New-York tribune., 1921-11-06
Ulster to Have
Voice lin Parley.
Craig Is Told
Northern Irish Leader Has
Conference With Premier.
and Announces Later Par
iicipaiion Is Assure d
Situation Again Delicate
Westminster Gazette Calls
1t Extremely Critical:
Raids Add 10 Tension
By Arthur S. Draper
Frcrn "a Trie.ne's E,nrorenn nurenn

From IRE 1'rttHne's Eftrouegn Rsi-eop
Copyright. 1891 New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Nov. 5.--Sir james Craig.
Ulster Premier, conferred with Pre-
nier Lloyd George in Downing Street
so-day. but afterward it was evident
that solution OF the Irish problem was
still matter for settlement between
the government and Sim Fein. The
Ulster leader made plain that there
vas nothing he could do until further
progress toward basis OF peace was
made in the negotiations in progress
between Lloyd George and the republi-
can envoys.
In carefully worded statement is
sued after the conference Sir James
said:
Il have arranged, If and when Ju-
sser's interests are reached in the CON
ference, tnat all OF our Representatives
viii be asked To attend. In the mean
time nothing will be settled behind
their backs
This statement clearly was framed
20 reassure the extreme Obstetrics who
nave already begun to charge that Pre-
fnier Lloyd George is trying TO over.
ride Ulster. The Prime Minister is
pledged not to coerce the Orangemen.
but some of them feel that he is try
ing to use every moral suasive power
he can muster.
To Join Conference Later
Sir James's statement is taken to
mean tlfat he will Join the formal dis
cussions later. In this afternoons con-
ference he met Lloyd George and Sir
Robert Stevenson Horne, Chancellor of
the Exehequer. Later Austen Cham
seriain, government spokesman in the
dcuse of Commons, WAS called in.
The Sim Fem pronosals IF . Dlebi-
Scite in the counties of Tyrone and
Fermanagh were pEe eAt-G -
lanes. The government leaders tried
20 impress upon him that if the North
refused to make any kind of re
sponse 10 the cOncilatory advances of
she Sim Feiners not only would peace
possibilities be reduced but the Brit
1sh government would be threatened
with serious political consequences
There is no doubt but that Sir James
~as convinced In some measure of the
truth Of the government arguments
but it Is certain That he VIII have to
consult the members Of his Cabinet
before he can commit himself to any
program me- He is expected to COM
munleate with leading Ulsterites by
telegraph this weekend, and next Mon
lay may see more of the Orangemen
n London.
Michael Collins, chief of the Sim
Fem delegation, and George Gavan
Duffy, another member, are in Dsblir
Tor the week END to consult with
Aanon de Valera, president of the
Irish republic"
Raid Adds to Uncertainty
In view of the delicateness of the
irish Negotiations the report of raid
on police barracks at kesh. in the
controversial county OF Fermanagh.
vas received here with concern. Most
Of the police were absent at the time.
group of civilians gained admittance
by ruse, held up the four constables
On guard, put them behind bars and
escaped with some rifles, ammunition
and bombs. The police secured the
surrounding region, but without fad
ing any trace of the looters. The chief
dalson officers of the Irish republican
army, after an investigation, denied
that the raid was the work of Sim
Feiners. Another raid on a barracks
in southern Ireland was reported. but
rs not considered as serious as the
Aesh affair because Of the geographical
Importance of Fermanagh in the pres
ent peace negotiations.
LONDON, Nov. 5 By The Associated
Press).-" Westminster Gazette