New-York tribune., 1921-12-08
Special Session Called for
Wednesday, When Cere-
mony of State Will Mark
Approval of Settlement
Provisional Rule
To Be Set Up Soon
Premier Craig of Ulster
Sees Peace Very Near if
All Work With Goodwill
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tyi6nue's Europcon Bureaw
copyright. 1921, New York Tribune Ino.

copyright, 1921. New York Tribune Ino.
LONDON. Dec. king George,
at meeting of his Privy Council
today, signed a proclamation sum-
moning Parliament to meet next
Wednesday in special session to
ratify the Irish settlement. and thus,
amid national rejoicing, England's
age-old problem moved toward full
and final solution.
The reopening of Parliament will
be accompanied by the utmost cere-
mony, with the King in attendance,
as the crown and the government are
anxious to make the affair truly his
toric.
Ulster is not completely satisfied,
particularly over the question of
boundaries, but as the assent of
Ulster is not necessary to put the
new Irish settlement in motion this
is Of minor Importance. Sir James
Craig, Premier of Ulster, is expected
to come to London this week and
reach an agreement with the gov
ernment.
Provisional Government Soon
When the dominion government is
established in Ireland Lord Fitz-Alan,
nov Lord Lieutenant, is expected to be
made Governor General, as he already
has made himself popular in all parts
Of Ireland. Inasmuch as the Irish bill,
establishing the Irish Free State, can
not become a law until the end of
January, provisional government will
be set up Immediately to function un-
til the new government takes effect.
The provisional government may be in
operation in a fortnight
Elaborate plans are being made for
Che opening of the Dublin Parliament,
and it is probable that Premier Lloyd
George and some of his ministers will
be invited to take part in the cere-
monies.
The establishment of good will be-
tween England and Ireland, which is
almost unbelievable in the light of the
intense bitterness which prevailed only
q year ago, took concrete form to-day
with the announcement that all the
Irish political prisoners, numbering
some 5000, had been ordered released
Immediately.
Dramatic Scene at Council
The scene at the meeting of the
Privy Council to-day was dramatic.
The King, who has been keenly in
terested in all the details of the Irish
question and the negotiations that have
followed his historic appeal for har-
mony delivered at his opening of the
northern Irish Parliament, congratu-
lated the Premier and the other min
listers who played large part in ar
ranging the settlement. What is said
70 be the first photograph ever made
Of Pryy Council meeting was taken,
showing the King in the center, with
Lloyd George at his right and Lord
Sirkenhead at his left.
Various ways are being suggested
whereby Lloyd George can be honored,
eut inasmuch as he already has re-
fused title and possesses the Order
of Merit, the Order of the Garter is
the only one remaining for him.
The little gray-haired Welsh states
man, who has weathered so many na-
tIonal and international storms since
the dramatic day during the war when
ne took charge of British munitions, is
now at the very peak of his popularity
and is being hailed as one of the great
ct British statesmen of all time. Con-
Fatulations are pouring in on him
Hom all over the world.
Carson Opposes Settlement
The only discordant notes in veri-
1soie holiday spirit throughout the
united Kingdom come from Sir Ed
nard Carson, the Duke of Northumber-
.and and a few other "die-hards" who
Ploiess to feel that the nation has been
auniiiated, but with the King express
a.lg MS royal satisfaction over the set
aement they have had their strongest
ss&uments swept away.
su!uring all the long struggle the most
SSsssr opponents of the Sim Feiners
4sss neen found in the great conserva-
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