Evening star., 1922-10-26
LAW DECLARES,
IN NMAN|FESTO,FOR
/. ANGL0-|R|SH PACT
Whole Hearted Support Also
for League of Nations
Promised.
REST AND STABILITY
AS GREATEST NEED
Parliament Dated for November 20
in Proclamation of
King.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 26. Andrew
Bonar Law. as leader of the Cnionist
party. in a manifesto issued this
afternoon declared one Of the tasks
of that party II 1t is returned to
power will be to make good the
Anglo-Irish treaty. both in letter and
spirit. and to cooperate with the
Irish government.
The manifesto declares 1t will be
the governments earnest aim, If re-
turned. to give whole-hearted and
practical support to the leaEne OF
nations. to fulfil obligations Great
Britain has undertaken abroad, but
not to extend hehr commitments. bu,
preferably to curtail them. and tc
maintain friendship and good under
standing with the United States.
tranquility Crying Need"
The manifesto read in part: The
crying need of the nation at this
moment is that We should have tran
quilIity and stability, both at home
and abroad, so that free scope should
De given 10 the Initiative diu SHlSA
prise of our citizens.
with this In view. I think 1t OF
the utmost Importance that we
should return as quickly as possible
and as completely as possible to the
normal procedure which existed be-
fore the war.
The time has now come when a
change should be made In the ma
chinery of the central government
Some of the work hitherto done by
the cabinet Secretariat is essential
and must be continued. but we In
tend to bring that body in its pres
ent form to an end.
Changes Indicated.
LAS an Illustration of tthe changes
we contemplate. instructions already
have been given to transfer to the
foreign office the machinery of the
league of nations. and as regards
any future international conferences
even where 1t is necessary that l.
a. prime minister. should be present
the machinery Of the conference will
be operated not by the cabinet
secEetariat. but by the foreign office
I'm III our foreign relations we In
tend to pursue an even course. Loyalty
fulfilling the obligations we have un.
dertaken, but resolutely determined ID
not to extend our commitments. and
should reasonable occasion arise, to
curtail them.
sIt IL my confident hope that under
the we'll tried guidance OF the secre-
tary of state for foreign affairs the
negotiations for the settlement OF the
near eastern crisis will result in q
true and lasting peace.
ut will be our earnest aim to give
the league of nations wholehearted
and practical support.
American Friendship.
The maintenance of our friendship
and good understanding with the
United States. based not on any for
NAL alliance, but on the community OF
inherited ideals as we'll as the recen,
comradeship in arms, must always be
a principal aim of British policy.
Our task ii returned to power will
be the ratification of the Irish treaty
We are prepared to take our part In
making good that treaty. both in let
ter and spirit, and to cooperate with
the Irish government in the new rela-
tionship within the empire which the
treaty will have created.
we are equally ple0SeQ 10 SaIe-
guard the freedom Of choice and the
security Of the parliament and the
government of northern Ireland. We
earnestly hope it will be realized that
the prosperity Of Ireland can only be
achieved between the governments
and the peoples Of the two portions OF
that country.
I'VE desire to promote the quiet and
orderly development of India under
the constitution conferred on her by
the act Of 1919. The cooperation of
all classes and sections is essential
to the progress and prosperity OF In
dia. At home our chief preoccupa-
tion is the state Of trade employ
ment."
Mr.. Bonar Law, in the manifesto,
said 1t vas the unionist party's pur-
pose, II the self-governing dominions
approved, to summon an economic
conference in an effort to discover
how the vast trade which the re-
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