In His Opinion, The Most Serious Objection Was The Boundary
Commission. The people of Ulster had been led to believe that the Ulster boundaries were finally drawn in 1920, and he held that a great mistake had been made by the Government......
When The Debate Was Reopened On Wednesday Mr. Garen Duffy
described how Mr. Lloyd George prevailed upon the delegates to sign. According to him Mr. Lloyd George said :- " It must now be peace or war. My messenger goes to-night to......
In The House Of Lords, On Thursday, December 15th, The
Ulster case was presented by Lord Londonderry. Ho denied that Lord Curzon was justified in saying that the Irish problem had been " solved with honour." Lord Birkenhead, he......
In The House Of Commons On Thursday, December 15th, The
Die-Hard amendment repudiating the Irish Settlement was introduced by Colonel Gretton. It deplored the fact that the Settlement surrendered the rights of the Crown in Ireland,......
On Friday, 'december 18th, The Lords' Debate On The Irish
Settlement was resumed. Lord Sumner spoke strongly against the Settlement. He declared that when once Dominion status had been granted there would be no going back, and he......
At One Time It Had Looked As Though There Were
to be an attempt to compel Ulster to come into an All-Ireland Parliament. He would have resisted that. But, fortunately, no such thing was proposed in the scheme before them. He......
The Debate On The Irish Settlement Was Continued In The
House.of Commons on Friday,December 16th. Major O'Neill, the Speaker of the Ulster Parliament, accused the Prime Minister of a ".flagrant violation of.his pledge" in_giving Sinn......
He Related That When Sir James Craig Had Come To
see him before the Settlement had been agreed upon, he had said to Sir James, " You will be given an alternative to come into an All-Irish Parliament or to pay our taxes." Sir......
Parliament Was Prorogued On Monday Till January 31st. Mr....
said in the House of Commons that it was not thought desirable to wait for the decision of the Sinn Fein assembly on the proposed Treaty. Lord Robert Cecil took the opportunity......
Lord Birkenhead Went On To Say That Lord Carson Had
spoken of Lord Curzon, a man whose whole life had been one of great service to the State, as "a traitor to be repelled from theacquaint- ance of decent people." " Those are wild......
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