New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-07
Hope Spreads
Through Erin
Peace II Near
DE valera-Crais Conference
Believed 10 Rave Paved
Way for Sinn Fem aud
Ulster to Compromise
Republic Must BE Dropped
Irish President Reported
Going TO london To-day
Unionisi Leaders Meet
From The Tribuns'o European Bursau

Copyright, 1871, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, May 6,-The only possible
basis of settlement of the Irish cues
ton, leaders on both sides agreed to-
day, would be q compromise under
which Sim Fein would forego it's de-
mand for independence for the sake of
Irish unity and Ulster would waive its
insistence on the right Of secession
from the rest of Ireland, accepting
autonomy to keep Ireland willingly
within the empire,
1T is said that De Valera's prestige
is great enough to carry his followers
with him if he approved of such a
compromise, but the hold of Sir James
Craig ON the Unionists is not yet Sc
cure enough to allow him to disregard
the extremists. Just now far De
Valera and Sir James were able to go
In their conversation yesterday toward
common understanding on some such
compromise as this, is not known. The
whole situation has been thrown into
a state of fiux by the meeting of these
leaders. Behind the rumors-some
plausible, some grotesque-regar
the results of their conference which
are afioat, stands Sir James's declara-
ton to-day to his followers in Ulster
He said:
10 Hold No More Discussions
My conversation with De Valera
having taken place and Ulster, by, &C.
ceptance of the government of ireland
act, having reached the limit of con.
cess1on, no further discussion will be
entered into. When parliaments have
been established and the council OF
ireland has been constituted there will
pc the necessary constitutional IinI
between northern and southern Ire.
land"
This studiously non-committal dec.
laration is accepted in London as de-
latlons between the leaders of the two
factions and to suggest that the next
movement will take place behind the
scenes. A dispatch from Dublin saws
that Ireland is illumired by the new
hope of peace. Hope is expressed in
Dublin that the parties will hold cor
ferences in connection with the cleo.
ton of the two parliaments, ballotinq
for which unquestionalsy Will proceed
as scheduled. For the moment southern
Ireland is engaged in the unusual pas
time of hating Ulster less than Eng
land.
The Evening Standard says that as a
result of yesterdays conference De
Valera is coming to London tomorrow
to attend "a conference under the
presidency of a distinguished ecclesi-
astic." No confirmation of this re-
port is .obtainable.
Viscount% Fitzalan, the new Lord
Lieutenant and Governor General of
Ireland, had another conference with
Premier Lloyd George to-day, hut it is
authoritatively stated that the position
of the government with regard to Ire
land is unchanged; that there is no
prospect for direct negotiations, and
that there is no ground for supposing
the Prime Minister will meet leaders
of the Sim Fem.
BELFAST, May (By The Associated
Press).-Sir James Craig requested the
candidates in the Forthcoming elections
to hurry message embodying his
statement to the Loyalist electors
throughout the six Ulster counties
Sir James Hopeful
Speaking tonight at Hollywood, a
suburb of Belfast Sir James said:
81 only hope that the expectations
of immediate peace may not be too
high, either across the channel or
here.
9The first step in matter of this