THE IRISH TREATY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3108, 29 December 1921, Page 5

THE IRISH TREATY.

LLOYD GEORGE’S MESSAGE. FURTHER DISCUSSION FRUITLESS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received December 29, 11.45 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 28. Mr Lloyd George has telegraphed irom Cannes filial it is fruitless and impossible lo reopen the discussion on the Irish treaty; o\en an alteration would render it mill and void Mr Winston Churchill presides at the Ministerial committee going to Ireland to settle the amnesty and transfer the executive, lo the Irish Government. —A. and N.Z. cable. SIR HORACE PLUNKETT’S IDEA. WILL BE RATIFIED BY PEOPLE. Received September 29, 11.5 a.m. NEW YORK. Dec. 28. Sir Horace Plunkett Inis arrived. He declared bis belief that Dail Eircanu would .submil the Irish treaty to a popular vote, which would overwhelmingly ratify it, lie thinks Ulster will join the south when the question is no longer an issue of British party politics.—A. and N.Z. cable. PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD. NOT MANIFESTED FOR SOME TIME. Received December 29, 11.25 a.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 29. Sir Robert Stout, who is on bis way hack to New Zealand from England, said he believed it would be some time before (Inspirit of peace and brotherhood would be manifested in Ireland. He regretted that some arrangement bad not, been effected in Gladstone’s day. At (he same lime lie considered it was not right to say that I bier should be forced out of the Union.— Press Association. DECLARATION BY BISHOP. REJECTION OF TREATY MADNESS. LONDON, Dec. 23. Bishop Fogarty, whose see includes Mr I)o Valera’s constituency, and who was formerly a staunch supporter of Mr Dc Valera, declares that the rejection of the treaty would be an act of national madness. —A. and N.Z. cable.