REFERENCE IN LORDS
LONDON, 4th December
In tho House of Lords, Lord Danesfort called attention to a speech by Mr. Blytlie (vice-president) in the Dail Eiruaim on the subject of Irish appeals to the Privy Council, and Mr. MacDonald';3 attitude thereto, which lie declared was evasive and unsatisfactory. Lord Carson said that whenever an issue with the Frco State had arisen Britain had always yielded to blackmail. "Why should you always pat tho back and almost lick the boots of people who aro always insulting you and your King, and even the treaties under which they exist? Let them know that they must conform to treaties like any honest Government. This lias nothing to do with my hostility towards the Tree State. All that is gone and buried."
Lord Parmoor replied that the Government intended to hold to the report of the Imperial Conference of 1926. This would guide them at the next conference. It was a serious thing to assume that the Free State was guilty of an illegality.
Lord Reading said that if Mr. Ely the meant that appeals to tho Privy Council would be made ineffective it would be a breach of honour.
Lord Passfield said ho was not disposed to say that the Free State was capable of breaching a treaty or contractual obligations. The discussion then dropped.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 11
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