Arizona republican., 1921-07-07
PROBLEMS
 NEAR SOLUTION, S|NUTSDECLAREs
[RepubIican A. P. Leases NireJ

IRepubIfcan A. P. Leases Wire1 ? LONDON, July 6.-General Jan Christian Shuts, the South African premier. upon his return from Ireland this morning after his conferences yesterday with Eamonn de Valera and other Irish Republicans, conferred here with Premier Lloyd George, Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, and Earl Middleton, the southern Unionist leader.
 General Shuts reported the result of his talks with the Sim Fein leaders.
 The conference was surrounded with the greatest secrecy, but was understood to have concerned itself primarily with conditions for the pos- sible suspension of hostilities in Ire- land-considered the most important step in the progress of peace deliber- ations.
 Those concerned in the discussions yesterday at Dublin were reticent as to the matters considered. Officials generally appear 1oath to talk on the Irish question, but there is a certain degree of optimism that the Irish sit- uation may be on its way to solution.
 Sir Horace Plunkett later joined the conference. This gave rise to further hopes of favorable results from the conference in view of Sir Horace's s position on Irish affairs.
 Officials were uncommunicative Concerning today's conference, believ- ing that any announcement at this time might be prejudicial to peace. Ii was believed, however, that Genera Shuts brought from Mir. de Valera and his associates definite proposals and that the reply to these will have a great. bearing on Fridays confer eQce in Dublin.
 General Shuts opened his speech by declaring that he had not aban- doned hope of America She is 2 coy maiden and must not be wooed too warmly" he said. T want to set America pull with us in this great world service that today is beint rendered by the British empire almos alone"
 l Then alluding humorously to hi visit to Ireland, he declared he found 1 the people divided into two classes l those in jail and those on the run.
 He added that he himself had beel among those on the run, seeking t, escape reporters and camera men.
 The Irish problem, said Genera Shuts. was one largely engaging "th whole British empire" It was problem, however on Wnacn ne cOul' not speak tonight, except to expres the belief that 1t was soluble, and tha i. if there was a better atmosphere, .i
 we all help to create a better atmos phere and determine to wipe out wha
 is really stain on the empires rec l ord, we shall succeed.
 | Therefore, he continued emphati
 cally, T think, I am hopeful, I trus1 that the question will be solved an that thereby the British empire wi
 be freed from the imputation that
 this ancient part of the United King dom there still exists violation of tn Il fundamental principles upon whic
 the empire rests. I say that the prob
 lem is soluble because I have seen
 solved in my own country under cir cumstances less embittered than i Ireland. but certainly of very diff , ferent character, too.
 T If ever this problem of the subjec | ton of one nation to another pre- sented a hopeless view. it was i
 South Africa. But finally in a spir of give and take, forbearance and try ' ing to render something to the poir , of view of the other side, we solve . the problem, and today South Afric
 Is one of the happiest countries ' the empire Our forbearance and SC
 sacrifice have paid us handsome div
 dends in our national life"