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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

IRISH HOME RULE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1919.

The Daily Chronicle expects that Mir, Lloyd George's statement to-day on the Government's. Irish Home Rule proposals will be. broad, fair and dispassionate, and, although it will not be favourably. received by Irish Extremists, the Government must make up, its mind to persevere with it.

The Dialy News says says that the Premier should make it clear beyond doubt that the Government at last is in earnest about doing something to end the rule of the jack-boot in Ireland.

The Times says that Mr. Lloyd George cannot hope for anything approximating national support if he attempts to justify the admin-

IMPORTANT SPEECH BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE,

London, December 22. Elaborate precautions were taken to prevent a Sian Fein de- monstration in the House of Commons to-day, when Mr. Lloyd George outlined the eagerly-awaited Irish proposal of the Governistration of the Irish executive. The new principle of Irish Govern- ment. Strong guards were pasted in the public galleries and other parts of the building. The Nationalista were absent.

ment must be stated and accompanied by a binding assurance of a firm purpose to put the principle into affect. To-day will decide whether the Government will meet the great obligation or will admit its failure and proclaim the bankruptey of British statesmanship.

NO IRISH REPUBLIC,

At the outset the Premier emphasised the fact that his part was as difficult a one as ever confronted a Minister, especially after the discreditable outrage of Friday. (Cheers). The atmosphere was charged with the reek of attempted assassination and was not favourable to the promotion-of-a-measure of reconciliation, but

London, Decemver 20. Parliament should not be swept away by its indignation. He paid

Mr. Bonar Law, speaking at Liverpool last night, after declar- an eloquent tribute to Viscount French, and expressed appreciationing that the Coalition was never more homogeneous and the talk of of the fact that the Heads of the Catholic Church had not lost any a general election was nonsense, said, amid tremendous cheering, time in deno incing the outrage.

that the Government would not allow an Irish Republic to be established. The attempt on the life of Lord French was significant, and was indicative of the spirit in which a certain section of Ireland was going to welcome the Government's honest a.tompt to deal with the subject on December 22nd. Such attempts would never move the British people to grant self-determination.

Dealing with the Government's proposals. Mr. Lloyd George laid stress on the fact that no proposals acceptable to British opinion stood any chance of acceptance in the present position of Irish affairs. The Government's plan was based on a recognition of three fundamental facts-first, the impossibility of severing Ireland from the United Kingdom; second, the opposition of Nationalist Ireland despite the fact that Ireland was never so prosperous as now; and. third, the opposition of the North-East to Irish rule. Subject to those three conditions the Government proposed that self-govern- ment be conferred on the whole of Ireland through the establish- ment of two Legislatures, one of which would be the Parliament of Sonthern Ireland, and the other the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Four alternative proposals were discussed regarding areas- frst that Ulster form one unit and the other three provinces another wait; second, that there be County option: third, "that the six north-eastern counties-form one unit. All these contained the objection regarding the division of the population. The fourth ,suggestion was 10 ascertain the homogenous North-eastern section and constitute it a separate area, eliminating, where prac- ticable, the Catholic communities whilst including the Protestant communities in the coterminous counties in order to produce an area as homogeneous as possible under the circumstances.

It was further proposed to constitute & Council of Ireland, con- sisting of representatives of both legislatures and serving as a link between the two sections of Ireland, whereby a joint administration of common services could be arranged.

The Irish Legislatives would have complete discretion regard ing the powers to be conferred upon the Council and the services jointly controlled. The Irish Legislatures would also have full constituent powers, without further reference to the Imperial Parliament, to create a single Irish legislature if both sections desired it. Thus it would rest with the Irish people themselves to determine whether they wanted union. As a greater inducement. additional taxing powers would be handed over to the Irish Parlia- ment as soon as unity was accomplished.

Ireland's representation at Westminister would be reduced to furty.

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DUBLIN NEWSPAPER OFFICE WRECKED.

London, December 22.

Independent and smashed every printing machine with crowbars Fifty armed raiders entered the Dublin offices of the Irish after holding up the editorial staf with revolvers. No sireste bave been made.

KING GEORGE ON THE KAI ER.

WELL PUNISHED FOR

WHAT HE DID."

Rev. Archibald Forder, a English missionary, who suffered bitter persecution at the hands of the Turks in Palestine for four years during the war, recently returned from the Holy Land,

WOMAN LEADS WITH BURGLAR

SEES BEDROOM SEARCHED AND JEWELS STOLEN.

Overawed by an armed Luton burglar who entered her room when she was in bed, Mrs. Mabel Coomer besought the intruder to go away, but he did not do so until he bad searched the room,

He has many frightful tales to tell of Turkish misrule in Pales-

A sequel was beard at the local tine, of the horrors of prison police court recently when Henry life in Jerusalem and Damascus, John Day and Gustacus Streeton and of the cruelties of offic-were charged with burglary. fals. who were even callous enough to confiscate the money! allowed for the burial of British soldiers, and to cast the bodies of these brave men to the dogs.

Buckingham Palace by the King, Mr. Forder was received at who, on hearing of the terrible

ordeals to which be had been sub-

Certain powers would be reserved to the Imperial Parliament, including those of the Crown, the right to make peace or war, the conduct of Foreign Affaire, the Army, Navy, Defence, Treason, Trade outside Ireland, Navigation (including merchant shipping wireless and cables), coinage, trede-marks, and light-houses, and also the higher Judiciary, pending agreement between the two Legislatures regarding the method of appointments.

The powers of the Parliaments would be very considerable.jected, was moved to indignation. They would have full control of Education. Local Government, Land, Agriculture. Roads, Bridges. Transportation (including rail ways and canals). Old-Aze pensions, Insurance, Municipal affairs, the local Judiciary, Hospitals, Labour legislation, Licensing, all the machinery for the maintenance of law and order except the higher Judiciary, the Army and Navy.

It was not proposed to retain control of the Police in imperial hands beyond three years, while security would be given to all members of the Police Force and the Civil Service. The Post Office

would not be transferred until both parts in Ireland united in asking for the change. There would also be clauses for the protection of minorities.

Dealing with the question of finance, Mr. Lloyd George declared that the absence of any provision in the 1914 Bill for a contribution towaris the maintenance of the Empire was a supreme injustice to the tax-payer in Great Britain.

The Government proposed to give the Irish Governments the whole advantage of those taxes which were raised in Ireland in excess of a fair contribution to the Imperial services. Thus, the revenus of Iceland in 1918 being £41,438,000 and the expenditure £23,500,000. there would therefore be a contribution of £18,000,000 towards Imperial expenditure, which included war pensions. Each Parliament would be granted £1,000,000 to cover its initial expendi- ture, while the process of land annunities would also be handed over as a free gift to Ireland, totalling £3,000,000.

The two Parliaments would have the taxation powers of the American States.

Income-tax, Super-tax, Excess Präfirs-tax, Customs and Excise

Imperial Parliament could consider whether the Customs should handed over.

would be collected Imperial y, but when Ireland was united the

it

In conclusion the Prime Minister pleaded for the closing of the chapter of mistakes, follies, and crimes on both sides. The question now was not who was blameworthy but how to get matters right. It was most important for both countries to realige thoroughly the limitations of acceptance. Unless Ireland had

real control of her purely domestic affairs would be idle to proceed. "On the other band "said the Prime Minister, speaking deliberately and with the utmost emphasis- "Britain cannot accept separation." (Lord cheers). The men who though: that Britain could be compelled by force to concede any- thing unjust to her own people or fatal to her own life and security could not have read the story of the last five years." (Cheers). This was not a time when anyone would suspect Britain of conceding from weaknces. Would anyone taunt the land which destroyed the greatest military Empire in the world largely by its own power that it was simply quailing before a band of wretched assassins? [Cheers).

The world would know that Britain was entering upon this scheme prompted by a deep sense of justice, which had sustained the land through these last years of sacrifice. (Loud cheers).

EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

London, December 22.

Mrs. Coomer, who belongs to Heaton Moor, Stockport, said she was staying with her father, Mr. George Warren, J. P., at London- road, Luton. She had retired to she was awakened by the switch- her room and was asleep when ing on of the electric light.

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She was confronted by an arm- ed man, who said: "Lie still, and "The King received me very kindly," said Mr. Forder to the it will be all right." She did not Daily Chronicle representative, scream because her mother and "and when I was telling my father were sleeping in a room story he constantly broke in with near, and both were unwell. exclamations expressing his dis- The intruder went to the dress- gust at the treatment I had ex-ing table and took some jewellery pericneed.

from it, after which he asked her I told him how my wife and where her other jewellery was. children were separated from me. She answered "In the bank," and how my wife subsequently whereupon he went to the door died owing to the bad treatment and held a whispered "consulta. she received from the Turks tion with someone in the corridor. while I was in prison.

Afterwards he returned, and "He asked me if I was going asked where her money was. He out again to resume my work inturned out the drawers of the Palestine. remarked. Well, you will have could find was half a crown. She I said I was, and be dressing table, and said all be a better time, because we are said, "Take it, and for God's sake Hongkong, 27th December, 1919. going to develop the country and look after the people well.'"

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"I showed the Kinga Damascus Thereupon he opened a card- newspaper, printed in Arabic and board box, and took out a long containing an article about him-string of pearls which he counted self.

them in his I had a translation with before be put

pocket. She asked him to leave me, which the King read.

"His Majesty laughed heartily e pendant, as it was a present for himself, running into a cellar in bave been fighting for my King at the imaginative story given of her little boy; but he replied, "I

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From and after January 1, 1920, to escape from and country, and now I'm going

Then he the Offices of the above Company Queen to help him out of his held another consultation with will be located at Zeppelin bombs and calling to the to get something.

"Marine House" trouble. He said he did not think his accomplice, and, returning, he was so popular with the Turks asked her to promise not to give as to be written about in their the alarm if he went quietly. newspapers.

I also told the King that the there were any more big houses She agreed, and he asked her if Germans had been instrumental about. She said, "Yes, several;

stirring up the Turks against but do get out of here.

He said

in

me.

Oh, the Germans are finished With that be turned out the now. See what has happened to light, closed the door, and went the Kaiser, He has had to run out. When she told her father away from his own people and what had happened they found his own country and seek refuge the front door open and the in a neutral country. He is well telephone wires cut. punished for what he did."

She had identified Day from among eix others as the man who had entered her bedroom.

Mr. Forder bears visible traces. of his hardships and captivity in Palestine. Five years ago he was a strong and athletic man, Detective-Bergeant Bacon said but although it is over a year that Day was arrested on another since be was rescued, when the charge of burglary a fortnight

he is now but a shadow of his and said that the latter bad

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BAKER'S MAN HELD UP, A baker's roundsman named James Buckmaster was delivering bread in Park-road. Chiswick, when he was attacked by two mon, who, after clutching him by the throat, presented a revolver and took about 30% from his

1920, commencing at. 9.15 p.m. IMPORT & EXPORTS OFFICE money bag. One of the

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assailants was aged about 22, can be obtained at the Hongkong The Imports & Exports Defresh, hair and moustache dark, about 5ft 5in. high, complexion Dinner will not be served at

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The London papers publish further editorials on the position in Australians entered Damascus, ago. He then implicnted Streeton, Hotel Main Office at $3. per head partment will not be open on of medium build, dressed in dark The Daily Mail suggests that a large reward be offered, for the former self, and his right arm wanted to tie up Mrs. Coomer, the Repulse Bay Hotel on the Import & Export permits after cribed as being about 22 years of

Ireland. discovery of the miscreants and points out that the reward of and side have been rendered but he would not consent, as he £10,000 offered in the case of the murders of Burks and Cavendish almost useless owing to the damp had given his word of honour.

state of the cells in which he was resulted in the murderers being caught and hanged..

Both men were committed to confined.

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