Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-07-15
Shuts Efforts Bring Renewed
Hope of Settlement of
the Irish Trouble.
MAY QUIT "REPUBLIC" IDEA
De Valera and Others Show DISPOSE
ton to YieId-No Improvement in
Near Eastern Mess-Germany
Expects Coup d'Etat--
Tariff Fight Is On.
By EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

The entry of Jan Christian SHUTS
into the peace negotiations changed
the Irish situation over night. The
South African premier is regarded as
one of the most astute statesmen IN
the world, and apparently Lloyd
George has done well in enlisting his
assistance. 1t now appears likely that
a peaceful settlement of the Irish
trouble will be reached before long.
Optimistic persons were not dis
mayed by De Valera's tentative refusal
to attend the meeting in London pro-
posed by Lloyd George and Sir James
Craig's refusal to confer with the Sim
Feiners and south Ireland unionists in
Dublin. The latter conference was
begun without representatives of VI
ster, and an attempt was made to
reconcile the positions of the Sim
Fein and the unionists. Then Cen
eraI SHUTS slipped across to Dublin,
gave the leaders there heart-to-heart
talk, and hurried back to London to
report to the English authorities.
What he told them gave rise TO the
most cheerful of predictions.
Though no official statements have
been issued, it appears that this is
how matters now stand: The British
government is willing to grant TO Ire
land the fullest autonomy. patterned
after that enjoyed by South Africa;
Ulster to be considered still a part of
the dominion but having an autono-
nous government of its own, such as
that of Natal president" De Valera,
Arthur Griffith, founder of Sim Fem;
Michael Collins and other republican
leaders are now willing that Ireland
shall remain q part of the British en-
pire-though they prefer the term
.'British commonwealth of nations
provided their right of secession is
recognized. Other prominent Sim
Feiners. comprising the intellectuals
and doctrinaires, insist Prime Minister
LLOYD George has not vet sufficiently
vecogpized the essential unity of Ire.
land and its right to self-determina-
tion. All the Sim Feiners assert that
Ulster must accept her autonomy from
the supreme Irish parliament in Dub
lin. The task that remains is to recon-
Gle these views and bring the Ulster
Stes and southern unionists into
agreement with the compromise plan.
That this can be done is the expressed
opinion of some of the chief figures
I'm the negotiations.
Saws General SHUTS: II think, am
hopeful. trust. that the question will
he solved and that thereby the British
emnire will be freed from the imputa-
tion that i'm this ancient part of the
United Kingdom there still exists vio-
,ation of the fundamental principles
upon which the empire rests. say
that the problem is soluble because |
have seen it solved in my own coun-
FRY under circumstances less embit-
tered than in Ireland but certainly of
81 very difficult character too.
De Valera. in his first authorized
statement since Lloyd Georges invi-
@at;on saws: awe trust that the Brit
Ssh prime minister's letter may prove
to he the first step toward submitting
civilized basis of right and reason
Cor that of barbaric violence In the
arbitration of the question at issue
between ireland and Great Britain.
"Should the conference now initial
ed lead to an ultimate understanding
end lasting peace between the peoples
of these two islands. which have been
a. a stote of war. or suspended war,
for more than seven and half Srr-
<,,r,es II will set a worthy Christian
r,recedent for the entire world.
aBritish prestige will be restored
eerng Ireland viii live In history as