The Washington times., 1921-09-05
ULSTER ARMS
FORRENEWAL
Of WARFARE
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said the Pail Mall Gazette. There Is
danger of a deadlock that cannot b,
solved"
Following is the text of the Irish
reply to Premier Lloyd Georges
peace proposals:
I'VE, too, are convinced IL Is es
sential that some definite and I'M
mediate progress should be made
toward a basis upon which further
negotiations can usefully proceed.
and recognize the futility Of "a mere
exchange of argumentative notes.
shall. therefore, refrain from com
menting on the fallacious historical
references In your last communion
ton. The present is the reality with
which we have to deal.
Sums Up Problem.
THE conditions Of today are the
resultant of the past. Accurately
summing up and giving in simples,
form the essential data of the prob
lem, these data are:
First, The people of Ireland,
acknowledging no voluntary
union with Great Britain and
claiming rs, their fundamental
and natural right to choose freely
for themselves the path :ney
shall take to realize their ma
tional destiny, have by an over
whelming majority declared for
independence and to set up u
republic, and more than once
have confirmed their choice.
Second, Great Britain, on the
other hand, acts as though Ire.
land ware bound to her by Il
contract Of union that forbids
separation.
Rejection Irrevocable.
THE circumstances OF the sup
posed contract are notorious. Yet
on the theory of it's validity the
British Government and Parliament
claimed to rule and legislate for
Ireland, even to the point Of JAR
titioning Irish territory against the
will of the Irish people and killing
or casting into PRISON .'v'ry lr .su
citizen who refuses allegiance. The
proposals your Government submit
ted in the draft OF July 20 are bIsed
fundamentally on the latter premises
We rejected these proposals and our
rejection is irrevocable. They are
not an invitation to Ireland to enter
into a free and willing partnership
with the free nations OF the British
They are an invita-,
ton to Ireland to enter in the suise
of and under conditions which de.
termine a status definitely inferior
to that Of these free states.
Canada, Australia, South Africa
and New Zealand all are guaranteed
against domination of the ma jor state.
lDty l.S1n
tional rights which give them equality
of status with Great Britain and abso.
lutte freedom from the control Of the
British parliament. but by the thous.
ands Of miles which separate them
from Great Britain. Ireland would
have guarantees neither Of distance
nor OF rights. The conditions sought
10 be imposed would divide her into
two artificial States. each destructive
Of the others influence In any com.
mon council and both subject to mill.
tary, naval and economic control by
the British government.
Facts Not In Dispute.
The main historical and geographi.
cal facts are not in dispute. but your
insists on viewing them
from your standpoint and We must be
allowed to view them from ours. The
history 70 uintarDcpt as detecting
union we read as debating separation.
Our Interpretation Of the fact of geo.
graphical propinquity' - not less dia-
opposed. We are con.
vinced that ours is the true and lust
and as proof are willing
that nedtral and impartial arbitrator
should be the judge. You refuse and
threaten to give effect to your view by
force. Our reply must he that II you
adopt that course we can only resist
ne generations before us have resist
ID. Force will not solve the problem,
md II will never secure the ultimate
victory over reason and right.
Force Can't Solve II.
"If you again resort to force. and
Il victory be not on the side Of JUS
tice. the problem that confronts us
will confront our SUCCESSORS The
fact that for $50 years the problem
mas resisted solution by force is evil
ience and warning sufficient. II Is
true wisdom, therefore, and true
not any false ideal
ISM, that prompts me and my col
leagues. Threats Of force must be
set aside. They must he set aside
from the beginning as we'll as during
actual conduct OF the negotiations.
Must Meet Untrammeled.
The respective plenipotentiaries
must meet untrammeled by any con-
iitions save the facts themselves
and must be prepared to reconcile
subsequent differences, not by APP
peals to force, covert or open, but
by referenre to some guiding prin-
ciple on which there Is common
agreement. We have proposed the
principle OF government by consent
VI the governed, and do not mean
I as mere phrase. IL Is a simple
OF the test to which any
proposed solution must respond II II
s to prove adequate and IL can he