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Show THE IRISH PROBLEM. Premier Lloyd George's proposals for the adjustment oi the vexatious Irish problem h;ivc not been more than merely mere-ly outlined by the British government leader, but enough is given in the statement state-ment to the commons to permit a fairly reasonable understanding of the prime minister's purpose. Two separate parliaments, par-liaments, one for Tester and the other-for other-for the s"ulh of Ireland, with a council coun-cil elected by both to serve as a connecting con-necting link this in essence is the solution so-lution of the lvi.sh question offered by the government. The bill embracing t he government propose Is v, ill be iu-t iu-t reduce. 1 early in tho coming year if the present program is carried out. rouhtV'-s the premier then will amplify am-plify his explanations of tho steps to bo taken to compo-e the troublesome issue of Irish affairs. The two legislatures which would be established in Irrk-nd are to b clothed with full cmstiMitioiKil powers to create cre-ate a single parliament for the whole of Ireland, to " discharge all powers not t-recif ically reserved ' to the imperial parliament, ' ' but. the creation of this single la w-making body is left, to the future. It will he possible only when the rbafvm between Ils'er and th south of Ireland. i3 bridged and the lu con flicting factions decide to g'-t together for a joint government plan. The prime minister makes it e!ar that the proposal for a separate Irish republic is out of tho question, so far a 3 the British government is concerned. The premier resolutely anuoumvs that the government will fight any such movement to tho last ditch. "Any attempt at-tempt at secession -will be fought with the same determination as was done by I ho northern states of America," Lloyd George told the commons. Separation, the premier added, contemplated a menace to the empire. In tho great war, he pointed out, Ireland, if hostile aed independent, could have been used by the Germans as an excellent submarine base, thereby cutting Lnglaud off from her colon ;ey. Hero is a bint that Great Britain intends that; no consideration of Irish claims shall be pcrmi tted t o endanger imperial interests. H is a, feature of the Irish problem which never is lost sight of by British statesmen. The proposals outlined by Lloyd George urn not 1 i kely I o pro vc acceptable accep-table to the Sinn Fein party in Ireland, Ire-land, whatever its reception by the Carson following in Ulster. An outcry from both the ullra conservative and the radical liberal press may be expected ex-pected to follow I ho premier 's statement. state-ment. The coming session of parliament parlia-ment probably w-ill be fruitful of more or less harmonious discussion. The ono outstanding fact is, however, that tho government faces the realization that tho Irish question cannot be in- definitely sidetracked. That much, at j any rate, is gleaned from t he prime minister's statement to the house. I |