Show t 4 I ER R GEORGE SOLUTION OF HISH PROBLEM r. r Dual Dua Legislative I poses gas Best Wa Way Out Oat as rrell 5 of f Muddled el Question r SI Uy i.-Uy By the Associated 4 Jan tiP Lloyd Llod George in pre pre- the tIo yesterday esterday tc I to Jl lecture tl system stem for foru 4 t e to Ireland u government i t to 0 fore forCe a union of ot litt lit Ul- Ireland would pro pro- ro- ro t Ild d southern horn might result in ina ine in and nd I an-I an- an e premier et bi f thO So legislative bodleR bodle o 0 ot Of t to 0 servo as a twenty a a w council 1 l them of ot in addition both I Io members to the elect o would nt until the time for- for Vi for the voluntary ripe bf be Irish parliament t. t Q of MI all from the premiers premier's id ru ral erI ica were cabled ro- ro to 1 text of ol tho the address full UI The of ot tho Idea IdeL pont pos po- po I nt in the new Ito I Iose s i of the ose the differences be- be compose pt eI h to factions and ad to to reach L' L n solution or ne DO in 10 union ad be re discussing In said George Lod oyd I accused of ot wishing thoe itI of I do not f ree the Geographically i. i the condi- condi 1 7 make malce It such h a M at to are ue in mingling To r J It an contribute religion so as lS to o and id luce dif dlf Or of Idea and pro produce a Vf letY leQ Is there And Industry In having hL ID aD working working- side b by side B rl parliament But that is its theme them- them 1 for these populations ter attempted to Lord lArd Durham e 5 1 and andr nd lower Ontario u g-u tc c and d parlia- parlia ii anada into th the thc same E r had to be aban- aban t. t plan Et parliaments had to f id Separate I It after alter only and It was t them em siren that federation became t I was VU done Ible It I It I II Pointed Out OutI t H Kni premier s-emler said id the Irish Question I C difficult because three quarters of Ireland are not the he without their COnt con- con IT bitterest host hos hos- manifest t the t tat bet t 11 to the government he continued when w V 4 to b be argued that It if you 1 un- un and economic conditions m u 0 tot got rid of ot the thc a agrarian rari trouble trouble fed housing created peasant i. i and built bunt railways con- con Kirf harbors and did everything e We be e t to make nake Ireland as prosper prosper- would allow l all l this l s i u co conditions di o I I edion to Br rule ruic mou i kit has US happened d Ireland never j hen been een BO lIO o prosperous as she sho is toie tor to- to r Tie ie e vast 1st majority of ot the tho c ulU- ulU ulUe len ro G f c-f f b Ireland land are possessors 0 of r ova on rolL eolL o IL Houses and and comfort- comfort It t cottages U es for tor the wor working kl nS' nS men ment r cen built at the expense o of the h I taxpayer yer Men en who sho trae tra traveled e e eo o KIt Ird Ireland nd a generation ago and ted the country would not know Iy aT It is leg It to be a fundamental despite these conditions that sd has hu never neer been so alienated pw British rule as it is toda today Mr fr toi 74 14 Gorgo said raid there thero was another lISt AS fundamental fundamental that that you ft considerable i section of ot tho the peo- peo lif r Ireland who n are Just as opp opposed tosi Ir bh rule as u the thc majority of ot Irish Irish- p II ire to British rule Both these be taken into account In of oC Ireland you ou have 9 a atlon I a fairly solid po population k 1 IB race sympathy religion on tra- tra PM outlook from the rest of or the alion of Ireland and it would a on the principle of self self- rt ent to place them under the f the remainder of the 1 LIu Iu the thc northeast of Ireland if ti ere e done you ou would j C I Site the best elements from the tho theof i of law la and order I dont don't produce the same results f r recreate exactly the same jj which you rO aro trying to dT In Ia the south and west cst I Itt t cf of If iou 1911 Xo No l Friends rl nd rd George said Paid the tho failure 0 of I act of or I B to be peculiar position of or ly the reason for the deci- deci J Jc the go to make mako US ts In this home rule plan Ho I nt with the thc rc re- I the act ol of 1914 appeared to i rc Te so DO friends I o of lib Ills position that to to I of Ireland 1 upon Ulster Unjustifiable the I a J itter from lather Father I at Irish Catholic priest to toof r vice of the Sinn II PIrty and sed quoted from Crom th the I M W WOrdS a of on l-on- lonI l In I college tbt I was represent represent- ln nt-I nt horne thone rule asked In 1 n G It we rather than th a agree rec to hat or of the unionist part of I J Ie f case Re have we wc to put PUl hl world and nl also o t to have ha do- do WI laid e are arc lU lous US to start where left Idt f rye r I lo to off oCt Kt and to compel Antrim lo e S us by 11 force force- Giorg e read rud from lh r a speech tte J. J a U said In ln which lh the to have hao e r l republic fully f of fr Great r t that M she V It seems eem r rone be b bound boun und ruu rule ruu to alOzne al- al for Cor northeast corI cor- cor I or your rule in the tho United Which I regard as well pr te ivo hyo f c to tho Wt l t ce of or iii the IrH Lloyd GC O. O If It doro do 0 ro on their CC Unite nito thc they h ow own I 11 c j hili lIon a Unalterable oPposition s the tho 40 n ol of f Ireland from horn Great It b saith aid Any arIent at- at from which the Ireland could bo United 1 Kingdom or In l om b bi or fatal atal h. h to tho the interest oi hac h to look lin the lie late tt at what t hap hap- e War to realize c what shat happened It If had hadt 4 t An n unit the tho ho speaker dc de- de I hostile hostilo republic Public or o. endly oven b one might n tatal ocr vor very w well T to lh the f cause ause of ot the aU at- are area kb h ot of r submarine t e extended l b on tho the O e limits ii l have hall had or peril a sItua- sItua O might ver welt I the life lito of ie this court I cannot coun b hit that rUn the risk of hosHI and It M i II th the would Le be Interests ot of I interest ar an entwined With I Ic c those of or Great Britain Britain Is Irelands Ireland's Irelands Ireland's Irelands Ireland's Ire Ire- lands land's best customer I If Great Britain with all its influence ence enco and resources found it difficult to govern o c n hostile Ireland co how Ireland could control hostile north northeast cast Ireland There would be trouble there thero would bo be mischief thoro thero might be bo bloodshed And then thon the tho whole black chapter of or In Ing between Great Britain nn and Ireland would be rewritten rew all over o again Wo We must not enter upon that course whatever what what- over ever the thc cost Southern Ulster Ireland i Going Going- Into the question of possible I eventual union of ot Ulster an and southern I Ireland Lloyd George said ald the thc conni council coun coun- i cit cil of oC twenty would serve as a medium I II I of or Interchange to this end cud Ho He re referred referred ro- ro erred to the tho railroads which serve both areas I If the two Irish legIslatures legislatures legisla legIsla- tures agree the they can leave control Cof ot of the railroAds s to this tills national Irish council he continued This Is il illustrating illustrating il- il the kind of ot subject which might well be bo delegated h by the two Irish legislatures to this council which represents both and which can cian n only bc ho delegated b by agreement Power to consummate union of or the the two legislatures legislatures legisla legisla- tures ture he states would bo bt placed In U-c U hc hands of or these theo bodies Such Sueh a unified I representative body JO it was declared would constitute an n Irish parliament which would be accor accorded e additional powers by ly the British parliament in un including eluding Federal powers Llo Lloyd d George Georgo said I would be lie reserved for the tho future Irish parliament embracing thu tho crown peace war foreign affairs army armr nav na niM defense treason trade outside of ot Ireland Ireland Ire Iro- land navigation including shipping wireless cables coinage e trademarks lighthouses and higher Ju jt- j These powers the premier declared correspond to the tho powers reser reserved wherever where there IB Is a federal constitution constitution tion thou whether in America or 01 on t the 11 continent of ot Europe o r. r of ot Powers of tho the Irish parliament he he- stated would woul include control over education education edu edu- cation local government land Agriculture ture roads and bridges transportation including railroads and canals old ohI ago age pensions insurance municipal affairs labor lallor local judiciaries hospitals an andall and l lall all machinery for tor maintenance of ol Jawand lawand Jaw law Jawand and order except the hi higher her ju judiciary the arm army and nay navy and housing LloYd George said the postoffice would continue to be administered for rOT forthe I tho the present by b- the British parliament because l of ot the difficulty of ot keeping up tip tho the service under two legislatures Discussing finances tho the premier sa J d dIt it was as proposed that Ireland contribute approximately toward the thc Imperial expenditures This he stated staled I la hi the amount the treasur treasury derives from Ireland to apply appl against the debt the arm army and na navy trade trad and for tor running the machinery of ot war and pensions Each of the two tWo It wa h t tl flOA non t I v v cover er the initial expense of ot setting up the tho two governments with permanent provision for their maintenance from tho the land annuities s in Ireland Each of the two tto legislatures Lloyd Llod George explained would have c taxing powers comparable rable with those thORo enjoyed b by the states state in the tho United States The three great reat taxes he h said tho the Income income In Income In- In come tax Including excess profits and customs customs' and excise excite would be bo levied and collected Imperially Premier Lloyd Llod George In closing address addres said there had been lIen mistakes on both sides Rides Tbs Tho question Is ie not who is to blame 1 I declared hut but how howare howare howare are we to set it right and that Is not easy oaY to answer anster I r Ir I I r r L |