New-York tribune., 1921-10-08
Ulster a Thorn
AS Irish Peace
Meeting Nears
Presents, With Sovereignty,
Cravest Problem Facing
Negotiators When They
Gather Next Tuesday
De Valera Stays in Dublin
Will Leave Discussion i'm
Hands of Aids, but Will
Keep III Close Touch

Copyright. 1871. New York Tribune. Inc.
LONDON, Oct. T. Ulster and
sovereignty are the two principal Irish
problems that will trouble the confer
ences between Premier Lloyd George
and his advisers and the Sim Fein
delegates, which opens in London next
Tuesday. The British Cabinet to-day,
after full session except for A. J.
Balfour, who is still abroad, announced
mat the governments representatives
in the Irish conferences would be Pre-
mier Lloyd George, Lord Birkenhead,
the Lord High Chancellor; Winston
Spencer Churchill. Secretary of State
for the Colonies; Sir Hanar Green
wood, Chief Secretary for Ireland;
Austen Chamberlain. government
leader in the House of Commons, and
Sir Laming Worthngton-Evan Secre-
tsry of State for War. Attorney Cen
eral Hewart will be an advisory mem
Der on legal questions.
Irish Object to Greenwood
The Irish delegates. Michael Collins,
Arthur Griffith, Robert c. Barton, Sean
Duffy and Eamon Duggan, who are the
same as were named for the proposed
Inverness conference, are reported to
BE- objecting to the presence of Sir
Hamsr Greenwood at the parleys.
De Valera's decision not to come to
London was official and not personal.
The Dail decided that he was needed
,,1 D,-k l.
This attitude has given rise to reports
that De Valera intends to visit Amer
lea again soon, but The Tribune's cor
respondent in Dublin is certain that
the republican president will remain
i'll the Irish capital. He has arranged
to have dispatches regarding the con-
ference brought to him by special
couriers.
Some regret is expressed here that
De Valera isn't coming to London, be
cause he and Lloyd George had come to
know each other rather we'll, and now
the Premier will have to make ac-
quaintance with an entirely new set of
regotiators.
Irish Case Is Prepared
The Dali Eireann ministry has spent
the last week preparing the Irish case
and arranging for the departure Of
the delegation from Dublin tomorrow
morning. The envoys will reach Lon
don in the evening. The delegation,
counting technical advisers and secre-
taries, will number twenty three. The
ondon Irish plan a great reception
for the delegates, and present expecta-
tions are that a crowd of 10000 will
pack the Euston Station district, where
TIE Sim Feiners arrive. They will
motor to Chelsea, where two private
houses have been rented for their use.
The headwaiter of a leading hotel in
Dublin has been here for several days
to prepare a reception for the officials.
Arrangements regarding procedure
st the conference have not yet been de-
cided on. These will be settled after
the Sim Feiners arrive 1t is expected
that the first few meetings will be
more or less informal, to facilitate the
process of getting together. In Irish
circles here it is believed that the first
few meetings will prove the most diff
cult. The Sim Fein delegation will
have no cut and dried program, aside
from it's two principal contentious on
lreland's unity and her right to nego-
tiate as nation.
Both Wish Understanding
1t is believed that Premier Lloyd
George will guide the discussions away
from questions of Ulster and sover-
eighty at first, trying to seek out the
points upon which agreement can be
reached readily, and working from
them toward the more controversial
questions
The most hopeful feature of the sit