IRISH CONSTITUTION
PROGRESS OF THE BILLS.
LONDON, 30th November
The Irish Free State Constitution Bill and the Free State Consequential Provisions Bill ha.ye been read the second time in the House of Lords.
Replying on the debate, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cave, said he was sure the Irish Government meant to be fair to all citizens, but if occasion arose he was certain that the British Government was bound to render the utmost assistance.
Lord Midleton, during the debate, said that the Irish Constitution violated every promise made to Southern Union•ists, including that of Parliamentary protection. He never knew a man to be so ■startled as Mr. Lloyd George was when it was pointed out that all these pledges were being ignored.
Lord Selborne said that the Irish question would be as acutely present to bur great grandchildren as it had been to our grandfathers. The constitution was a. reckless gamble with happiness. The alternative was reconquest, which would result in a more bitter, more hopeless Ireland than ever. He was impressed by the entire absence of support of the former English policy among the Dominion Governments, which cordially sympathised with the step now taken..
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 133, 2 December 1922, Page 7
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195IRISH CONSTITUTION Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 133, 2 December 1922, Page 7
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