He was not going to argue that the ports might fall Into the hands of the fhemy, but there was a. danger: that ireland might be neutral or Ste alera_migMe say that" he would make common cause with ts if We fave him the whole of Trelan Me. 'Churchill suggested. that the night be postponed pending Cure ther "arrangements about the treaty ports ud' common defence. action.
Mr, "David Rhys Grenfell, Labour member for the Gower division of Glamorgan, speaking for his Party. Jeongratulated the Government having abandoned the "scornful. attitude® Whad previously adopted tox Agreement on, Three Issues The subject of partition had to be laid aside after both parties hod made their position clear, he con-Hnued, but agreements. had been reached on the other three—defenee. finance and trade, After describing the trade agree ment, which, he said, might be considered equally beneficial to both parties, Mr, Chamberlain came to the fugreements on defence and finance.
It could not be said, he admitted, for either of those agreements that, on the face of It, they constituted Hood agreements from the point of view of the United Kingdom, since oth of them made very large and Impressive concessions to Eire with out offering any corresponding advantage in return, "Indeed," he went on, "I sayy frankly, that if your are fo find any such advantages, you must look out side the agreement and seek those intangible, imponderable, but never~ theless invaluable fruits, which have on various occasions inthe past, re warded liberal and unselfish acts of Renerosity by a great and powerful country towards a State weaker and poorer than Hself."
Generous Treatment The Prime Minister cited Agures to show that in the nance agreement they wore settling, for payment by Eire of £10,000,000, British claims, the capitalized value of which amounted to more than £100,000,000, That was generous treatment, he said, We hoped, however, that the House would agree that the Government was right to end the dispute even at that price.
must also be remembered, Mr.
Chamberlain declared, that the con-tinted exaction of special duties on goods from Eire, though they yield fed about £4,000,000 annually, was gradually impoverishing that country ud reducing is potential value as a customer of Great Britain.
Finally, they should recollect that ey were dealing not with a foreign country, but with a partner. in. the British Commonwealth of nations.
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