Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-08
IRISH TOLD THEY
MUST REMAIN
WITHIN EMPIRE
British Note Requests De
Valera and Associates to
Enter Peace Farley.
TO MEET ABOUT SEPT 20

| LONDON, Sept. S.-President De Va
lera was invited to bring Irish plenipoten-
/ tiaries to meet with q special commit
tee of the British Cabinet and discuss the
Irish situation face to face, on or about
Sept. 20, in a note sent by the cabinet
to Ireland yesterday and made public to-
day.
The British note points out to De Va
lers that government by consent of the
governed is a fundamental part of Brit
ish constitutional development, but In
sists on Interpretation OF that principle
which would CON NIT the government TO
grant any demands the Irish might pre-
sent cannot be accepted as a basis for
the proposed conference.
NOTE WARNS AGAINST
REGULATING THE CROWN.
I'VE invite you to discuss our pro-
/ posals on their merits and in order that
you have no doubt as to the scope and
sincerity of our intentions" says the
note. "It is open to you to raise the
subject of guarantees or any points
wherein you consider Irish freedom
prejudiced by these proposals.
IF your real objection to our pro-
pOsals is that they offer Ireland less
than the liberty we have described, that
objection can be explored at the confer
ence
"A conference upon the basis of recog
milton of a republic and repudiating the
(British) crown is impossible"
BELIEF EXPRESSED
SINN FEN WILL ACCEPT.
With the British cabinets note to Ea-
NOM De Valera proposing a peace con-
ference Sept. 20. due at Dublin today,
belief was strong that the Sim Fem
will accept and win return an answer to
Premier Lloyd George within few days.
In the event of a deadlock In the Irish
negotiations, Parliament viii be sum
moned Immediately. said an Inverness
dispatch to the Evening News
The morning newspapers views were
summed up by the Daily Telegraph
which headed its editorial Suspense"
TO EXPLORE ALL
PACIFIC MEASURES.
THE determination is expressed" said
the Daily Telegraph, ito explore every
avenue in an attempt to ascertain the
will of the mass OF the Irish people be-
fore ceasing pacific msasures The de
cision to cease note writing is applauded
generally"
! 1t is understood the proposal is made
/ to hold the Anglo Irish peace conference
at Inverness, Scotland, where the cabinet
met and drafted the Irish note. but II
is not yet definitely determined where the
/ pariey will take place. If it is held.
/ 1t is believed De Valera's statement in
Dublin Tuesday and his sha-D references
to a possible English ulti 4altum was
/ chiefly responsible for the rejection of
the proposal that a time limit bS giver
/ TO the Sim Fein for acceptance or r.
lection Of the six main points in the
/ original English peace offer The sug
gestion of an ultimatum was made al
the Inverness cabinet meeting, but was
/ voted down.
PROBABLE MEMBERS
OF ENGLISH DELEGATION.
! If the peace psrley is held. It is prob
| able the English delegation will be d
/ large one. consisting of Premier Lloyd
J George, Lord Birkenhead, the lord chan
I cellor; Marquis Curzon, the foreign sec
! rotary: Austen Chamberlain, government
/ spokesman in the House of Commons
/ Winston Churchill, colonial minister; Sir
/ Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary for
/ Ireland; Home Secretary Edward Short,
j Sir Harrington WOrthington- Evans and
the Rt. Hon. Robert Monro.
De Valera probably would head the
Sim Fein delegation, but there has beer
no suggestion as to the rest Of the per
sonnet
The next move in the peace game IL
up to the Sim Fein. In the mea utimt
military activities are reported from
Ulster on the part Of the Unionists, Blu.
the armistice is being observed so far a:
actual hostilities are concerned.