The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-08-15
UFFIERT( IRELAND
IS DISCLOSED
Dominion Status For 26 COun-
ties Outside Ulster.
INSIST 5 ON INDEPENDENCE
De Valera Argues For Full Freedom
ard Proposes to Settle Uis!er Cues
ton by Arbitration.

Iordrn, 4 =. 15.-The correspond
anrr between the British prime MINIS
fer. David LloyC George, and cannon
de Valera. Irish Republican leader,
made public by the British government,
shows that. while there is a deadlock
OH the question of independence for
Ireland. negotiations still are open.
Great Britain offered Ireland COM
pl-tp autonomy in finance and taNh-
tiun. military forces for home defense,
her own police and. among other
triny.,. control of the irish postal SerV-
ices.
In his reply Ia Lloyd George, de
Valera argued for independence, and
offered 10 Submit the Ulster questions
70 III bi1ration
In his final letter. Llo"d George de-
MED Irelands right to secession, re-
fused foreign arbitration for the Irish
question. and expressed the hope that
Ireland would accept the British terms,
which, lie declared, were the best that
could be offered.
\ letter was made public at Lloyd
Georges official residence, written by
General SHUTS. South African pre-
mier, to Eamonn de Valera on August
/. lust before General SHUTS left for
South Africa.
THE British prime minister, wrote
General SHUTS in the course of his
long letter. "offers complete dOmin-
ion status to the % counties. subject
to certain strategic safeguards which
vnu are asked to agree 10 voluntaf-
ily rs a free dominion. 1t is far more
Than vas offered the Transvaaal and
the Free State.
General SHUTS in the letter assert
ed he had been DESTROYS of helping
along an Irish settlement. but there
existed an impaSSe which he did not
Know at the time how to get over.
This. he said, was that both Sir
James Craig. the Ulster premier, and
Mr.. Ge Valera were equally immov-
able in their positions. the former
maintaining that Ulster would not
consent to Il change from her present
status and the Republican leader in
&iStine that Ulster come under
united Ireland constitution.
Force as a solution of the prob
lem" continued General SHUTS, us
ont of the question both on your ode
Valera'S) and his (CraigS) premises.
The process of arriving at an agree
ment will, therefore take time
General SHUTS explained that for
this reason he considered he could
be of no further use at this stage of
the negotiations and therefore, was
going home.
ANY solution on the lines of Ulster
coming into an Irish state was fore
doomed to failure at the present, he
declared. as Ulster would not agree
to this and could not be forced.
General SHUTS urged Mr.. de Va
Iera to leave Ulster alone at present
and concentrate on free -sezs-. IL
tiOn for the remaining &c counties
Of Ireland, land through the success
full running of the Irish state and the
pull of economic and peaceful forces
eventually bring Ulster into that
state
"As I said BEFORE" reiterated Gen
eral SHUTS, Il don't consider one sim
bic clean cut solution of the Irish
question possible at present"
In concluding his letter, General
SHUTS said:
THE Irish question is no longer
constitutional but mostly a human
problem. \ history such as yours
must breed temper which is most
difficult to deal with on both sides
Sympathy is called for, as well as
generosity, and real largeness Of soul.
I am sure that both the English and
Irish peoples are ripe for fresh
start. The tragic horror of recent
events, followed so suddenly by the
truce and by fraternizing all along
the line, has set flowing deep foun-
tains of emotion in both people and
created few political situation