd George
achieved another of his oratorical vic
tories when the government obtained
it's expected mandate from the house
of commons to proceed with the irish
negotiations. The Unionist motion
censuring the government for initiat-
ing the Irish negotiations was voted
down, 439 to 43.
The premier, alluding to the nego-
tiations, in the course of the debate
said:
81 cannot conceal from the house
the possibility that l may have to
make the grim announcement that 1T
is impossible to settle without danger
and dishonor."
He said that if the conference broke
down the first thing the government
house considerably to strengthen the
forces of the crown He also assured
the house that no agreement was pos
sible without the sanction of the inn
perial parliament. Mr.. Lloyd George
said he had received guarantees that
no arms would be imported into Ire
land during the truce.
So far as the Unionist protest was
designed to draw information on the
proceedings of the conference, it fail
ed. The premier gave no information
ic,I Ini
discussed regarding Mr. de Valera's
claim to independence and the ru-
mored attempts to arrange concessions
from Ulster for united Ireland.
These remain in the realm of specula-
ton.
One piece of information the pre-
mer did give. 1t was that unless
something happened within a few
days, presumably in the conference, to
solve the unsettled status Of Irelands
two governments, steps would be
taken to give to the Ulster parliament
the powers necessary to make it a
real government
Mr.. Lloyd George declared that the
time to question the negotiations was
when he first proposed them to the
Sim Fein by public correspondence
last July. Much of his speech was
devoted to holding before the COM
mons the prospect of renewal of
guerrilla warfare if the conference
broke down.
The premier pointed out the cost of
renewed warfare and the reluctance Of
the country to incur greater taxation
and ask more young men to risk their
lives. He asserted the governments
would weaken the empire, but to ex-
plore all paths to an honorable peace,
and emphasized the fact that any
agreement must be ratified by parlia-
ment
The motion of censure was propos-
ed by Col. John Gretton, Unionist, and
seconded by Rupert S. Gwynne. No
conspicuous leaders spoke in its sup
port Those who did laid much stress
on their protests against negotiating
with men who had denied allegiance
to the crown and who gloried in their
"association with murderers and as
saSsins'
Arthur Henderson, in behalf of the
Laborites, explained that that party
favored the negotiations, although op-
posing what he termed the previous
policy of repression and retaliation.
Ex-Premier Asquith supported the
motion, bat deprecated the suggestion
that renewal o fthe war was the only
alternative if the conference failed.
Some Irishmen held that breakdown
of negotiations might be followed by
a continuance of the truce pending
further efforts TO diplomacy.
The comment of one veteran par
Humanitarian was that Mr.. Lloyd
Georges talk Of further war was not
intended is warning to the Sim
Fein, but to parliament not to harass
those engaged in the negotiations.