The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-07-18
In Negotiations Over Pro-
posed Settlement In
Ireland
WAS IN CONFERENCE
WITH LLOYD GEORGE
De Valera Was Invited to
10 Downing Street Late
To-day

Press )-Eamonn De Valera, the Irish
republican leader, in response to on in
vitation by the prime minister, Mr..
Lloyd George, called at No. 10 Downing
street. the prime minister's official resi-
dence, at 4;l5 o'clock this afternoon TO
confer with Mr.. Lloyd George on the
Irish question.
Crowds again awaited the arrival of
the Irish leader in Whitehall and
cheered him as he entered Downing
street
London. July IS (By the Associated
Press General Jan c. Smuts, the
South African premier, who had a
prominent part in the early informal
negotiations which brought about the
truce in Ireland and the peace confer
ences now in progress, reappeared to-
day as factor in the Irish negotia-
tions Premier Lloyd George had been
at his official residence in Downing
street only a short time this forenoon
after his return from the country when
Niseount Fitzalan, the lord lieutenant
of Ireland called and had long talk |
with the premier, during which they =,
were Joined by General SHUTS, the con.
ference continuing more than an hour. |
General SHUTS had not figured pre-
viously in the conversations which /
have been going on at Downing street |
since the truce went into effect, his last |
known active participation in the pour
parlers having been on the occasion of
his return from Dublin the week be-
fore last when he reported the result of
his visit to Mr.. Lloyd George and King
George. II was learned to-day, however,
that the premier and General Smuts
had a long discussion of the situation
at Checquers Court. II was
General Smuts' Dublin trip which he
believed to have much to do with
the Irish delegations to Lon
don for the peace conferences.
There was no indication up to the
early afternoon whether Lloyd George
would meet De Valera to-day, while as
Tor the Irish republican leader joining
my conference at present with Sir
James Craig, the Ulster premier, this
$ declared by Sim Fein spokesman TO
,e out of the question, The Sim Fein
eaders declare De Valera considers the
lister premier a. outside the scope of
he present negotiations, and they have
leelined to indicate even whether the
ime might come when he could be re.
mrded by them as party to the dis :
ussions. They were leaving the Brit
sh government TO deal with him. they
eelared.
At the conclusion Of the conference
anticipated in By Mr. Lloyd George
'iscount Fitzalan and General Smuts,
he prime minister called the cabinet
Members to meet him in the House of !
Commons this afternoon, after which
)e Valera was asked TO call at Down.
ng street Sir James Craig, it was
tated, had been invited to come to
Downing street early this evening
Meanwhile the Ulster premier was ]
ontinuing his computations with the q
iembers of the cabinet whom he called :
ere last week. n
These developments were accepted in a
quarters as indications n
nat whatever immediate difficulty may :
Kist lies between the prime minister =
nd the Ulsterites, in view of the state. u
tent from De Nslera's party yesterday g
vat they did not know what Sir James
a. doing and that the British were "
,alinC with him. 81