Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-07-19
BALKS AT UNION
WITH SOUTH IRELAND
Craig Refuses to Have Hand
With Settle
ment
BLOW TO PEACE HOPES
De Valera and Lloyd George Will Con
fer Again Thursday-Demands Eq-
ual Rights.

fer Again Thursday-Demands Eq-
ual Rights.
LctnSon, July 19.-Tha IRISH nagC5:a-
t1cEs have talpen IAN unexpected de-
veycpnler1t la!ee lzeib might. Sir jams
Craig, the Ulster PlIenleG, en- leav-
Srlg for Belfast, maale ain important
statement, which aippea'rs to forbid
sujy RIctpe elf assembling a conference
such ais ,Prendler Lloyd George pro-
posed between lITnlstff, Mn. De Val
era and the Ulster Premier
The Ulster leadee maintains that
Sim Fe;rsrs themselves, by contest
ling 1.-THE etecticns fer the Ncuthern
Pacillsiment chi a platform of "no par
t.ticr." lin whlch lphsy wene noundly
slefelatleId, have reccigrlNed Ulster's
claim ito self elf-deternflnal5jcm. and SO
fisr la,s his wolSls have bean l1rHanpre.ad
for THE pllsssr1t The seems TO wa!s'h his
hands cif amy further participation IN
the peslce negotiations.
Sir James said:
81 ret.Rrr:s home we'll satisfied with
tlke effcrbs being nratSa 't'cmard peace.
Mr.. de Valera fgals brcisell his silence
cI,s3 Cleared t(h'e g'rclrrdd by his state
nSenIt to the rpu1sss THAT he proposes TO
found his claim ON recc2m;tlcm of the
r.ehs of self REORGANIZATION"
The Ulster PNem3ar contended that
tIfIe people cf Northern Ire,and in the
recent eledtSor's "deteltnr:ned' their
c,wn Psrliap,4enb by au overwhelming
majcr?ty &lnd t'hslt MIR. Nsc Vsi9era and
HIS f,llan'Gs ainIlttleG the night of such
self -deHenm;matIcn cn the part of
Nolthenn Ire!auyd by the fact thms
they themselves stocd as carNIGates
fclr tHna Ncrthsnm Parliament &nd sub
1riete.d rtheir policy of "ro pantiS;ca." !"
This, in fact, wais the cn!Ey issue p.@ccd
befcn,e the electorate, said SIR james,
alrd "no pa!:tt:t1cn" was neglected. by
the larges't majorUty ever secured IN
any general election.
"Such being :the TRUE facts," he con
tinued, "it nuw emily rema9ns fer Mr..
a., valera and the BritIIlh people to
come to tea,n1s regardtng the area cut
side of THAT. .of which / aim Prime Min
,isteu,. The people of Northern Ireland
make udo Claim whatever to determine
Tile telms elf settlement which Great
BlIateln sihSll make with Southern Ire
land
'When this lis accomplished ! can
ar,,cmSise cordial cooperation on equal
terms with Southern 1relaald in amy
matters affecting our common inter
est.
"Havifg ueached the present Stage.
7 retum Ito IreQarNd to carry on the
practical work OF the Government. !
feel tlh,alt Cur Isnterests are reliably
represented lin the Imperial Pan'Fia-
mealt and, of course, our services are
ava'ilable at amy moment"
The official announcement issued at
the close elf a Icing conference between
the Premier and Mr.. de Valera to-
day Says:
"The conversations betweerp Mn.
Lloyd George and Mr. de Valera will
be resumed Thursday"
This ord:naai9y would permit the
Britash pubMc and Ireland still to IN
dSrtlge i'm confident llcpe that a salts
factory settlement would ultimately
be reached But Sir James CraVgs
statemer., which was given out an
the form of an itttervSew, mas put
rather a damper on the hopeful spirit.
Nothing is aaHcwedi to leak as to
whet takes place behind the closed
doons Of the Cabinet room, and The sec
nlacy even extends to TacFt agree
,nent to put NO questions on the sub
iect IN ParrEan,enlt. The negotiations,
i'm fact, have aM the character of dSp-
Icnratic exchanges between two for
eien diplomats.
Though itfad been Thought possible
from The frrst that U!siar might
adept such an aitttude, this sudden
daGfng off hopes THAT peace con-
ference would be assembled as an out
coune Of the Separate negotiations Of
the Prime Minister with De Valerc
and Craig comes somewhat as
shock 10 tho public.
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