27 AUGUST 1921, page 1

Lord Curzon In The House Of Lords On The Same

day said that no one could deny that the Government's offer was " a great act of renunciation which might be called an act of sacrifice." It was difficult to believe that any......

The Answer To Mr. De Valera's Second Objection, That The

Dominion Homo Rule offered does not apply to the whole of Ireland, brings us back to the eternal crux. If he should say that the coercion of Ulster is indispensable, the......

Fortunately, Nearly All Liberal Newspapers In England Are...

the Southern Irish that they must not coerce Ulster. This truly Liberal doctrine has come very late in the day—almost, we fear, too late. If only Liberals had insisted upon......

In The House Of Commons On Friday, August 10th, The

Prime Minister stated that the Irish offer was not " haggling terms." All the world except the Southern Irish themselves admitted that the Government had gone to " the limit of......

With Profound Regret We Record A Disaster To The Great

airship ' R. 38,' a disaster by which forty-four gallant British and Ameri- can officers and men lost their lives. On Wednesday the R. 38,' which was the first airship of purely......

News Of The Week.

T HE course of the Irish negotiations is as doubtful as when we wrote last week. On Thursday, when we go to press, the only certain thing is that Dail Eireann is considering the......

The Answer To Mr. De Valera's First Objection Is, Of

course, that the geographical position of Ireland is wholly different from that of the overseas Dominions., That, at least, would be the logical answer of the Government ;......

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