Arizona republican., 1921-09-09
SINN FEN LEADERS
 WILL MEET BRITISH CABINET COUNCIL
PREMIER'S LETTER TO DE VALERA PROVES DESIRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF IRISH CONTROVERSY; ULSTER ONLY DOUBTFUL PARTY
De Valera's Desire For Untrammelled Confer ence Offered In Latest Communication
IRepubIiean A. p. Leased wIrel

LONDON, Sept. S.-Premief Lloyd Georges letter to Eamonn de Valera, Irish republican leader, forwarded 10 Dublin after the meeting of the Brit ish cabinet at Inverness yesterday, seems at least to insure that Sim Fein plenipotentiaries will meet the special committee of cabinet minis ters at Inverness Sept. 20 to clear Cp any ambiguity the Sim Fein leaders may entertain about the six condi- tions the British govNnment stipu- lated as reservations iH granting Ire land a dominion status.
 The premier's letter is character ized by punctilious consideration for the Sim Fein. While it suggests a date for the proposed conference. it $ in no sense an ultimatum and sets no time limit to the negotiations In fact it tends to prove that he earnestly desires a settlement.
 We have invited you to discuss our proposals on their merits." he says. and he adds that it will be open to the Irish leaders to raise the sub | ject of guarantees on any point. The belief is almost universal to- l night that Mir de Valera will accept that what the premier offers is what Mir. de Valera desires. name ly, an untrammeled conference. with the single condition that Ireland re- main in the British empire The guarantees Mir de Valera is suppos ed to have in mind are membership in | the league of nations and the do- monions' conference, and these. 1t IS believed, the government would be willing to grant.
 Assuming that the conference will meet as suggested there is still the question of Ulster, which is not touched in the premier's letter Mr. | Lloyd Georges original proposal was for tripartite conference, including 1 Ulster, but up to the present there is no sign Ulster has yielded in it's | determination to base itself on the home rule act and the northern par 1 Iiament.
 A representative of the government ! in an interview at Inverness today 1 said that in the event of the con- ference failing, the government would proceed with the home rule act. I which, by inference, may be inter l preted to mean that the government | regards the act in partial abeyance.
 Even should the proposed confer lence at Inverness surmount the initial difficulties, there would still remain l Ulster. on which Mir. de Valera holds strong views The question ot the desire of Fermanagh and Tyrone 10 be separated from the northern par liament also is likely to be raised. and this would bring bitter conflict | with Ulster.
 The Freeman's Journal in an edi- | torial under the heading coming to ! business" says this morning.
 The British cabinet reply to MT | de Valera is encouraging in many | respects and falsifies the more pessi- mistic of the forecasts
 The newspaper considers that the door has been left wide open for fur l ther consideration of the situation and the form of the invitation to the | Irish leaders "gets rid of all the em- Y barrassing conditions. and limitations which letter discussion"
 "We strongly advise" it continues,
 that the only method of settling the
 matter would be at an ordinary round
 table conference"