The Adair County news., 1921-12-13
"FREE STATE"
FOR IRELAND
British Government and Sim
Fein Reach Agreement
- on Peace.
ERIN TO Be LOYAL TO king
Consent Of Ulster Not Essential, as
Northern ireland Will Have Option
of Withdrawing in Month and
Have Boundry Lines Fixed.

London, Dec. THE Evening Stand
ard says that the governments pro.
pOsal for an Irish settlement upon
which agreement was reached today,
provide for an Irish free state, with
drawal of all military forces from Ire
land, and safeguards which will insure
peaceful conditions there.
Definite promises of allegiance tC
the empire by the Sim Fein is pro
vided in the Irish peace terms, the Cen
says, is satisfactory to the king in.that
it involves Ireland's association with
the empire.
The agreement reached by the Brit
ish and Sim Fein delegates binds both
sides to recommend it to theiI par
liaments. Ii is a formal, detailed and
conclusive document, and its terms
prevent the necessity of further nego-
tietiOns.
ulster o. K. Not Needed.
Should the Daily Eireann agree to
the document-and a disagreement is
not looked for, as it meets satisfactor-
fly the points raised by the Sim Fein
it will be embodied in a bill and
submitted to the British parliament,
which is expected TO be called in spe.
cial session to consider it. The con-
sent Of Ulster is not required to make
the new Irish agreement effective. She
is given the option of withdrawing
In a month, reverting then to her pres
ent status within territory to be de-
cided by a boundary commission.
While the agreement has been sent
to Sir James Craig, the Ulster pre-
mier, an unfavorable decision from
him will not prevent the scheme from
maturing.
Provisional government will be
formed In southern Ireland, while the
British parliament is considering the
agreement
On the question Of allegiance form
of words was found (which satisfied
both the government and the Sim
Fein. The recognition of Ireland as
an Independent state is said to be
clear.
Full Powers in Erin.
The principle at last adopted by the
government is said to have been thai
of trusting Ireland fully and givinl
her full power of decision without
hampering her by conditions.
1t is also understood that an ar
rangement satisfactory to the SIM
Fein was reached regarding control o.
Irish ports by the navy.
The agreement was signed on behal
of the government of Prime Ministe
Lloyd George, Austen Chamberlain
Lord Birkenhead and Winston Spence
Churchill, and on behalf of the SIM
Fein by Arthur Griffith, Michael Col
lins and Robert c. Barton.
Premier Sir James Craig of Ulste
has before him the further proposal
for an Irish peace settlement whicl
he announced last week he must re
ceive by today or declare the peac
parleys at an end.
An agreement was reached by tn
British cabinet members and Sim Fei
delegates at an early hour this morn
ing, and a copy of the modified term
which are subject to the action O
the British parliament and the Da
Erieann-was Immediately dispatche
to Sir James by special messengel
Agreement is Reached.
The agreement, after a session whic
lasted more than three hours, came a
unexpected justification of the feebl
hopes expressed last night after q da
Of conferences, during which it was g
one time understood that the negoti;
tiOns had definitely broken down, an
that only questions of continuing Ii
truce in Ireland remained to be col
Sidered.
Little thus far has been learned 9
TO the exact notifications in the GO
ernment'S terms. but ii is inferred thu
some formula concerning questions {
allegiance to the crown has been di
covered. 1t is pointed out that the da
eireann cabinet refused the govern
ment's terms only three days ago, an
that the notifications must be promi
ing, from the Sim Fein point of vie,
for their delegates to present them
their parliament.
Three British and three Sim Fe
delegates signed the Irish peace agre
ment. They were: British-Premi
LLOYD George, Lord Dirllenhead ar
Winston Churchill. Irish-Arthur Gri
fth. Michael Collins and r. c. Barto