Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-28
'PREM|ER|NSPEECH
|. URGES IRELAND TO
CLOSE ON TERMS R
Declares Britain Can Never
Countenance Tearing Up
United Kingdom.
COMPARES RELATION
TO AMERICAN STATES
Declares Columbia Would
Never Consent to See Coun-
try Disintcgrate.
DAI. EIREANN IN SESSION
"cmherS Calm, tndicn ting They DO
N"t Consider Situation Ipcrca.-
inEIy Delicate. Ee,
COMPARES RELATION
TO AMERICAN STATES
"A'L H'HEANS IN SESSION
"emhern Calm. Indicating They DO
N"' Consider situation Incrcax-
inEiy Delicate.
IBy Associated Press.I

bAkNSLEf. ENGLAND, Aug. e7.--
Treat Britain cannot countenance the
tearing UP of the United Kingdom.
said Premier Lloyd George in refer
ring to the irish question In N sneoc,
mere today. 1t would mean civil var
IN Ireland itself. he declared. He
hoped, however. he said. that COM
mon sense would prevail.
i am proud that Great Britain b,,
risen above all prcjudices. and nro-
posed terms such as nave neyer hoe,
proposed before" the Prime Minister
sara. fhcH are terms which com
mend themselves not only to Great
britain but to the whole civilized
world. | trust common sense Will
prevail.
Sh"not C"untcnnnce Separation.
"a'eNer our views are we can
NOT countcnancc separation We cnp
no more countenance the tearing nm
vi the United Kingdom than America
could countenance the tearing nm n,
the United States.
severance would. lead ireland itself
to civil war.
IL southern Ireland Is not satisfied
WIN freedom, then I fear all hope
ot accommodation must be- abandon
GU we only want to do what Is fair
risht ana Just. II Ireland has right
W separation. so has Scotland ana
so mas Wales, but no Welsh or Scotch
patriot would ever dream OF demand
inS separation"
Hopes VIII Realize De.tIpr
DcHeNe that when the Irish ,,co
pie realize the sense of the frc.ho,,
which is theirs" the Premier CON
linued, that real freedom is Offered
them, and that all they are asked
To do Is tn come into the nroudes,
community OF nations In the worIi
as free men, believe you will ond
mat that gifted people will realize
mat their destiny is greater-a fro.
people inside free federation or
peoples
IN the course OF his speech Mr..
Lloyd George made several stril,.n-
uttcranccS.
we have all got prejudices." no
declared. II have seen an,i-Irjsh
hr"Jndices dashed into unwlsdom ana
nave seen anti- English prejudicss
on the other side dashed into unw,s
aom. For Gods sake lie, MS cIcar
aside prejudiccs. \ nation that lives
on preJudiccs is doomed. just like
man VIII" lives on hatred.
"hcther II is in public or in pri-
'ate trust. no man can endure who
mas a vendetta in business or politics
'hu hation's vcndcttas are Just the
S"mc' II is sour pasturage OF
hatred There - no nourishment.
nothing but disappointment in it. Let
us sweep II on one side, whatever it
COSTS even when there is reason In
IL. am proud To think that Great
Britain has risen above all it's ,Dreiu
diccs and has given its Prime Minister
fair chance TO speak In the name OF
the people OF Great Britain
III you had severance it would lead
III ireland itself to the. most cruel,
ana most terrible civil war ireland
has ever seen, and help would h,
rushed from all sides and every, mr..
of the world 10 assist the parties who
were lighting out the battle. we
could not witness clvil war o, that
KIND at our own doors WHICH would
involve oar own people throughout
the empire and other peoples as wen.
II trust common sense will prevail
ana good counsel be needed Cour-
age Of two unai!ties-the higher part
- wv courage lnat knows when 20
settle ana face settlement. There
is the courage OF a man who faces
his country's foes 10 tho death: there
is the greater courage OF a man who.
when hc sees the tina has come for
making honorable peace. faces his
friends 10 "bioauy. That Is the more
difficult that is courage which TIE
country demands and trust IL Will
be Forthcoming.
Are We 10 split up this United
Kingdom at 4 moment when it's unity
OF aim, It's unity ~ action has saved
Tie world when nothing else could
have saved it, Are We to choose this
moment 10 begin IN Ireland tearing
on Il bit here. second bit here
and a third there. leaving the emf
pirc shattered into fragments with no
vitality. no power. no prestige. no
glory and OF no use To the world?
81 have been presiding at the i'm
pcrial conference where we had rep
resented not only the Old nations, but
fContinuaI IN pao. 7 Col 5N