Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-18

71ne Dah Elreann will go Into secret | session tomorrow 10 discuss the British governments proposals for peace with | tne reiterated words of Eamonn be | Valera still fresh in the minds Of the | members; The Dali Ereann cannot and | VIII not on behalf of Ireland accept | the terms offered"
 At the second session of the ra-lis- Tent held today in the Mansion House, l NIT. De Valera again dealt with the British offer Again he insisted that nothing less than independence for Ire land was in the minds of the Irish lesd- CTS He stressed his viewpoint that the sratus of a dominion government had rot b-en offered to Ireland. The statement that such a government had been .fTsred contained two falsehoods The-e was no Ireland mentioned in the terms, only two broken pieces of Ireland. Damia!nns had the right 10 secede, but the I-;eh republic must stay within ;he emp re whether it desired to do 20 or not he said.
 During his address Mir. De Valera held out the olive branch to Ulster by de- c,s-ing tha- in entering into negotiations for g. ' cment of the controversy northern Ireland need not Ei.e up it's own point Of view. He sal he world | be willing 10 suggest that the Irish pee pie give up a good deal in orde. that Ireland might be able to view the ,u- ture without participating distra oting internal problems"
 Nil. Be Valera declared again that the c'sims of the minority in Ire and, as represented by the Ulsterites. were wrong but added that he for one wolld be ready to go a long way tl give in tn Ulster''if We could get them 10 come with us and consider the interest of their own country and not be allying themselves with foreigners"
 Everywhere these words of Mfr. De Valera with regard to Ulsto- were re- caived as an indication that events were transpirinE behind the scenes hayny as their purpose the bringing of Sir James Craig. the Ulster premier. into Icuch vim the Sim Fein leaders in the hope pf evolving some means of surmounting the present inpasse.
 Significance in this respect also attach es Go the words of MT De Vale-s. that the republicans were ready to make 10 north Ireland sacrifices we never would -hink of making to England"
 Another way out of the dea iloct5 aside from the possible submission cf the terms of Premier Lloyd George to referendum. is said to nave been sug- gested today to members of the Dali Eireann In effect this su -ge stior is declared to have been tha. -he Dai Fireann, which is considerel the rov- erning body of the Irish re3nb!i,, shouI1 l go to Great Britain saying:
 "We as republic arc desi -c ls of be- coming a member of the British com uonwealth. We are willing tn grant you the concessions whj.h Mir. Llcyd George has demanded in , is letter, su"n as naval and ah bases"
 This, it was said in high quarters to- night would involve Ulster coming ;n- to a single dominion with south Ire- land. High authorities tonight ex- pressed the view that they did not be- Neve Ulster would do, this a. the pres ant time, but that they vare couvin>ei she would do so when a sw Irish par lament was elected, ma le up Of men The people of Ulster felt they could trust 70 legislate with respect t9lthair prop srty.
 Mir De Valera Is considerel to have intimated some such schemo in his FDeech today when he said:
 "An association that wou'i he con- sstent with our right 10 see that we were obe the judges of vhat are our own interests, and that ve were mt compelled 10 leaN judgment of what are our own interests or not tn cthers-a continuation of that sort would, be- leve, commend itself to 2. majority cf my colleagues
 "But it should really be a corubina- ton that is in accord with the descrip- ton the British themselves gave of this ofc-e1 association. Speaking cf do- uin.on they described it m tarn,s a, any rate which amount to free and friendly co-opera ton. Free and friend " cooperation is one thing anl forced co-operat ton another"
 Mir De Valera went on tl Sav thst there never had been union, therefor; there could be secession. and that if tho negotiations were to be continued Ire land should act as seDaratt. nation and it did when tle negotiations start ed
 Charles Burgess minister of defens, md the most fluent speaker in the as lembly, evoked rounds of applause not Fithstaning the prohibition by the speak sr against such demonstration when ii he course of a snort speech he sai, hat naturally most of the work of hi department was of a secret nature bu tdded our work against England alreld, done.
 Countess Markievicz, minister of labo and her substitute while the countess wa ln jail told the assembly how the Brit ssh labor department virtually had bee busted from reland and an organization set up by the Dan Eireann to settle al abor disputes This organization it wa declared, already was working success fully.
 Countess Markievicz said this depart .nent has in charge the boycott agains Ulster and Englad and added that ex sept In a few places nothing made 1 Ulster, or more definitely Belfast, no7 5as on sale in the southwest of IrelanC where even the branches of the bank Belfast had been closed. Four hundre courts had been established to deal wit this question and certain governmen merchants wao ignored the orders of tn Dall Eireann had been fined one hundre pounds sterling while the English firm which had sent Belfast gocds to Irelan as English goods had been placed on th blacklist
 certain amount of moral persua sio was required, the speaker said, to effet this. and she thanked the Irish Tepubliea nrmy and the labor party. which mad r, fused to handle Belfast goods, for the assistance. Attention was called to fai ures during the past year in Belfai which 1t was asserted, numerically. wei the greatest in the history of that cit, It was intended to make the boyco against England as effective as tn; against Belfast. the minister asserte and Tn the meantime the truce did n; mean that the boycott had been raise but that at present drastic action cam, be taken.
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