Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-08-28
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BARGAINING ON
irish QUESTION
British Irish Will Decide to
Accept Dominion
Status
INV The Associated Press,


LONDON, Aug. 28-The Irish me-
gotiations now have reached the cri-
tical stage, in the British view as
mirrored by the great majority of
newspapers inclEGing those previous
ly supporters of home rule and those
advanced liberal newspapers sch as
the Daily News and the Manchester
Guardian which in the past have
gone almost as far rs the SinnfFein.
They think tie Sim Fcin decla-
rations Of general principles have
gone far enOug... and tiat the time
has come fer dropping declarations
Of principles and getting down to
the business Ct arranging the terms.
if the Sim Fein pro?oses to nego-
tiate the proposals which tile govern
ment offered. TO set forth in detail il
prime Minister Lloyd Georges first
letter. The general belief expressed
is that Eamcnn dc Valera, the Irish
republican leader. having said ..lAt
all that is ne -essGry % assure Irish
men Of the Sim Fein's theoretical
standpoint, will do that.
The British find it difficult to ana
lyze Mr.. dc Valera's exact position
from whatever light his latest notes
throw upon il. There il the belief.
or at least. tle-.ItlIc, that the policy
Of the Irish republican cabinet will
be while constantly affirming Ire
lands claim to independence, to
= M thn mn tfu.a ta,.t..u frV.
dominion statuts under the new
govcrned"--in other words that
while clinging to the assertion of the
inherent right to independence, the
cabinet will consent" TO accept do
n:inioh status, bargaining 10 the last
ditch for the nearest possible .ap-
rroach to Independence --''
II is hoped here that the final So
luton may rest upon a referendum
of the Irish people. The new states
man, which II the most solid organ
Of the labor movement and a con-
sistent and well informed friend Of
Ireland, asserts that four fifths Of the
Irish people would vote for accept
ance Of the British terms. Every OBJ
server in Ireland, it says, agrees
that the people are tired Of guerilla
fighting and are finding rare enjoy
ment of freedom to live their normal
lives which the truce has given them.
III the Irish republican cabinet
eventually refuses the British refer
endum Of the British people probably
will follow in the form of the British
government resorting to general
e eetion to give the country chance
to reject or confirm the govern
ment's policy.
Judging from the newspapers
again, there is a distinct hardening
of British sentiment in the direction
Of coercing the Irish with more force
than hitherto has been used. British
sentiment, they declare, would APP
prove that, based on the feeling that
the government has offered very
generous concessions and that the
secession Of Ireland could not possi-
bly be permitted. Ulster apparently IL
giving no help to compromise and
Mr.. Devalera, it is believed here,
must drop any nope 81 making an az
rangemcnt with the northern prov
inces whereby they will present "A
united front with southern Ireland
to Great Britain. Ulster policists are
standing pat on the platform of re-
fusing TO waive any of the rights
their new gover>nent acquired un-
der the recent home-rule act.
Tomorrow Mr.. Lloyd-George l. go
ing for avacatiou in the Scotch coun-
try. forty miles from railroad.
There j. much curiosity here as TO
who will act IN negotiators In behalf
OF Great Britain in case the negotia-
tions begin. since the prime minister
in his letter to Mr.. De Valera en-
phasized that there should be no de-
law in upyptintIpp