Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-09
nor Wide Open
for Irish Peace

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- -. his imitation is one which, even
,.' !. q need not necessarily govern the
,.a,on. It is one which obviously,
w,tbin the knowledge of all par.
hnu M must govern an agreement
",T belief is almost universal today
,Hy M Valera win accept; that what
.ss' .ss Prime Minister offers is what DE
.nv ..o desires. namely, an untram-
' ',.a conference. with the single con-
,,don that Ireland remain in the Brit
o,''J rnnirc. The guarantees which De
y. T.,ora is supposed to have in mind are
.horships in the L"ague Of Nations
n ~ tbe Dom;nions Conference, and
a .a..s It is believed. the Government
.orld be willing to grant.
" Tho worlds conference of Mcthodists
:, ,od1y's session adopted resolution
s.olorinC the conference hopcd that
,,tc success would crown the nc
coihp,ions brtvccn the British Govern
fol,Vd on. and the Irish Republicans for n
in.nt; ih,t;on M of the Irish question. The
kOlutlOn " -,
r,solution said ,,
,,T,bis conference, representing al
-, forty million adhercnts. IL watch =
i,,v' ~. With nrryerful and deeply solicitous
~ invest the present attempt of a satk-
.,orv ihu and permanent adjustment Of
iastU affairs. and fcrvcntly hopes thnt
,o,nnlctc success may crown the negc
tiations.
n,,h,,n. Sept. O.-(By A. PA ru
was current in Sim Fein circles
nv. today that If plenipotentiaries ars
ne,o ne,no;nted TO proceed to Inverness tc
spapfor with the committee of the Brit
~ Cabinet named to deal with the Irish
lsn l.st;on De Valera does not desire tc
Saeo one of them, being willing to leave
W ". ' conduct of negotiations. with Ar
,Ie ,her Griffith, the Sim Fein Foreign
Minister, ,9u, In any case, Mr.. Griffith wi
ba The chief figure in the negotiations
oncs ~ actual business Is approached.
De Valera did not appear at tht
u.nsion House this morning and was
not oypected until the afternoon. hui
Gre;th and Charles Burgess, Sim Fein
Minister of Defense, were early on tht
snone II was stated that no specia
oost,np of the Sim Fcin Cabinet hat
ho.n summoned to consider Lloyd
GCsorpe's C,sn reply, but as the cabinet mum.
I0rs only six members. who see eacf
otbsr daily. no particular Significance
"a seen in this. Desmond Fitzgerald
Snn Feln Minister Of Propaganda, sale
,odov he expected no unnecessary de-
law % in the reply to Lloyd George, ant
,ha, Robert c. Barton, the Sim Fell
courier. was III readiness to return Il
Inverness at any moment:
Irish newspapers received the note
from Lloyd George favorably, but it mus
bs remembered there are no Sim Feir
Daners. The Freeman's Journal sal
today the note opened the door wider
than bsore, and that the form of tht
invitation gets rid of embarrassing con
dtions and limitations which woult
have fettered discussion.
The Irish Independent remarked tina
tbe original six conditions imposed by
Iloyd George had been either waived
or left open for discussion and volun-
tary arrangement, and it expresset
hone that the Inverness conference vii
be held. The Irish Times declared:
"We assume and hope that the Gov
ernment's six reservations have beer
abandoned. but the reply shows the,
may be discussed
Roger Sweetman. formerly Sim Feir
member of the British Parliament TO,
Wicklow, who resigned his seat as {
protest against physical force beins
brought against Ireland, writes to thu
Irish Independent declaring the Gov