New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-16
Craig Heard,
But De V aIera
Is Spokesman
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for the last time as peace sheet in
stead Of a Black ard Tan propaganda
organ. Mere troops are leaving Ireland
on indefinite leave.
With the Sim Feiners and the Eng
| lish alike desir0us of peace, there
seems every reason to expect that some
arrangement will be found to satisfy
| Ulster. though the deliberations are
likely to last fof weeks Whep and il
| a, constitution is written General
| Smuts will help draw it up.
LONDON, July Is (By The Assoc
ciated Press No official information
az to the results attained by the con-
ferences was issued, but it may be said
that the preliminary negotiations are
shaping better than any one could
have dared to hope week ago No
hitch thus far has occurred. 1t is said
by those in close touch with the nego-
tiations that there is every prospect
the proposed conference of Mr.. Lloyd
| George, Mr. De Valera and Sir James
will materialize early next week.
Neither Side Expects Crisis
The two days interim in the Irish
peace preliminaries, which will termi-
nate to-day when the Prime Minister
and Mr.. De Valera meet for the third
time, promises to be critical period
in the negotiations, but in the coun-
concerned is there manifestation of
fear that the difficulties of the situa-
tion will. not be bridged.
When the Ulster Premier left Down
ing Street at $3.50 o'clock this after
noon Mr. Lloyd George had had four
hours of imam to man" discussion with
Mr.. De Valera, and two hours and a
half with Sir James. There is reason
to believe that at the termination of
these intimate talks there was little
OF the viewpoints of the three leaders,
the handicaps with which they are fet-
tered and the lines over which they
would not or dare not step, which had
not been made perfectly clear to the
others. Each also was cognizant Of
what failure ultimately to compose
these divergent views would mean, and
was fully alive to the respons ibilities
with which they were burdened
Lloyd George this afternoon was tabie
to amplify the knowledge which Sir
James already had concerning Mr.. De
Valeras attitude. The next move was
the urgent summoning to London by
the Ulster Premier of several members
of the Ulster Cabinet.
Storm Shifts to Ulster
From this sequence of developments
those who have followed the meetings
inferred that the storm center has
shifted to the Ulstermens camp. 1t is
intimated in a well-informed quarter
that Sir James now is face to face
with the definite alternatives arrived at
in the Lloyd GeorgeDe Valera inter-
changes OF Yesterday and to-day. The
same informant expressed belief that
these are not regarded as utterly i'm
possible by Sir James, but that they
involve concessions which the Ulster
leader is unwilling to pledge on his
own responsibility.
While the interval in the negotia-
tionss is to be busy time for the
Obstetrics, the Prime Minister will seek
the quietude of his country home,
Chequers Court, after week crowded
with some of the most intricate and
momentous problems he has ever en-
countered. While in the country, how
ever, he will not entirely escape these
preoccupations, for it is learned one
or two of the ministers, probably the
whole Cabinet, and the Irish affairs
committee will assist him in reviewing
the situation. But it is considered ex-
tremely unlikely that Mr.. De Valera,
or any member Of the Nationalist dele
cation will see him before Monday.
Only at the headquarters Of Mr.. De
Valera was there perceptible a lessen
ing of the tension tonight. Here a
statement was given to The Associated
Press by one in a position to get an
authoritative view of the situation as
seen by the Irish delegate. Il reads:
"The present discussions are de-
signed to find, if possible, suitable
ground for holding a useful conference
--one that might legitimately be termed
a peace conference.
$50 far as Dali Eireann's repre-
sentatives are concerned, what Sir
James Craig says to Premier Lloyd
George is of no moment Mr.. De
Valera invited Representatives of the
Irish. minorities to confer with him in
Dublin Sir James failed to appear, al
though he previously had talked with
the president. The Southern Unionists
did appear and expressed their views.
Mr.. De Valera considers the party.
of Sir James Craig thus was repre-
scented. because the Southern National
lists consider the Southern and North
ern Unionists of the same clan and the
Sane policy.
"By his failure to appear Mr.. De
Valera considers Sir James forfeited
whatever right he might have claimed
to being an element in the situation
as between England and Ireland-in
other words, it is with Mr.. De Valera
he ultimately will have to deal. Only
IN Irish internal politics does Sir
James, in Mr.. De Valera's mind, con-
mn IN ha