New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-17

piy. he declared. as tle british gov
erninent intended to make it - issue
Oh peace OF war with rhr Irish ASTON.
Holds Premier Inconsistent
Abiding TO the millions of lives lost
IN the World War for the principle OF
self determination, De Valera said:
Nobody has spoken more clouuently
than Mr.. Lloyd George on that subject.
and had he recognized those principles
N practice there would have been nc
necessity for any negotiations.
1.-THE trouble in the present negotia-
tions was the lack of principlc on the
part of Great Britain to stand for
principle, and we mean to die for it. if
necessary.
at is practically impossible to ncgo-
tate with the British government. The
position is like asking an unarmed man
to negotiate with one holding pistol
to his head. When Irishmen come to
negotiate with Great Britain they find
at every step they are confronted not
with principle, b,- With force. There
fore further negotiations with Great
Britain for the most part will mean
nothing but the opportunity Of saving
faces. We Will negotiate to save blood
shed. II wo can. bur we can only negoti-
s r,xn. "ei 49, prinsiplc
1t is not just nat smaii ...i on go
the side Of q big nation should b. aeNeu
TO give guarantees to save the big
nation Rather should the big nation
give guarantees to save the small
nation.
Sees End of Small Nations
'Tf big empires can claim to grab up
all those small nations beside them for
their interest, then undoubtedly it
would be that the small nation, which
did so much for the world and which
the Premier has talked so much about,
would cease to exist"
British civic officials in Dublin, many
of whom assert that they have chan
nels of communication with the inner
workings OF the Sim F'ein, arc still
hopeful of n settlement of the Irish
problem. These officials base their
hopes on one section of De Valera
speech in which he said:
"in the general election, which in Ell
feet was a plebiscite, the question was
put to the Irish people what form of
government they wanted and how they
wished to live so that they might have
the opportunity of working out for
themselves their own national life in
their own way.
''The answer the people gave was I'M
was for d form of government so much,
because we are no republican doctrin-
aires; but it was for Irish freedom
and Irish independence, and it was OBJ
vious to everybody who conside red the
question that Irish independence could
not be realized at the present time in
any other way so suitable as through
a republic.
Nation Declared Commitfed
Hence it was that an Irish republic,
sentatives Of the people, and that you,
the representatives of the people,
came here and in public session de-
clared the independence of the nation
and solemnly declared your determna-
ton that ~. ~-2uld give your lives and
everything you had in an endeavor to
make that expression Of the people eff
fective, SO that you would have not
merely in your own hearts recognition
of it, but that you might secure recog
milton of it from every nation through
out the earth"
The address of Mr.. de Valera was
listened to attentively by the 1870
members Of the Dali Eireann gathered
from all parts Of Ireland 1t was de-
livered after Professor John Mcneil
had been chosen as Speaker of the Par
lament. Mr.. de Valera promised that
at the session tomorrow he would out
line the negotiations he had carried or
with Mr.. Lloyd George, and afterward
the Parliament might consider the
situation behind closed DOORS
John T. Kelly, who was Speaker in
the first Dali Eireann and acted as
temporary chairman to-day, delivered
the opening address and also made &
n Il. rAl l. Il
to the Speakership. Both were in
Gaelic. Mr.. de Valera also spoke in
Gaelic in opening the session of the
Dali Elreann. What the clerk had tc
say was said in Irish. and frofesso,
McNeill, the new Speaker, also useo
the ancient Irish tongue.
Speeches End in English
In other cases while the speeches
English, presumably out Of considera
ton for numerous of the auditors hav
ing no knowledge OF Gaelic
The clerk had difficulty in announc
ing some English names, such as tina
of Erskin Chilcers, 4 nephew of one q
Gladstone's chancel ors. whose nam
would not bare translation into Irish
After the Dali Eireann meeting 20
litical observers expressed the belle
tnat the whole atmosphere OF the meet
ing, including Mr.. de Valera's speech
had given the impression that the atti
tude created by the Republican leader
TO the British government would b
maintained, his speech suggesting tina
the reply already drafted by the Da
Eireann Cabinet would show an vi
yielding position. That it would
indorsed unanimously by the Da
Eireann they considered a certainty
1t was pointed out that, while it ha
been understood the session beginnn
to-day was called for consideration c
the governments settlement offer, tn
first days proceedings developed chief
further assertion of Irish indepenC
ence and defiance OF British authorit
Sole Authority Suggested
From the speeches delivered the
view was the impression might
gained that a government claiming so
authority in ireland was part Of tn
program in conception.
The oath taken by the member
some Of the observers asserted, woul
have been called high treason in til
old days. In it the members swore NJ
to yield voluntary support to the pr,
tended government authority and powt
within Ireland" and to support ar
defend the Irish Republic and the Da
Eireann.
LONDON. Aug. 10 {By The Assoc
ated Press) - All soldiers on lea,
from Ireland in Adershot and Far
borough have been ordered by tel