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Dealing next with the form of Home Rule to be

granted to Ireland, Mr. Lloyd George protested against the doctrine that we must give more to Ireland than had seemed right to Mr. Gladstone, not because Ireland needed more, but because crime had been more successful. No part of the speech was more opportune or more cogent than this. "Dominion Home Rule," he added, "is impossible. It would mean conscription in this country. You cannot allow Ireland to have separate Army forces." During the war Ireland had been a real peril, and with the uncertain temper of the Irish people we could not risk the strategic dangers of an Ireland with military autonomy.

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