Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-11
Lloyd George Discusses
Questions With Cabinet
to Line Up Situation.
Sim Feiners May Halt
Plan to Call in Other
Parties in arley.

London. Oct 1O.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. THE prime minister and
other representatives of the British
government and the delegates of the
Dali Eireann will face each other
across the conference table in the cabi-
net room at No. 10 Downing street.
the premier's official residence, Tues
day morning.
Mr.. Lloyd George. members of the
cabinet and several officials of the
Irish office discussed for an hour and
a half Monday afternoon, Tuesdays
conference. 1t is understood that the
procedure favored is a speech of well
come by the prime minister. after which
he will outline the methods the gov
ernment proposes for dealing with the
various phases of the question. Ar
thur Griffith the Sim Fein leader, is
expected to reply.
Sock Common Ground.
The program for the first day takes
the form of open conversation with a
view to arriving at some definite basis
upon which negotiations looking to an
Irish settlement can proceed
Either side may, however. raise some
controversial subject. There is the
question of the release of the interned
men. which many people in Ireland are
urging on their delegates. One Of the
delegates said Monday that it was not
the intention to mention this subject
for the present. Nevertheless the gov
ernment is preparing reply to such
request and has summoned General
Sir Neville MacReady and General Tu-
dor of the forces in IEeland.s and the
head Of the police from Dublin, to ad
wise the government, should the pro-
posal be made.
The services of these generals will
also be useful when arrangements are
suggested for closer observance of the
truce. which both the government and
the Sim Feiners desire. Both Gen
eral MacReady and General Tudor have
been charged by the Sim Fein with
provoking the people, and their orders
to come to London confirms the inn
preston that the intention is to avoid
all causes of friction.
Remove Boycott.
Another matter which Mr. Lloyd
George has been publicly asked to bring
before the conference is the Sin Fcin
boycott on English goods. which has
been hurtful to British trade and has
sduScu iiltI tEEltdtlou mere. II Is iIot
likely that the conference will concern
itself with this at this stage or that
the Sim Fein will agree to remove
the boycott except as part of trade
policy, following settlement.
The cabinet is said to have discussed
today the possibilities of extending the
scope of the conference and inviting
Ulster to send delegates. This is
natter for the prime minister to decide,
as the Sim Fein delegates are here :,
only as spokesmen of those they repre-
sent. and the premier might invite Sir
jones Craig the Ulster premier, and
'ven Lord Middleton, representative Of
the South of Ireland unionists, and
Sir Horace plnnkett. dominion home
ruler, and their friends.
Ulster is Problem.
But the Sim Fein has not asSented !
% any joint conference and. it is de-
Jared. would object strongly to form
ng one of three or four party con
'erence. The Irish delegates would. |
lowever, say they. make great conccs-
lions to secure Il United Ireland. Il pos
'ibility alluded to in the kings speech |
It Belfast. Mr.. de Valera is believed |
nent for Ulster within an Irish state, |
more attractive financially and other
wise to the northeast than its present
status. and it is probable that this will !
,e put forward Mt the conference.
Should this be the case, the Ulster
remier may have to be consulted about
t.
The real crux, as stated by an off,
.ial, is not finance or the extent of I
listers local powers, but necessary
severance of Ulster from the imperial
where it now has repre-
entatiOn it desires to maintain.