Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-07-05
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DUBLIN PARLEY
De Valera Agrees To Meet
Lloyd George After
Conference
WILL DEFER REPLY
General Smuts To Discuss Situation
With Sim Fem Leaders-l5,OO0
Irish Sympathisers Parade.

Dublin, July 5.-Eamon de Valera
SO called President of the Irish Re
public, held a conference today al
the Dublin Mansion House with four
representatives of Ulster, which may
prove to be epochal in Irish history.
At the close of the conference II
was reported that complete accor
vas reached by the Ulster and Sin1I
Fein leaders and that De Valera will
meet Premier Lloyd George in the
discussion the latter requested to
solve the Irish difficulties.
This conference, however, prob
ably will not be held until after De
Valera has first consulted with Si:'
James Craig. the Ulster Premier, and
the Sim Fein leader will defer his
reply to Lloyd Georges invitation un
i'll final acceptance of his views is
certain. Today, it appears, good
good work was done for the ideal Of
peace in Ireland.
An official report of the mornings
conference, issued yesterday after
noon, stated only that Lloyd
Georges invitation TO . peace parloy
had been discussed and certain
agreements had been reached, after
which the conference adjourned un
til Friday.
The Mansion House, in which the
representatives of North and South
ireland met, was drapea with the
Stars and Stripes, in accordance with
the Sim Fein proclamation direct.
ing that official honors@ be paid :he
American flag throughout Ireland
ca independence Day.
There was lull in the guerilla
warfare which has brought reign
of terror throughout Ireland, AMI
Dublin>eenioyed unusua. peace: Tia
activities Of the Crown forces and
the Republican army both had bean
suspended by tacit agreement and
British troops were not in evidence
around the Mansion House, where
metropolitan police kept order. the
crowd was not large, considering TIE
fact that this was De Valera's first
public appearance since his return
from America.
The Sim Fein leader showed lit
Tie trace of his months as q fugitive
as he arrived and was enthusiast.
cally cheered as his taxicab drew up
at the Mansion House. His only
colleague in the conference was Ar
thur Griffith, founder of the Sim
Fein movement. The four Unionist
members Of the conference were
Earl Middleton, Sir Maurice Dock.
rell, Sir Robert Woods and Arth:,r
Jameson. Among them they rspre-
sented the land owning class, the
university and the commercial IN
terests of Northern Ireland.
So paradoxical is the Irish situa-
ton now that conservative gentle
men listened in patience while the
crowd, plentifully sprinkled with try
American flags, sang TIE Soldiers
Song" as a rebel air. 1t had not
been sung openly in Dublin for a
year.
London, July 5.-Gen. Jan Chris
tian Smuts, Premier of the Union Of
81 nth Africa, will arrive in Dubi.a
today, where he will be met by Es-
NOM de Valera and other Irish lead
ers.
New York, July 5.-Fifteen thou
sand Irish svmpathizers, each carry
ing an American flag, parade
Fifth Avenue today in a demonstra
tion for recognition Of the "Irisr
Republic" Many of them wye W.
men and children. There also was :
good sprinkling of former service
men in uniform. Only American
flags We're carried.
Only one placard was in the pro
cession-that of John Bull holding :
whip over the manacled figure of /;
wcman, typifying Ireland, pleadia.
for justice. John Bull was repre-
sented as saving, 81 am justice" ;"
The marchers were reviewed b.
iNhsyor Hy'i1 and disbanded at tn
Mall in Central Park. wehre addres
ses were made by former Governs
Martin Fl. Glynn and CongresSma
Thomas ]. Ryan.