Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-09-19
IRISH REPUBLICAN.
Chief INFORMED He.
MUST ACCEPT KING.
DE VALERA GETS WORD THAT
LLOYD GEORGE WILL REFUSE
TO MEET SlNN FEM UNTIL IN
DEPENDENCE IDEA Is A5oL'
ISHED.

London, Sept. ~ Premier Lloyd
George today added another to the
brisk fire OF kilograms between Dub
lin and Gairloch, which leaves cannon
De Naleru's search for q formula eu-
ablug him to accept the invitation
t. a conference still unsatisied and
the position on the Irish question Is
virtually the same as on Friday
IN his message 20 the Irish rcpun-
liran leader the British leader re-
mains firm in refusing 10 meet the
Irish delegates as representing an
independent and sovereign state.
and asserts that unless Mr., De va
lera withlraws that section oi MS
letter insisting upon the delegates
acting as representatives OF an me
dependent Ireland conference be.
tween the members of the British
cabinet and the Sim Fein plenipo-
tentiaries wCuld De impossible,
Notwithstanding the firm tone OF
LLOYD Georges telegram, II is inter-
preted as displaying solicitude to fur'
nish Mr.. De Valera favorable open
for abandoning his present attitude.
Lloyd Georges telegram read:
81 have received your telegram Of
last night and observe il does not
modify the claim that your delegates
should meet as representatives. OF 4
sovereign and independent state.
You made no such condition In adj
vance when You came to see me in
July. I invited you then to meet me,
in the words of my letter, as the
chosen leader Of the great majority
in southern Ireland and you accepted
the invitation.
From the very outset Of our con
yersations | told you that we looked
to Ireland to own allegiance to the
throne. and to make her future as a
member of the British common
wealth
THAT was the basis OF our propo-
sails and we cannot alter il.
THE status you now claim in ad-
vance for your delegates is in effect
reputation OF that basis. | am
prepared to meet Your delegates. as
| met you in July, in the capacity Of
the chosen spokesmen for your peo-
ple 10 discuss the association Of Ire
land with the British common
wealth.
My colleagues and I cannot meet
them as representatives of a soyer-
eign and independent state without
disloyalty on our part to the throne
and the empire | must therefore re-
peat that unless the second paragraph
OF the letter Of the 18th is withdrawn
conference between us is impossi-
BILE"
Dali May Be Called.
Dublin. Sept 19-When Lloyd
Georges telegram arrived tonight 1t
was too late to summon a cabinet
meeting and no statement was issued
BIZ the Sim Fem Lloyd GEORGES re-
quest for withdrawal Of the offend
ing paragraph of Nh De ValeTa's let
ter is believed to involve the re-sum-
moning OF a full meeting OF the Dali
Fireann, for when the premier orig
inally afforded an opportunity for prl-
vate withdrawal by Mr.. De Valera the
cabinet preferred to submit the mat
ter to the Dali The paragraph was
then specially discussed and unani-
mously approved.
Girl Slain In Belfast
Belfast Sept. ia girl was shot
dead and another was gravely wound
ed in fussilade of revolver firing
in We're street, this afternoon
Churchgoers were obliged to scurry
to shelter