Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-10
VALERA SOUNDS
ALARM AGAINST
LLOYD GEORGE
Says British Leader Has
Fooled Irish People Be-
fore; Griffith Not Worried
Over Situation.
(By The Associated Press,l

Dublin, Feb. Q (by the Associa-
ted Press) .-Eamon de Valera to-
night issued a statement with ref
erence to the republican demon
stration which has been called for
Sunday. AS the newspapers are
not warning the people of their
danger, he says, no way is left but
to address them by word of mouth.
The statement recalls the history
Of Premier Lloyd Georges dealings
with Ireland and accuses him of
following n policy of partitioning
Ireland into two antagonistic and
mutually destructive states. Mr..
Lloyd George Unanswered Michael
Collins and his colleagues into be-
ing the executive he required, and
the next step was to provide this
provisional government with a par
lament.
Mr.. de Valera says Mr.. Lloyd
George had fooled many of the
Irish in 1917 by the Plunkett con
vention, the members of which he
himself had picked. Now he has
confined the scope Of the irish as
semblys deliberations within the
signed articles or agreement. and
crippled it from making any pro-
posal that is likely to run counter
to British interests. He also has
provided for the veto of Sir James
Craig, Ulster premier. and provided
for final revision of the treaty by
the British house of commons.
Mr.. de Valera recalls the condi-
lions which Arthur Griffith in
1917. when invited to enter the
Plunkett convention, said was es-
sential; that the personnel of the
parliament should be regularly
elected by the people, that there
should be no limit to the scope OF
this solution, and that the decision
of the majority should be final. All
three conditions, Mr.. de Valera
saws. clearly are still necessary, and
the present proposal for the assem-
bly, fulfills neither of the last two.
eff Mr.. Griffith and Mr.. Collins
are not prepared to advocate any or
these proposals." he says "either
in an immediate election on the
issue of the indefinite, suspended
treaty before a definite constitu-
ton ia submitted, or for elections
to a constituent assembly, with the
obvious fate that awaits its delib-
oratious, it can only be that they
have lost sight Of lreland's inter-
ests in an atmosphere OF party feel
ing and party eXpediency; that
they are prepared to bind Ireland
at every step whilst England is
left wholly free and to sacrifice all
the vital interests of the Irish ma
iority while the minority and Eng
land make no sacrifice whatever
It is inferred in some quarters
from the foregoing that Mr.. de
Valera and his friends will refuse
to participate in the assembly.
With reference to the statement
issued Wednesday evening calling
for Sundays demonstration, es-
pecially that portion saying that
Premier Lloyd George "would trick
the Irish again" and deal with Ar
thur Griffith and Michael Collins
as he formerly dealt with John
Redmond and John Dillon, Mr.. Col
Inns said tonight: /
ut is one thing how Mr.. Lloyd
George might wish to deal with us.
but It is quite another matter how
we might deal with him. Our posi-
ton is not matter Of fact like Red
mond and Dillon. We make our
own decisions and it is we who
decide how we are to deal with Mr. ,
Lloyd George"