New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-25
700 lrishmen of All Polit;.
cal Faiths Meet to Bridge
Issue Between Sim
+ elm and Britain
Release of Cork
Mayor Demanded
Resolution Declares Wav
to Settlement Is Open;
Lisbt'rn Again ON Fire
By Frank Getty

FROM 1Ae Ir1oune'S European Bureau
Copyright. 1920 New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-Seven hundred
moderate minded Irishmen of all part.
les and creeds came together in Dublin
to-day IN the first united Irish attempt
to build Premier Lloyd Georges sup-
Sested bridge between the Sim Fein
and the British government. Unfortu-
nately the peace conference could scarce
~ have chosen a more unfavorable
DAY, for war" was the order of things
throughout the rest of the country.
The town of Lisburn, where state
O. terror has 1eigned since the murder
Of District Inspector Swanzy, was
again in flames this afternoon. while
the military were forced to make re-
rcated bayonet charges on Unionist
r.obs. who, with unrelenting fury, de-
clare their intention of driving all
Catholics from the town.
Already there has been a general
exodus of Catholics and their shops
and houses in Lisburn are being system
atically pillaged. Two persons al
ready have been burned to death.
Cork Mayor Near Death
The condition of Lord Mayor Mac
Sweeney of Cork, who to-day passed his
thirteenth day on a hunger strike, is
even more threatening to the hopes of
peace HIS relatives have almost given
" hope of his recovery and his sister
sent Lloyd George a telegram declaring
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sponslclc for her "martyred brothers
DEATH"
All work was completely suspended
IN Cork for two hours at noon to-day,
enormous congregations attending
masses which were said for the release
Of the Lord Mayor. Small demonstra-
tons outside the prison in Brixton,
England, where the Lord Mayor is. con-
fined, were broken up by the police.
Despite unfavorable auspices. the
Dublin conference gives grounds for
hope OF an eventual settlement There
Gathered to-day elements of Irish life
which hitherto have held largely aloof
irom politlcs-professio and bust
ness men, members of chambers of
commerce, peers and lieutenants of
Counties.
Sir Horace Plunkett refused the
"a 'i- iiiaHSHlp ana Slr NuGont EVerarQ
lieutenant of Meath, was elected unan-
lnsoOsly. Before business began in
earnest, an emergency resolution was
adopted demanding the release of the
Lord Mayor CT Cork. This, in a way
was an unfortunate move, for it threw
the Unionist delegates instantly on the
defensive.
Harmony Rules Conference
Strangely enough for an Irish gath
ering, however, complete harmony was
the order of the day and resolutions
were adopted deciding that the Earl of
Shaftesbury and John Sweetman should
present policies on behalf of Ulster
and the Sim Fem, respectively
Shaftosbury appealed for spirit of
patience toward the coming Ulster
truce and admitted that a constituent
assembly held out the best hope for
peace
After standing committee had been
Of the conference to the Premier, Lord
French, of County Galway (not the
yiceroy, Field Marshal French) pro-
posed the following resolutions:
The conference records the convic-
ton that the policy of the government
in ireland is inevitably tending to civil
war and it is of paramount Importance
that immediate steps be taken to secure
peace in Ireland"
Lord French urged the government
to aDate its policy of repression, saying
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