Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-12-02
Lloyd Georges Move Saves Par
ley From Collapse, Renewal
of Warfare Feared.
Plan NOT DISCLOSED
Ulster Is Firm Against Acceptance Of
All-lrish Pariiament-Situatio
Critical Because of Double
Deadlock.

AOAuOA-AA duA1OuS udy Ill lIAC
negotiations designed for the pacifca-
ton of Ireland ended with the hope
that a complete collapse Of the parley
might still be averted.
. Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster,
as was expected, declared before the
north parliament in Belfast that.
Ulster had absolutely refused to ac-
cept an ,All-Ireland parliament, de-
manded as q solution by the Sim .Fein
delegation. But he announced listers
willingness to discuss other proposals
for an Irish settlement if they were
submitted by next Tuesday.
Premier Lloyd George Immediately
summoned the Sim Fein delegates to.
consult with him and his ministers
and submitted to them new proposals
which, if they meet with the approval
of the Sim Fein, will be presented to
the Ulster officials before next Tues
day.
Proposals Not Disclosed.
The nature of the alternative pro-
posals will not be divulged pending
their consideration by the Sim Fem
ers
The situation still is very critical
owing to the double deadlock-Ulster
refusing to enter an All-Ireland par
lament and the Sim Fein steadily
refusing to yield on the question of
allegiance to the crown. The nego-
tiations, however, have not been
broken on and may be continued on
new basis. 800. :,
canon de Valera has left Dublin for
tour Of his constituencies.
Armed Hostility Feared.
An immediate problem in the Irish
situation which has not yet been de-
cided is whether armed hostility
would follow complete disagreement
or if it shall prove possible to ar
range an adjournment of the negotia-
tions and meanwhile maintain the
truce.
The governments military advisers
have been pointing out to it, it is
stated, that it would be easier for
them to deal with guerilla warfare in
the winter than in the spring, but the
general feeling against renewed fight
ing is so strong on all sides that post
ponement OF it is favored in influential
quarters, even though it is realized
that the same deadlock over Sim Fein
and Ulster might very likely await the
ministers at the end of the period.
Treaty is Suggested.
The argument for postp0nement
is that if the deadlock situation has
to be submitted to the people at a
general election such an election
would more conveniently be held in
February than now when it would
disclose the annual pre-Christmas &C.
tivity of the nation
The latest idea on the proper &C.
ton for the government to take, semi
officially advanced, is that the terms
offered ireland be drafted in treaty
form and the treaty be placed before
the House of Commons. It is suggest
ed that the treaty should embody the
provision for an All-Ireland parliament
and yet give Northeastern Ulster, as
that territory should be defined by a
boundary commission, the right to de-
clare herself out, either at once or
after limited period.
Neither the Sim Fein nor Ulster, it
is conceded, would consent to this
method, but it would exhibit to the
world, it is argued, the government 8
judgment on the situation.