The Washington herald., 1921-09-09

INVERNESS. Sept. S-The Brit
ish cabinets reply to Eamonn de
valera's last note. made public this
afternoon, brings the Irish nero
tiations to a point where the Irish
either must accept the proposed
conference or decide for war. II ac-
cepts the principle of government
by the consent OF the governed, on
which De Valera has insisted-with
the reservation that there must be
no separation from the British
Empire-and it invites the Irish
to come to a conference at Inver-
ness September 20. at which a
practical application of this prin-
ciple to Anglo-Irish relations can
be worked out.
Any admission Of the right 70
secession. the British cabinet says.
would be a denial OF the ,.r- aclple
on which all the democr gov
ernments Of the word a based
today and would mean a IN %
tribalism.
Cabinet Meets In DUB.
Robert Barton. the Irisf r1rler.
il is expected here. will rl--1 the
answer in the hands Of J. .5sIrra
tonight. The Dali Eircanr cabiret
meets tomorrow in Dublir 90
slider the reply.
In the meantime the Rr ~ an
confident Of favorable r % a.zL
they are making arranGen = for
a conference at Inverness where
the provOsts have agreed 10 placc
the town hall at the dis ossI -
the conferees. Accommodi tious at
the leading hotels also have been
reserved. Professionally. for minis
ters, secretaries. and typists.
The selection Of Inverness. the
capital Of Gaelic Scotland. is re
I garded as a tribute to Irish psy-
/ chology. Public opinion in the
| Highlands is distinctly favorable TO
( the Irish claims because Of the re
lationship in race. language an
! agricultural problems The HigL-
| land farmers. who make Up tn
great bulk Of the population, hayr
the same problem in that a great
deal of land is used for game r-s-
serves and sheep raising i-... 0f
cultivation.
Go On Vacation.
Prime Minister Lloyd 6 1Fge ieff
Brahan Castle today. m, t1rinE 20
Gairloch, where he will co1I.nUe rs
holiday. Lord FitzAlan left sor
Ireland this morning. G,1- Tuds-
this afternoon. Gen. EscRaady
went with the prime mlns-ter 20
Gairloch. and Sir Hamar C-- uWood
went TO another part OF Scej'APs Tor
holiday.
Lloyd George today sert = repiy
TO telegram from the pr 5 dent ~
the Trade Union ConGress which 10
now meeting in Cardiff. urEinE
peace in Ireland. His reply saws
the government is as oI posed As
anyone to civil war in Ir land. but
could not admit separa ION. ara
quotes Lincoln again as author-
ity for resisting secession
ConcessIOn In Rep
1t was pointed out here . sfter-
| noon that the government r1ly IL
an important advance &c tae
Irish position, which is u TO stood
to be unaverse to a repei m. the
union" leaving Great Br and
Ireland a dual monarchy with IN
dependent governments hut under
| H.
prime minister stresses allegiance
to the crown as one essential and
drops insistence on other condi-
tions, such as military occupation
| in ireland. leaving ;hem for dis
cussion at the conference.
According to authoritative intor-
nation. this is the governments
klast word. The only condition now
insisted. on is allegiance TO the
British crown and IL is impossible
to depart from that. The ministers
with whom the correspondent talked
this afternoon. including Sir Hamar
Greenwood. are very hopeful that
the Invitation win be accepted and
that the meeting beginning Septefn-
ber 20 will result In a permanent
peace.
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