Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-16
STORM CENTER SHIFTS
 TO ULSTER CANT

London, July 15.-CBy The A. P.) Two | more important conferences were held ] today in the effort by the prime minister, | MT. Lloyd-Georges and t4e leaders ot southern and northern Ireland IU lay the foundation of d meeting or the leaders of the two countries 10 enaeavor to reach a solution of the Irish problem.
 The first cnterence was between Lloyd George and E-amonn de Valera, the irish TepuoIic&n leader, and the second be- tween Mir. Lloyd-George and Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster. No official in 1 formation as to the results obtained Uy the conferences was issued, but it may be said that no hitch thus fas has oc- cured.
 MrA De Valera will meet Mir. Lloyd l George agaIn on Monday. while Sir James has summoned some members of his cabinet to London, which would ap- pear to indicate that some suggestion worthy of consideration by the Ulster government has come 10 light
 Finally it is said by those in close touch with the negotiations that there IS every prospect the proposed conference
 of Mr. Lloyd-George. MT. De Valera, anl
 Sir James will materialize early next
 week.
 The two days interim in the Irish peach preliminaries promises 10 be crit
 teal period in the negotiations but in the
 councils of none of the three parties con-
 cerned is there manifestation Of fear that
 the difficulties of the situation will not
 be bridged.
 When the Ulster premier left Downing
 street MT. Lloyd-George had had four
 hours of man to man" discussion with
 Mir. De Valera and two hours and half
 with Sir James. There is reason to be lieve that at the termination Of these
 intimate talks there was little of the
 viewpoints of the three leaders, the ham dicaps with which they are fettered and the lines over which they would not or
 dare not step, which had not been made perfectly clear to the others. Each was . also was cognizant Of what failure ul;i- mately to compose these divergent views
 would mean.
 = MT. Lloyd George this afternoon was : able to amplify the knowledge which Sir l James already had concerning MT. De Valera's attitude. The next move was
 the urgent summoning to London by the Ulster premier of several members oi 5 the Ulster cabinet.
 From this sequence, those who hay, | followed the meetings closely inferred
 that the storm center has shifted 10 th' l. Ulstennen's camp. It IS inumated in 2 . well-informed quarter that Sir Jame! now IS lace 10 lace AlAll tue uEAiAAAAN dt ternatives arrived at in the Lloyd
 iGeorge-De Valera interchanges of yester = day an dtoday. The same informant ex , pressed before that these are not regard ed as utterly impossible by Sir James ' but that they involve concessions whicl ; the Ulster leader is unwilling 10 pledg Ton his own responsibility.
 While the interval is to be busy tim |, for the Ulsterites, the prime minister vii T seek the quietude of Chequers Court e While in the country, however, he vii U not entirely escape these preoccupations g for it is learned one Or two of the min isters, possibly the whole cabinet an q the Irish affairs committee will assis 3 him in reviewing the situation. Il Only at the headquarters of Mir. D. y Valera was there perceptible lessenin $ of the tention tonight. Here a state g ment was given to The Associated Pres s. by one in position to get an suthori
 tative view of the situation as seen b
 the Irish delegate. It reads; T "The present discussions are designe
 to find if possible, suitable ground 10 -s holding a useful conference-one tha E. might legitimately be termed peac id conference.
 e. 50 far as the Dali Eireann's repre i setnatives are concerned what Sir Jame of Cralg says 10 EIeHlisI AloS tA-NFcYi se as of no moment. Mir. De Valera invite IT representatives of the Irish minorities tv confer with him in Dublin. SS lame lk failed to appear although he previousl I'd had talked with the president. Tn Id southern unionists did appear and e e. pressed their, views.
 MT. De Valera considers the party ir Sir James Craig thus was represente -s because the southern nationalists cor CT sider the southern and northern unionis re of the same clan and the same policy. nt
 rs Discussions relatives to the attitude to masters. mates and pilots of America ve ships toward the wage cut proposed b
 the American Steamship Owners Associi W tion and the United States Shippir
 Board have hegnn at New York