The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-19
Situation D Q c Iare d ,
However, Not to Be
Emit rely Hopeless,
and Efforts to Secure
Some Basis of Settle
ment Will BE Contin-
ued With Aid of De
Valera.

London. July 10 Irish negotiations
appear to have reached a deadlock in
SO far as concerns tri partite con
ference between David Lloyd George,
the British prime minister. Eamonn
de Valera, Irish Republican leader,
and Sir james Craig. premier of IL
ster
This developed l;Sc last night when
Sir James. as he departed for Belfast.
issued Il statement on self determi-
ration" which is Interpreted to mean
that he will not compromise any mat
ters pertaining to listers political
rights.
The statement has made a deep i'm
preston upon political circles in
many quarters. but it is not accepted
as final and hope is expressed that ne
PCtiations for such conference are
not Vet ended.
The ulster premier's statement said
that he was returning home well
satisfied with the efforts made toward
peace and that Mr. de Valera has
broken his silence and broken the
ground by his statement to the press
that he proposes to ground his claim
to recognition on the principle of self
determination.
Belfast. July 19.-The return to Bel
fast of Sir James Craig. the Ulster
premier, and the members of his cabi
net, who have been with him in Lon
don in connection with the Irish
peace move. must not be taken as Il
rupture If the negotiations. it was de-
clared todaH by Col. Spender. secre-
tary of the delegation ON his arrival
here Ii is thought, indeed. HAT the
delegation viii be recalled to I4ondCn
TeXt week
None of the cabinet leaders would
have anything To saw for publication
De Valera Visionary
Eamonn de Valera is regarded by
the Ulster unicuiSts as visionary
and tn" feeling in uEi0nist circles
here is that no discussions among ali
the parties concerned in the Irish set
tlemcnt will be possible until he con
sideraLly modilies his position
When Sir James Craig saw the Re
publican leader in Dublin before the
recent Irish parliamentary elections
the Ulster premier is declared in TN
ionist quarters TO have heard Il lonS
di@quisition ON an Irish republic and
Unionists here expressed the helie[
today that Mr. de Valera had express
ed himself similarly in his interviews
with Premier Lloyd George
Ulster Stands Firm
The attitude of the Ulster premier
and his colleagues as expressed by Sir
James, in his statement made in Lon
don last night in which he declared
Ulster was determined to maintain
her present status. with her own par.
lament. is cordially approved by the
Belfast l'nionists in general, as is in
dicated by their newspaper organs.
There was never any other ont.
come of negotiations possible" says
the Belfast news letter, except in the
minds Of those who would sacrifice
las on the altar of Il false peace. We
shall have nothing to do With any set
tlement terms that infringe upon o;
diminish the statute of our parliament
and we base that attitude on the same
ground as de Valera makes his claim
TO self-detelmination.
On the other hand the Irish News,
which voices the views of Joseph Dev-
lin. Nationalist. says:
II the six specially chosen Ulster
counties are to Self-detcrmine them.
selves into ruinous conflict with the
rest of Ireland. why deny the claim or
any county to self-determine itself out
of association with cessionists? The
claim insisted ON by Sir James Craig
is on all fours with that put forward
by the southern states of the Ameri-
can Republic sixty years ago 1t is a
true and exact parallel.
The formula that Ireland is like
unto the secessionist states has been
abandoned.