The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-13
PREMIER TO
BARE IRISH
PEACE TALK
Lloyd George Serves No
tice on Sir James
Craig of Ulster.
BULLETIN.

London, Dec 13-By the
Associated Press.)-The cor
respOndence between Prime
Minister Lloyd George and Pre-
mier Sir James Craig of Ulster,
exchanged during the last
month on the Irish question,
was made public today by Mr..
Lloyd George.
Dublin, Ireland, Dee. 13.-
(By the Associated PreSs.)-
The Irish bishops, following q
meeting today presided over by
Cardinal Legue, to consider
their attitude as to the Anglo
Irish agreement, issued this
afternoon q statement of
nOn-eOmmittal character. 1t
implOred the Divine Blessing
upon the deliberations of the
, Dali Eireann, and, said that
body would be sure to have
the best interests of the cOun-
try in mind.
Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 13.-(By
the Associated Press. Prime
Minister Lloyd George has in
formed Sir James Craig. the us
ter premier, that in view of Sir
James statement in the Ulster
parliament yesterday on the cor
respOndence regarding the Irish
conference, he proposes to publish
the correspondence Immediately.
Catholics Favor Pact
Dublin, Dec. 13.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. Cardinal Logue,
primate OF Ireland and the bish-
ops of every diocese convened here
today for meeting at which it was
expected they would make some
expression regarding the Irish
peace treaty. The general belief is
that they will vote overwhelmingly
and possibly unanimously, in favor
of the treaty.
Such a vote by the Catholic heir
archy would give a powerful i'm
petus to the movement for ratifica-
ton by the Dali Eireann, which
meets tomorrow foF action on the
treaty.
North Ireland Bitter.
London, Dec. 13.-(By the As
sociated ress.1-Notwithstanding
the bitter feeling in Ulster against
England, the great majority of the
people are against going under the
Dublin parliament the Belfast cor
respondent of the Morning Post
says.
The business community and the
people generally, he says, are
"smarting under a sense of ire
parable injury" to a degree not ex-
perienced for a period of $50
years. The toast to the king has
been expunged from the programs
of impending functions, as was
done at several gatherings on Sat
urday and the correspondent adds
that this is symptomatic of the
change in the temper of the peo-
pie.
Now Fear in Dublin.
Dublin. Dec. 13.-United Press
"A feeling of fear that the Dali
Eireann might repudiate the Anglo
Irish treaty developed in last min
ute scurrying of political ranks on
the eve of the parliamentary ses-
sion today.
A strange pessimiSm crept into
the hustle and hustle around Gresh-
am hotel-the headquarters of the
ColIins-Griffith factions-and estE
mates of the favorable majority in
the Dali Wednesday fell decidedly.
Observers who, up the this time,
had been predicting overwhelming
ratification of the treaty today es-
timated the Dali would sanction
only by a majority of six to five.
Others forescast to L
Forecast PIebiscite.
There was also the expressed
possibility that the Dali might de-
lay proceedings by refusing to rati-
fy until the treaty is submitted TO
the people in a plebiscite.
Dublin took on the air of a city
on the eve of a big political con-
vention. The committee meet
ings," always in evidence on the
day of a big convention, were here.
Bishops of all Ireland congregated
today for their meeting to counsel
ratification. They assembled in
the lower. floors of the Gresham
hotel. while upstairs were the lead
ers of the Collins-Griffith group.
The clergy. soldiers and politi-
clans were grouped in all public
places chatting in uHdertones. The
transitory pessimism of the Grif-
fthites, while apparently illogi-
cal, was nevertheless felt in all
these meetings.
The depression on the fight, aft
er a keen analysis seems some
what justified even though Grif-
fifth and Collins now are in con-
troll of aIItelements of Irish affairs
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