New Britain herald., 1921-08-19

Press) Lord Curzon. secretary for foreign affairs speaking in the house of lbrds today on the Irish negotia- ~ ions said the government had of- fered all that could be given without compromising the safety of the realm the sovereignty of the crown and the dignity of the empire. Premier's Statement. London, Aug. 19. (By Associated Press) The British government. de- clared Premier Lloyd George today, l in making it's settlement proposals to Ireland had decided on putting the whole of it's terms into the letter to anything back. and the sequel had proved he said. that it was right in adopting that course
 Ireland Alone Objects. 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.
 | .I want to make it clear" con tinued the premier, that the gov ernment did not put forth hagglinE terms. but put forward everything they could possibly concede to pur- chase peace and the goodwill of the Irish people. In Ireland itself, as
 far as can see, the doubt is not so much as to the terms but as to
 whether the sovsrnment really means
 them. s
 | Outline Can't Be Changed. That is a question of working out
 the terms-of elucidation and elabor- ation. and not a changing of the
 terms. The outline cannot be altered nor the basis changed" l "In view of. the fact that the
 house is about to seperate and the
 fact that very disquieting statements have been made, and even of few disquieting facts, We are bound as Ia government to take thought of all I possible contingencies, however un- pleasant they may be-
 1 Atmosphere of Suspicion
 "The first is the possibility of an Iagreement 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 sur
 rounding relation between two coun- stries-a suggestion of bad faith if 1 there is misunderstanding on the lslightes, particular" |, It would thus be the duty or the executive, said the premier, to place a bill embodying the details and prin- | ciples before the parliament for im- ! mediate action because delay was disastrous once and agreement was
 reached
 i Other Contingency. "I wish it was not necessary to deal with the other contingency but we are bound to take notice of cer- : tain things which have been said- This contingency is that our terms
 are rejected.
 l Were that misfortune to befal the relations between these two islands whose history has been so full of ,such unfortunate incidents we would
 be faced with a graver situation in regard to Ireland than that with which we have ever been confronted. ] Issue is Clear Now. "Whatever these terms may ac- | complish and may have done is one | thing they have accomplished. They ! have defined the issue more clearly | than ever before and rejection would | be an unmistakable challenge to the authority of the crown and the unity of the empire and no party in the state could possibly pass that over | without notice. v II am using no language of men ace. That would be indeed folly. Where there are so many existing difficulties to use threatening lan- guage would be to aggravate old diff l faculties and create new ones. The Final Step. If there is rejecuon beyond hope I of negotiation steps will undoubtedly l have to be taken which the executive ought not and won't wish to take
 and giving it full opportunity of ex-a ! pressing approval or disapprova1 of
 any steps we might propose to it'' | The premier explained that the mo. tion to adjourn was for the house to meet October Is for formal pro- 1 roguaticn if the negotiations ,were
 proceeding satisfactorily. If the ne- I gotiations broke down and the posi- | ton became hopeless, he added. the | speaker was empowered, after con- sultation with the government to ! summon parliament on AS hours mo- | tice.
 The executive, said the premier l would feel authorized to take any | necessary urgency measures but would not therefore delay the summoning of
 parliament
 | Desires Peace.
 l Tn concluding. MT. Lloyd George
 | said:
 ''The government is sincerely dc.
 sirous that peace should be secured
 T and tha. the long nisunderstandingx