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Show I! 'Churchill Says Irish Must ji Sejtle Their Quarrels ;! and Disputes. 1 1 DUNDEE, Scotland. Tuesday, Dec ! 10. Colonel Winston Spencer Church - ' ill, minister of munitions, speaking it here today, emphasized the impossi- F bility of coercing Ulster in the matter of home rule for Ireland, and said that i the present government is anxious that : the problem be solved as soon as pos- !' sible. Colonel Churchill said: "Before the war we had reached a ll! definite arrangement with the leaders jk of the Nationalist party that Ulster was not to be coerced. Why don't 4' the Irish leaders come forward and , take up the burden tof responsibility II; of government within the British em- pire? Why do they not, by a spon- IL taneous feeling of comradeship, win Si; Ulster?" "The government is most anxious llfi f that the Irish question be t pressed rjw forward vigorously to a solution. Great il Britain goes to tho peace conference IS' ready to bestow self-government on v Ireland. It is only the quarrels and W disputes of the Irishmen themselves, H that prevent a solution to this great question." Si' Speaking of fiscal matters,. Colonel PI Churchill said: lip "The financial question is becoming I? increasingly grave. We are heavily li in debt to the United Stales. We have - sent to America 400,000,000 in bul- lj lion and from 800.000,000 to 1,000,- ml 000,000 in securities which had been gathered as a result of two generations w of prosperous trade, ly "The payment of interest on that ; debt and the loss of interest on secur- l 1 ities previously held will impose a very l! serious burden in coming years, but mil we will face these difficulties with P courage, keeping our word in every respect." |