Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-19
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RULE Il i. PROPOSAL ] R
De Valera Says Ireland Insists
on independence No Other
Basis Acceptable.
DEADLOCK IS EVIDENT
Sim Fem Leader Declares England's
Plan to interfere in Irish Affairs
and Control Cannot
Be Permitted.

Of the Irish republicans, has refused to
accept the proposals of the British
government constituting dominion
government and having as their basis
the bringing about of peace in Ireland.
He declares that the conditions sought
to be imposed constitute interference
in Irish affairs and control which can
not be permitted.
No Secession, Says Premier.
George has informed De Valera that
there can be no compromise on the
question of the right of Ireland to
|secede from her allegiance to the King.
The premier. tells De Valera that
conditions Of the proposed settlement
contain no desire on the part of Great
Britain for British >ascendancy over
Ireland or the impairment of Ireland's
national ideals.
The proposals submitted by Eng
land to the republican leader were
made public simultaneously with the
De Valera and Lloyd George letters.
"Our proposals present to the Irish
people," says the premier, in his reply
to Valera, IAN opportunity such as
never has dawned in their history be-
fore. We have made them in sim
cere desire to achieve peace, but be-
yond them we cannot co."
England Leaves Door Open.
Lloyd George leaves open the door
for possible further negotiations with
de Valera by saying that the govern
ment will discuss the application Of
the principles of it's offer whenever
acceptance of the principles is COM
municated to him.
simultaneously, with the making
public of the correspondence between
Lloyd George and De Valera, note
to the premier signed by Sir James
Craig, the Ulster premier, was pub
lished. This note, after declaring the
loyalty Of the people of Ulster to the
empire, declares that in the interest
of peace they consented to the estab-
lishment of parliament in Northern
Ireland and now are carrying out
their part of the compact, while the
Southern 1rishmen "have chosen to
repudiate the government of Ireland
act and press Great Britain for wider
powers" 1t adds that to join in such
pressure would be repugnant oSthe
people of Northern Ireland. ST
Seeming Deadlock Appears
The note declares that listers &C.
ceptance of an invitation to meet the
government in conference holds good,
but that no meeting between De
Valera and Sir James is possible until
De Valera recognizes that Northern
Ireland will not submit to any other
authority than the king and Parlia-
ment and admits 'the sanctity of the
existing powers and privileges of the
parliament and government of North
ern Ireland"
The official records in the Irish
peace negotiations were made public
UNEXPECTEDLY. They show, seemingly,
deadlock, based on two vital differ
ences between De Valera and the pre-
mier-De Valera's renewed insistence
of independence and that Ulster shall
be regarded merely as minority fac
tion of an Irish nation.
consiIiatory Tone Leaves Hope.
The disclosure constitute the keen.
est political sensation since the close
Of the war. The politicians of both
England and Ireland were discussing
the question whether the door had
been closed on further negotiations
They seemed to find in the conciliatory
tone of the correspondence, however
ground for hope that some bridge
might yet be built across the chasm
of difference over the question of in
dependence. It was the consensus Of
opinion that all depends on the temper
of the Dali Eireann when it meets il
Dublin, but that altogether Ireland
stands at present at the most critical
point Of her history.