Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-05
DE VALERA ISSUES
|. CALL FOR MEETING
|. OF DAHL E|REANN
Sim Fein Cabinet Will Present
Body With Final Revision of
Lloyd Georges Proposals.
ATTITUDE OF ULSTER IS
REMAINING OBSTACLE
Conference Will Be Held on
August l6-Prisoners Will Be
Released in Intervening Time.
CRAIG AND CABINET CONFE,,
Optimism Among Government Oni-
ciais Grows Stronger Each Day.
See Peace Close at Hand.
ATTITUDE OF ULSTER is
REMAINING OBSTACLE
CRAIG AND CABINET CONFER
Hy \. L.. Johnson,

United News STAFF Cores pondcnt.
i-'NptN. Aug i.-Prcsidcut de
valera ana the Sim Fcin Cabinet
nave issued formal call for "A meet
ing %: the Dali Eireann the Irish
far!iament and will place before
ihat body the final revision Of I.Ioyd
GeorGc's peace proposals. This action
c"niirin' exclusive dispatches Of four
days ago by the United News. in
which this action was forecast
One Remaining Obstacle.
The only remaining obstacle to i,
compictc settlement of the Irish Sit
uation is the attitude of Ulster ac-
cordine TO those usually weil-inform
eel in Anglo Irish matters. and even
those reports which have picturc,,
the northern counties as .jcopardiz-
ing the negotiations are now mint
miZed by friends of Sir James Crat:.
Ulster Premier
The call for full-drcss meeting OF
the baii Eircann came at the con-
cluston of two weeks of dccp con-
Sideration OF the British plan by Dc
valera Arthur O'Brcn, Michael
Collins. and other Sim Fcin leaders.
the invitations going forward TO all
members o! the Parliament, including
those now intcrmcd or Imprisoned.
on Thursday. The meeting will b..
held on August 10. the intcrvenin.
twelve days permitting time for thu
release "f prisoners aud their arrival
at Dublin, where TIE cvnclaVc is tu
take place.
Whatever recommendations arc
made by The Sim I'cin lcadcrs--tnL
these are said on good authority to / =
favorable to complete acceptance of
the british tcrms-wili undoubtcdly
BE- accepted by tho Dali Eircinanu.
The attitude Of Ulster. it is under
stood. Will not be considered at the
| coming assembly, hu, will be LEFT
entirely for future disposal by Great
Britain. The sole object with which
Sim Fcin is concerned. or will con-
cern itself at the present time, is
the two-partS agreement between
self ana the British government
Friends Discrrdit tumprs
Friends uf Sir james Craig. the
Ulster leader who, at least until The
last few days. has stubbornly insisted
that the north would not consent to
abroGaiiOn of its present status under
I home rule. dscrcdit rumors that
Ulster intends To- nrin,; about II crisis.
! Ihcy declare, moreover. that Belfast,
! is merely marking time during the
progress OF DE Nalcra'S activity in
the south and that when the proper
moment arrives listers representa-
ives Will be ready To negotiate either
with Dublin or with Downing Street.
separately or jointly. rs the case may
be
Sir James Craig arrived at Belfast
Thursday noon, ana held an extended
conference with his cabinet later.
General Sir Neville Macrcady has re
turned to ireland after an important
conference with Premier LLOYD George
discussed.
Newspaper correspondents at Bel
fast have sent out any numEcr OF
conflicting reports concerning Cl-
ster's attitude. some declaring that
Ulster viii! reject the dominion status
under an Irish federal system. others
declaring that the Ulster Cabinet
has not Officially" discussed the qucs-
ton II all. since there is no qucs-
! ton for Ulster to discuss
Optimism among government Of
! ficialS is growing stronger as each
day goes by. and il is believed that
only some totally unexpected develop
ment can stop the complete. formal
acceptance of the peace proposals by
| The Da!l Eircann.