The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-08-17
HARTFORD. KY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1921

there existed an impasse which he
did not know at the time how to get
over.
This, he said, was that both Sir
James Craig, the Ulster Premier,
and Mr.. De Valera were equally i'm
movable in their positions, the for
mer maintaining that Ulster would
not consent to change from her
present status and the Republican
leader insisting that Ulster come
under a United Ireland constitution.
Force as solution of the prob
lem," continued General SHUTS "is
out of the question both on your
(de valeras) and his (Craig's)
premises. The process of arriving
at an agreement will, therefore, take
time"
General Smuts explained that for
this reason he considered he could
be no further use at this stage of
the negotiations, and therefore, was
going home.
Impossible To Satisfy
Any solution on the lines of Ul-
ster coming into an Irish State was
foredoomed to failure at the present
he declared, as Ulster would not
agree to this and could not be fore
ed.
General SHUTS urged Mr.. de
Valera to leave Ulster alone at pres
ent and concentrate on a free con-
stitution for the remaining twenty
six counties of Ireland, "and through
the successful running of the Irish
State and the pull of economic and
peaceful forces eventually bringing
Ulster in that State"
"As l said before" reiterated
General SHUTS, a don't consider
one single, clean cut solution of the
Irish question possible at present"
Ulster Not to Enter
General SHUTS in the course of his
letter said: !
81 believe it is in the interest of
Ulster to come in, and that the force
of the community of interests will
over a period of years become so
great and compelling that Ulster
will, herself, decide to join the Irish
State. Not only will she not consent
now to come in, but even il she does
the Irish State will, fear, start un-
der such handicap of internal fric-
tion and discordance that the result
may we'll be failure once more.
Good Enough for Others
"What is good enough for other
nations surely ought to be good
enough for Ireland, too. For Irish
men to say to the world that they
cannot be satisfied with the status Of
the great British dominions would
be to ALLEVIATE all that sympathy
which has so far been the main sup !
port of the Irish cause.
"Such an offer by the British Prime
who, unlike his predeses-
sors, is in position to deliver the
goods, is an event of unique i'm
portance. !
"It is far more than was offered
to the Transvaal and the Free States
,,,bn fouobt fnr fraadopo in ono of tho
greatest wars in the history of
Great Britain and one which reduc-
ed their own countries to ashes and
their little peoples to ruins.
'If you will accept, you will be-
come a sister dominion in the great
circle of equal States, who will stand
beside you and shield you and pro-
Lect your rights as II these were
heir own rights, and any questions
hat you and the British Government
may have will be for the Imperial
to decide. This is the
natural and constitutional practice (.
IF dominion freedom"
Policy Change Shown
Mr.. Lloyd Georges secretary gave
he letter to the newspapers this af-
ernoon after long Cabinet meet
ng. This is takeA as change Of
,olicy, and that it apparently was
ssued to bring the pressure of pub
ic oponion TO hear on the Sim Fein,
Though heretofore 1t has been said
10Th parties were maintaining sill
nee to avoid embarrassment by
artisan discussion of their courses.
What was contained in Mr.. De Va
era's letter othe Premier remains
mystery. Some of the newspapers I
that the Republican leader f,
lings to his demand for republic q
,hile others are confident that he
lerely asked for n further legisla- :