The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-28
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Lloyd George Checks Irish
Question to Parliament.
Support of His Policies Now
Being Predicted.
Sim FEINERS ARE STUBBORN
Reputation of King by Valera
ROuSes UniOnist Ire.
Irish Want to Eliminate Ulster
y as Separate Unit.

| London, Oct. 2S.-Prime Minister
Lloyd George will confront the house
| of commons next Monday and ask for
a mandate relative to the continuance
of the negotiations between delegates
of the government and the Dali
Eireann.
| Announcement to this effect by the
prime minister yesterday brought to
head the seemingly serious situation
which has developed during the past
| fortnight by the alleged detection of
unionist leaders and constituencies
| from support of the coalition govern
ment
Premier Victory Expected.
Belief was expressed by newspapers
here today that the government would
receive q big majority in support OF
the policies it has followed relative
to ireland and that the ministry hands
would be strengthened in dealing with
| the Sim Fem representatives Mr..
| Lloyd George received congratulatlohs
| from the liberal press for "grasplng
| tho nettle of the hard shell unionlst
| opposition"
| It was said the prime minister had
''by calling their bluff, knocked the
| wind out of the unionists who were
| SPONSORS
| government" which was read in the
house or Wednesday.
| 1t was remarked by the London
| Times and some other Journals, now
| ever that the hostility toward the gov
| eminent was to be found in the con-
lstituencies rather than in Lament
and~assertion was made that for TINS
/ reason unionist abstentions IRON the
voting next Monday would be almost
as significant as hostile ballots.
| VaIcTa's Attitude Rouscs Ire.
| The Times placed emphasis upon
the declaration that Eamonn de
| Valera's population of loyalty to the
| king had so stirred unionists thruout
the country that members OF parlla-
ment be onging to that party who We're
| favorable to a continuation of the irish
conference were being pressed to dis
sociate themselves from the govern
tment's policy.
| Political correspondence generally
| predict important developments at the
/ annual conference of the unionist
II partV to be held in Liverpool mex,
| week They assert the party may
| split and that there may be formed an
/ independent conservative party OF
/ which it is limited A. Bonar Law, for
mer government leader in the house
of commons, may become the head
He will return to active politics at the
next session of parliament. The
Times SAID To-Day UhaC even III the
event of a split in the party the ma
Il jority of un.onists would still follow
Mr.. Lloyd George, who, retaining the
loyalty of the coalition liberals, would
thus become the chief of a center
party.
Sim Fem Stubborn.
The passage of another day without
further advance toward an Irish set
Element seemed to have deepened the
pessimistic views held by many politi-
cal writers of London newspapers
Even some of those contributing tc
journals which have most earnestly
advocated peace thru a conference
said today the possibility of success
had almost wholly vanished.
/ Several papers contended the~sov-
eminent had used it's utmost efforts
to attain peace and had gone. to the
utmost limit to pIacate the Sim Fem
They implied that whatever obsta cIes
existed were attributable to the Dali
Eireann delegates
Ulster Main issue.
It was said the SIM Fein repre-
sentatives altho not pressing hostility
to allegiance to the king, were in eff
feet demanding that the government
tear up the Irish act of last year il
order that Ulster might be deprived
of part of the area allotted to it under
that legislation.
Hope was expressed that the SfQI
Fem would realize from yesterday:
proceedings in the house how formid
able were the difficulties agains
which the government had to contend