[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Ssn,—In the Spectator
of February 11th your comment on the political character of Mr. Lloyd George as displayed in his dealings with Sir James Craig has excited widespread public attention. The facts, as recorded in writing, lead to the unavoidable conclusion that the Prime Minister told " two different - tales" to the leaders of Northern and Southern Ireland; but there 8180 exists another, and a highly significant, factor in the situation. Up to the present hour Mr. Lloyd George has continued to conceal the meaning of the Treaty so far as it concerns the boundaries question, and at the same time he knows all about it. He keeps the card up his sleeve in the hope, for his own purposes, of being able to succeed in fooling not only Ulstermen but the British people. How long will Britain stand this treatment? The Stuarts never attempted anything more tyrannous. it is .a great public question, and the public have a right to know the facts. Ulster- men do not wantonly desire to prejudice the prospects of peace, if peace is to be attained; but they do undoubtedly insist upon being furnished with information concerning a question in which they are most vitally interested. That information is still withheld by the British Prime Minister in defiance of the nights of the people. If it is much longei- kept in concealment, peace, for which so many men crave, will not be furthered, but imperilled. The secrecy as pursued extends a " sword of Damocles " over the heads of the Ulster people, and is an act of tyranny towards the British public.—I am, Sir, &e.,
Previous page
