Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-07-14
SAY IRELAND To
BECOME DOMINION
Reports Assert That an Agree
ment Has Been Reached.
De VALERA GOING TO LONDON
Lloyd George Officially Invites Irish
Leader to the Conference to Be
Held in Downing Street
This Week.

London July 11-Premier Lloyd
George officially invited Eamonn De
Valera to meet him in London this
week to discuss the question Of peace
in Ireland
The premier sent the following tele-
gram TO the Irish leader:
81 have received your letter of ac-
ceptance andtI shall be happy to see
you and any colleagues whom you
wish to bring with you to Downing
street any day this week. Please wire
dare Of your arrival in London"
ireland is to become a British do
mfnion by an agreement already
reached by the British government
with the Sim Fein and the unionists
Of southern Ireland.
The only discCntents to this accord
on the eve Of the London conference
are the Orangemen, although the
counties of Ireland where they pre-
dominate are to be offered special
guarantees
1t is impossible to overemphasiZe
the Ulster difficulty, but it is to be
pointed out that the historic cycle
again has taken a full turn. 1t is now
Ulster and not south and west Ire
land that is likely to prejudice the
chances OF peace.
Must Not coerce.
During the past week Sir James
Craig has assured King George and
7 no
work his hardest to induce his follow
ers TO accept the dominion settlement.
The British government is pledged to
the hilt not to cOerce the Orangemen
to accept a settlement of which they
90 not approve, but it is certain that
they will have to take less authority
than that conferred on them by the
partition home rule act, which has
failed Of operation in southern Ire
land.
Premier Lloyd George spent the
weekend at his country place, but he
was in hourly communication with
Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary
for Ireland, who spends his time at
the Irish office at the end Of a direct
wire leading to Dublin castle, seat Of
the English government in Ireland.
The Irish Office issued a statement
saying:
The mere announcement of the
truce reacted fayorably throughout
the Irish countryside A friendly
spirit is abroad in Ireland. There was
no provOcatiOn on either side. There
were only one or two minor Outrages.
"The attack on the Belfast patrol
was unfortunate, but it may have
been due to local difficulties outside
the control of the Sim Fem
In pursuance Of the terms of the
truce all recruiting for the royal Irish
constabulary has been stopped in Eng
land and the re-enfOrcementS actually
mustered for transport over the week
end have been returned to their de-
pots.
De Valera Issues Statement
Dublin, July 11.-"Ireland hopes
that the time is not far distant when
she, one of the Oldest of the European
nations may take her place among
the free peoples of the world"
This statement was given to news
paper men by Eamonn De Valera,
"president of the Irish republic" He
added:
SHOULD our hope come to fruition
Europe and all humanity will hear
with profound relief that the use Of
force to overcome the national right
of Ireland has been abandoned after
seven centuries by one of the greatest
military powers Of the world