Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-26
FINAL OFFER To
IRELAND: T RENTER
Lloyd George Says Peace Terms
Are Best He Can Offer.
REJECTION WILL MEAN WAR
Declares Terms Have Defined the
Issues More Clearly Than Ever
Before-Next Move Up
to Dali Eireann.

London, Aug. 2O.-The British gov
eminent, declared Premier Lloyu
George, in making its settlement pro
posals to Ireland had decided on put
ting the whole of its terms into the
letter to Eamonn De Valera wlthout
keeping anything back, and the sequei
had proved, he said, that it was right
in adopting that course.
He had heard no suggestions from
any part of the world, except ireland,
he remarked, that the proposals hao
not gone to the limit of possible con-
ceSSion.
No Haggling Terms Given.
II want to make it clear continued
the prime minister, "that the govern
ment did not put forth haggling terms,
but put forward everything they couid
possibly concede to purchase peace
and the good will of the Irish people.
In Ireland itself, so far as l can see'
the doubt is not so much as to the
terms, but as to whether the govern
ment really means them.
"That is a question of working out
the terms-of elucidation and elabora-
ton, and not a changing Of the terms
The outline cannot be altered nor the
basis changed.
o. Faces Unpleasant Task.
In view of the fact that the house
is about to separate, and the fact that
very disquieting statements have been
made, and even of few disquietlns
facts, we are bound as government
to take thought of all possible con-
tingencies, however unpleasant they
may be.
1.-THE first is the possibility of an
agreement, in which case the details
will have to be threshed out, which
must take time"
1t would then be the duty of the ex-
ecutive, said the prime minister, to
place a bill embodying the details
and principles gefore the parliament
for immediate action, because delay
is disastrous once an agreement is
reached.
SCSS 0FdVS 0ltudltoHs
II wish it was not necessary to deal
with the other contingency, but we
are bound to take notice of certain
things which have been said. This
contingency is that our terms are re.
jected.
"Were that misfortune to befall 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 Clearly Defined.
"Whatever these terms may accom-
plish and may have done, there is one
thing they have achieved. They have
defined the issues more clearly than
ever before, and rejection would be
an unmistakable challenge to the au.
thority of the crown and the unity OF
the empire, and no party in the state
could possibly pass that over without
notice.
II am using no language of menace
That would be indeed folly. Where
there are so many existing difficulties
to use threatening language would
be to aggravate old difficulties and
create new ones.
IF there is rejection. and final re.
lection beyond hope of negotiation
steps will undoubtedly have to be taken
which the executive ought not and
won't wish to take without first con-
sulting parliament and giving it full
opportunity of expressing approval OIL
disapproval of any steps we might pro.
pose to it."