IRISH SETTLEMENT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 63, 8 December 1920, Page 7

IRISH SETTLEMENT

» EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR NEGOTIATION ALL IRELAND TIRED OF STRIFE MR. HENDERSON TO LAY PROPOSALS BEFORE PREMIER 3r T«l«trun-PMBi A«»ocl*Uon-OoMrljM fflec. December 7. 7.23 p.m.) London, December G. Mr. Henderson' returned unexpectedly to London, leaving the remainder or tho Labour delegation In Ireland Mr. Henderson, in an. interview, said: "I have come into contact with every school of thought in Ireland, political, religious, and economic. All are tired of strife, and wan, peace. My firm conviction is that tho present moment offers an excellent opportunity for settlement, which has been frequently urged. Tho existing reign of terror must cense before negotiations 'begin, but 'to permit the almost universal yearning for peace to evaporate because, of too much concentration on the hideous deeds of the past, two rears, which thoughtful people of all shades deplore and condemn, may p'.limje Ike two nations into a bitter sfrujsie aitth as has never been encountered before. Everything should bo done *o secure a. period of comparative quietude, in which all nets of violence, official and unofficial, shall cease. A definite effort should be mado officially to arrange the terms of an armistice, during which a conference between the representatives of the British (lovernmont and the Irish people should bo held. I have reason to know that if these suggestions were acted upon tho full weight of tho heads o* the Roman Catholic Church and organised Labour in Ireland would be used to secure a cessation of lawlessness." Air. Henderson added that he hopes to lay his proposals before Mr. Lloyd George—Aus.-N,Z. Cable .Assn.