Evening star., 1921-11-10
mo SURRENDER!'
ULSTER|TESASSERT
But Attitude viii Not xiii
Peace Negotiations, View
Held in London.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. November IA state
ment issued after. this mornings
meeting OF the Ulster cabinet mem
bers here concluded as follows:
"Sir James Craig. the premier, on
behalf of the cabinet of northern Ire
land, wishes 1t clearly understood
that there can be no surrender OF
listers rights" -
The statement promised by Prime
Minister Lloyd George outlining the
negotiations with the Sim Fein rep
resentatiyes had not been received
by the. representatives of lister, this
forenoon but. Mr.-IIaoyd George sent
IT during the afternoon.
The secretary Of the Ulster party
WAS keeping in touch cons tantly with
Downing street. where the British
cabinet met at noon, and It was an
nounced that another meeting of the
northern Ireland cabinet would be
called as soon as the detailed state
r-Dent was received.
gested that his meeting with the
Ulster cabinet go over until tomor-
row.
Apology From Lloyd George.
The Ulster communique, given out
after the morning meeting. Indicated
that in lack of the British premier.s
statement the Ulster cabinet was
! unable to make formal reply to the
government. On this point the text
Of the communioue said: .-.
IAN apology to Sir James Craig
was received from Mr.. Lloyd George
, stating his inability. owing to pres
sure of work, to supply the detai!e.
statement of the proposals promise"
by him yesterday. He hoped. however.
nish the document this afternoon, ami
! he suggested the meeting of thu
northern cabinet with him should be
. deferred until Friday"
| The communiQue, which conclude
! with Sir James statement that there
would be no surrender of Clster's
rights. gave list of those who at
tended. and mentioned the fact tina
| the meeting lasted from II to
o'clock.
/ Parliament Session Ends.
opened in February. ends today with
the prorogation OF both houses b.
royal commission after the brief au-
tumn sitting, which began October is.
This special meeting. which the gov
lernment was able to arrange on short
Enotice, due to the fact that pariia
Fment had merely adjourned in At
gust instead of being prorogued. WAS
summoned to deal with the question
| of unemployment. While this prob
L rl,,lr &~1 tTs-
| ;erest OF the members has been main
| iy focused on the Irish peace nego-
several members of parliment.
viewing with some appreciation the
uncertain state OF the Irish situation.
at the present time, last night urged
| the government to allow another ad-
journment instead of the definite
| closing which a prorogation implt es.
! Austen Chamberlain, government
| leader in the house of commons, how
! ever, declared that nothing stood In
the way Of proroguins the body and
Prime Minister Lloyd George had
repeatedly promised nothing would be
| finally settled with regard to Ireland
| without calling the house together.
| A. new session could be opened. h.
pointed out. should developments re-
| Quire it.
| listers Attitude Feared.
Members separated over night with
some feelings of anxiety, mainly due
to the belief. which nevertheless was
not unanimous. that an Irish settle
, ment will be rendered impossible By
the attitude of Ulster. Despite this
uneasiness. however. it was recog-
nized that the Ulster cabinet has mol
fully examined the government pro-
posals, and the optimists hope that
Premier Sir James Craig's firm at
titude,' which was upheld by the
members Of his cabinet at meeting
yesterday. may be modified upon an
examination Of the full terms.
At any rate, while it cannot be
denied that a great deal of gloomy
foreboding exists in many quarters, il
Is not believed that the peace nego-
tiation are necessarily doomed to a
sudden collapse, whatever the at
titude Ulster may adopt, but that
further negotiations would follow any
lpossible check.