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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1922. " England Forced to Grant Ireland Parley Because of Growing World Conscience Beginning Annual Tbmorrow--Ou- r Work of Delegates at Negotiations Described by Michael Collins Shortly Before -His Death f I (The Salt l,ahe Tribune publishes' 'Michael Collins book anleh foe Us historic Interest, without prejudice for or gainst either side of the conflicting Jnsh elements.) BY HAYDEN TALBOT. ) "tCopj right. 19.12, Sew York American The excuse offered by tlie British Insensibility, government for of the Black and Tans was thatthey were meting out to murderer lust retribution. Lkvd George was firmly ron- Ineed that the men who are suffering In Ireland are the men who are engaged' At the LonIn a murderous conspiracy. don Guildhall he announced that the poA delio were 'getting the right men. mand for the truth about English reto pression In Ireland In was beginning maks Itself heard sjl parts of the world. It was becoming 7Tr more difficult to convince the world that the premeditated murder of Irishmen constituted legitimate acts of - Michael Collins thua began the atory nf events leading up to the treaty At length when th terror, growing aver more violent and conseoueiulv. ever more futile, failed to break the spirit of the Irish people failed as It was bound to fall concealment was no longer pos'The true exsible." Collins continued where IJovd planation was blurted out declared that la's to George and Bonar destroy the were necessary sets their governauthority of the Irish national ment. which 'has all the svnihoi ana 11 the realities' of government. the candidates were returned in of the act while Sir James Craig himself said, referring to himself and hie friends, We accept the parliament conferred upon us by the act only as a greet sacrifice" I believe there was an understanding between Lloyd jleorge and the Orange leaders. The set entrenched them or appeared to within the six counties No doubt both the British prime miniates and Sir James fralg had It In mind that If a bigger settlement )iad ultimately to be made with Ireland, at least, the act put them In a position fiom which they could bargain. of toortlisaat was England. Ja.na jretitly so lonar, thv had rom to be able to d) tato to and to hullv th nahioh tion to thv profad lovaltv They wre to b treated mini tact tn regard to anv change of British policy toward Ireland. This much 1 wan convlncd of from th momnt the Llovd tSeorg piopo-a- l ct I In o'U council us reached urged till vl$. I held that England now realized that botn the partition act and th terror bad alik failed to achieve what had been expected of them 'Titter a usfutna to England bad reaped to be potent enough to prevent TriUn freedom but 1 urged that we should not be unmindful that I later could he uaeful In another uav, Hh could but tree England In England a determination tnat. while agreeing to our freedom. Ireland muat remain aaaociated with the Hritih group of nation England a In slatence upon this asarsdation aa a minimum waa baaed on her conviction that her own national aafetv can be aaaured hv nothing lea In thla view I had the Parley Is Requested. tinex-focomplete aupport of Tq Valera not only bad t But this umouncemnt theae during preliminary conference, but of In the opinion ronwqufn. men In th Tthf iata of at all tlma during the progea of the ropponnibl negotiations! th Brltlah empire auoh destruction their no piatlfleatlrm, They Limitations Recognized. opinion tn emphatic fashion. They con waa that it atatcamcn tinccd British "What ecemed to me to be our chief rlaht concern ntlal for Knfflanrt to put was so to make our moves that with the woridhe Irish slate had to Britain woulj. be ob'lged tn give us the be cleaned. limit of freedom maximum And from & 'So declared the premier of the free the outset I was convinced that that nations of the British commonwealth he bounded by asmaximum limit would then assembled at the Imperial confer- sociation with tho British empire. There was onlrone ence tn London "I anticipated what subsequently foiirae for the British prime minister to turned out to be the fact. Britain must take to invite u whom he had called represent to ue that the northeast would the murder never a quiesce in more, while representtmurderer' and 'head of him term of peace. ing to them that in such a settlement rng to dicisa with To diecue terms of thev would be The Invitation m they preserving that which to ascertain how the association rrofessed to have at heait the sentimenmi Ireland with the community of natal to whb h thev were tie wlththe nation mav tions known aa the British empire supposed to be attached. beet be reconciled vlth Irish national "In those preliminary conferences a few of u held that anv settlement which did epiratJons. rot Include the possibility of a milted Start. Skeptic Ireland which was not predicated on the living truth, that every Irishman is first 2 The world knows that we accepted an Irishman, with rights the same as gist Invitation.not known except only bv those of everv other Irishman would be What la times few of 11a who had to lake the unacceptable to its. fesponsibtlltv of accepting or refusing Must Be United. ths Invitation Is the searching nf our and minds, the weighing of every hearts "It was not so much tha partition act ' Consideration, tha honest effort some of itself that mattered It was an even more tts mads to put aside skepticism In order formidable legacy that Kngland would that the decision might he the fruit of leave us. partition of view. That Is our combined best lodgment, It baa to be dealt with and there, It Is "There was much tn the Immediate past for us. to whom union Is an article of that undeniably prejudiced us as to the our national faith, to deal with It possibility of obtaining a generous peace "For the most part Te Valera at first Bevond that were none from England view' seemed to be In accord with than seven centuries of English misrule voiced bv Griffith and nre. Asthe little by of Ireland. In our councils were men little Childers wormed hi wav into our who believed and who still believe that couhcils, however. De talcrss attitude to try to make a bargain with England gradually changed. could result only tn Ireland s getting the "From beginning to end. Stack. and worst of It. Brugha weie unqualifiedly hostile to the I.loyd whole Idea of entering Into negotiations 'I have alwavs believed Isat liable -- at least a with Kngland time-wGeorge foresaw the Yet for a vear before his colleagues even considered had all been agreed on the long fundamental of Ireland the poeaibillly no wisdom of coercion for Ulster Likegranting freedom. wise. we were one tn our conviction that a divided Ireland-cou- ld never be a free Partition Act Is Passed. Ireland. "I bees my belief on the fact that while the terror was at Its height the Interna) Harmony Lacking. British cabinet passed the government "It was and, morea the pity. It still of Ireland act. 1920 better known as the le thla aertoue Internal problem which In mv opinion, Llovd led some of ue to argue for the attainpartition act George Intended the act to allsv world ment of the finat steps of freedom bv criticism. As propaganda it might do to evolution rather than bv force. If we draw attention awav fiom British vio- could obtain substantial freedom bv conlence, for w month or two longer to association wtth the British At the end of that period most of senting empire tt would at least give us time the English ministers mistakenly be- to teach the northeast to, revolve In the lieved Ireland would have been terror-lie- d Irish orbit sml to get out of the orbit Into submission. That desired end of Great Britain. "We bel that tn acquiescing In a gained, a chastened nation wou'd accept the crumb of freedom offered hv the act. peace which would admittedly Involve Britain her Idea of the prim Inles of some postponement of th fulfillment of satisfied would be able to our national sentiment- - bv agreeing tp present a bold front again before the some association of our Irish nation with world. the British nations we would be going a "It seems to me this must have been long wavs toward meeting the sentiment Vvhat waa In the trlnds of the British of the northeast . tta supposed attach-,merabitiet In panning this measure Certo England. tainly It was not asked for hv Ireland. Nobody representing anv Irish constitu- Republicans Object. ency In the British parliament voted "Against these counsels the uncomprofor It. mising republicans raised up th obiee-tlo- n that bv consenting to bargain with Law Is Repudiated. before she recognised the repub"We of the sooth took advantage of Kngland lic we should be letting the republic Its election machinery only to repudi- down But Ie Valera himself pointed to ate the act and to secure a fresh man- the fact that this was not an Issue to date from the people, otherwise the act be argued then wse eompletelv Ignored bv us "IJovd George had already made It "In the six counties, almost clear .that no such recognition would be e. jiego-tiatlon- Beautiful Dinner Wares Ulsters Usefulness. Tn nos' th ttlmnt' bv fown to b ltinr An event that is eagerly looked forward to as affording an opportunity to select from the most complete stocks in the city unusual savings, notwithstanding the recent considerbale increase in tariff. 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Hale price, special $29.85 i n g. $4.79 iaiiy Jow .penally A large ehipment bought before he big tariff advance, will be offered in Ihis sale at attractively low prices 69c price, special roasters Yellow -- Mixing Bowls $1.47 Nest of Three Glass Mixing Bowls Six for 55c pat- Sale 1.69 All other priced. WHITE SANITARY KITCHEN' G4RB4(,K CANS Open and close lid with Sale price. 25c, 35c, 50c, 65c Nest of Two Blue Band Bowls CDyhe Vous&opTtoujsei 4.95 Large sire, indispen- keeper. Sale price.. Phone Wax 204 granted., ICuPtliermore, It wee pointed out that were the Irish republic a fact we ehould have to uee our resource to coerce northeast Ulster Into eubmlsslon. None of the conferee was prepared to sponsor such a course of action. W e had not long since concluded that It succeeded could coercion even If never have tho lasting effects which ei MAIN STREET Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. Extrac- - y. tions a Specialty Service Completely Highest Equipped Class Laboratory Work Nitrous Oxid Gas Lowest Possible eonveraatlon on our nUle. ami acquiescence on theirs, would produce. "Our position at this lime, as It appeared to me was one of greater strength than ever before to the history of Ireland under Kngllsh rule "Prom the Kngllsh viewpoint, oeace with Ireland had become a, necessity to the British cabinet Already I.loyd George In July. 1921 had .made a peace De offer to Valera. That offer had not been acceptable to the Irish people. Mr Churchill, at "Referring to It. Dundee In September of the same vear. had said. thie offer Is put forward not as the offer of a partv government confronted bv a formidable opposition and snxious to bargain for the Irish vote, hut with the united sanction of both the historic parties in the state, and indeed, all parties It is a national offer "Undoubtedly It waa a national Kngllsh necessity to put herself right with world opinion. It had at last become essential that Kjigland find a way of peace with Ireland or a good case for further and what unquestionably would have been more Intensive war. offer-represe- nting Lone Fight Futile. opposed to the killing we had to do in quite as much as th,ev were opposed to the aggrreslve killing of our British agents sent to the bv eopie Ireland for that purpose. no time In con"I urged that we sidering thla phase of the situation Pacifists the world over are almost without anv political power and have very Tho point vyns little popular support that peace had become necessary to Kngland. "It was not because ehe had repented In the verv m'ddle of her Black and Tan terror. It was not because she could not us' It was because she had subjugate not succeeded In subjugating us before the world s conscience awakened and made itself felt. Birkenhead Frank. had ample evidence of this. There the frank n dm lesion of Lord Birkenhead In the British house of lords early In August: The progress of the coercive atgovernment has tempts made bv th proved In a high degree disappointing everv side came proofs that "Prom v orld, svmnathv was with us passive sympathy for the meet part, if we had done no more and we had done much more this winning of world sympathy was Itself a great asset Jn the proposed negotiations with England "What It was never possib'e to make the more extreme of our conferees appreciate was that we had not beaten and never could hop to best the Br tlsh military forces. We hsd thus far prevented them from detracting In anv wav from And In the sum of our at hlevement. July. 1021. we had reached the we could do In the mark of what VVe waa, for Instance, "The Important factors tn th- - "situation were known to all of us. We knew the dominion premiers were In Kngland fresh from their people Thev were able to express the views of their people. "The Washington conference was looming ahead-- . Llovd George s cabinet had Its economic difficulties. England's relationships with foreign countries were growing Increaslngv unhappy. Recovery of the good opinion of the world had become Indlepensahl "All our councils I emphasized these way of economic and military resistance. facta Thev made for our strength. Hut - fought the stupid notion that we were Some Unconvinced. strong enough to rely on force alone. "I supposed here .are Irishmen who w!Jl go "to their graves still cherishing the Attitude Understood. notion that, continuation of the struggle ended in an overwhelming "England wanted peace with Ireland, would hav true: but If Ireland made Imposs'b'e de- victory for Irish arms. It Is a pity, buj It Is a fart To such men figures mean mand, we could be shown to be and then England would nothing. Thev wl.l not see some of these uncompromis"But have a even free hand for whatever again further measures of force might he nec- ing republicans had their moments of of them at least are on Some, essary to restore law and order In a sanity record ss r"ognlzlng our Inabill'v to beat country that would not Accnt the the British out of Ireland-- See .what Mr oi doiiurao for Itself "F was tinder no delusion that the offer Barton had to sav In the Republic of Indicated anv reel change of heart on Irelan In Its Issue of February 21 1922 " . . the part of England toward Ireland. It ha4 become plain that It Waa phvslcaily Impossible to secure Ire"In thl respect I was entirely at on n com promising republicans. land's ideal of a completely Isolated rewtth th l But I held thst then, s el wav a En- public otherwise than bv driving the gland's difficulty waa Irelands opportu- overwhelmingly superior British forces nity and we ehould be fools to fall to out of the country. "And yet Mr Barton after he hsd put seize It merely because behind the offer waa no wlncerlty of good will. , hia signature to the treaty talked at a about having "It seemed to me to make no differ- session of the lall Elreann ence that an awakening conscience had signed under duress ' Before we went Air. to do with the English offer It to lavndon to negotiate. Barton knew, nothing Is true that there were st'rrlngs of conas did we all. tnat the element of duress science felt bv a minority of Englishexisted and would continue to exist as men the minority that had opposed En- King as British power lasts In the European In the peace Intervention Defending his- - course gland war d treaty negotiation. Michael to rne that all the Irish pienlpo- "Thev were th peaceful group, averse SS to bloodshed on principle. 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Service Plates $90.00-Doze- n 8.50 Larftc Cut Glass Bou tric 11.50 6.95 E at c MORNING GLORY DINNER SET COLD DECORATED DINNER SET - Sale price Sale prue 18.25 $8.25 xprd hrlf X-Ra- and covered di'h. dish. E tl 1 Alice Blue Dinner Set, T.0 Pieces Complete Including large turkey platter Victory Rose Bouquet Decorated Diuner Sets of 36 Pieces Pc s. er th basis for the negotiations. He con- tinued: , "f have exp'alned how we considered everv plsse' of the ' situation before finally deciding to accept the offer. 1 want to make it absolutely plain that at the conclusion of our deliberations we had abandoned for the tune being the hope of achlev Ing the Ideal of an Isolated republic "For any of the then who participated In those confe-enoto pretend othere all riearlv wise Is abominabe! our national view was rot that -In the four northha yd by the malcritv eastern counties es -- Full Understanding. "W knew that that majority had refused to give allegiance to an Irish republic. We knew that thev would not yet acquiesce In any kind of isolation frpm Britain. , Before w undertook the treatv negotiations we realized these facts among ourselves. not realized 'them had we Hd not accepted them as facts there would have been no negotiations. Let there be no doubt about that. "It I true that before we accepted the Invitation sent bv Llovd Grge we endeavored to get an unfettered basis for And after negotiations tne conference. had been begun as I shall presently we to try. out continued point 'Document No 2 was an Instance of this endeavor. But we did not succeed Again and again we asserted our claim could enter that the plenipotentiaries such a ronferem e onlv as the spokesmen of an Independent sovereign state "It whs a cIbIth Britain taclty admll-t- e 1 In InVtlng t,s to negotiate at all. but the fact remain that w finally went to l,ondon without recognition of our nation as an Independent sovereign state. by the waving of a maglt Moreover, the result of our delibera-tioi- a speaks for itself we entered into with that eipplre and its negotiations we had to language is the language speak "It is not anv veibUge about which can assme our power to ihape our destinies The Important thing is to grasp everv tnlng which la of benefit to us to manage things for ourselves to make such a constitution aa suits make our government and restore our national life In the lines which suit our national character and our national requirements best. It is now onlv fratricidal strife which can prevent us from making the Gaelic Ireland wnloh Is our goal. be dissipated wand1 tv -- State Relics Committee Confers With Governor The slate committee on plans for a hall of relics met with the governor and discussed its proposed recommendations and report. The cnmmi'lee had contemplated a recommendation of an appropriation of $.900 to tarry cn the work of the committee for two sears, and make a start by assembling state records now scattered over the state, and providing temporary quarters Governor Mabey, however, suggested that. In view of the probable stringency In the state general fund for the coming two years, such a request should he delayed Critics Unfair. We went and Irl going we admitted that there was a possibility of the Irish people reconciling Irish national aspirations with association of Ireland with the group of nations knowo as the Britlah eomroonwelath. Let us f not fool ourselves about that! . "Those who cannot, or who wlU not. look these facts tn the face blame us now 'and more thaft blame us They FOB -- find tfault with us because In agreeing n to, aome kind of association of our with the British nations we were not able, by the touch of a magic wand, to get rid of all language of empire. That I not a fair attitude. We like that language no more, perhaps less, than do those who wish to make us responsible tor Itsi preservation, it is Britain s affair, not ours that she cares to .preserve the prevarications of obsolete feudalism. "The Brlt'sh empire Is what It K It what it la with all Us trapping, its svmbOis of monarchy, its feudal phrase-ologUs obsole'e natns ot allegiance Its king a figurehead, having no Individual power aa a king maintaining the unhealthy atmoephere of medieval subservience translated Into modern snob- -' bery. "But theae are things that are no), to For Colds, Grip, Influenza. ) Your forebears used Dr. Humphreys Remedies. 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