The New York herald., 1921-10-25
irish CRISIS PASSED,
PARLEY CONTINUES
subcommittee at Work and
Session to Be Held
To-day.
SOVEREIGN TALK EVADED
Neither Side Certain How De
Valera's Menace Is to BE
Balanced.
SOVEREIGN TALK EvADED

Special Cable TO TIVE NEw YonK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE New YoRK HxsAI.p
New York Herald Bureau.
London, Oct. "a.
Despite grave words on both sides
the Irish conference continued to-day
for three hours and arranged TO sit
again tomorrow. The Irish delegates
half expected break. but In the end
the cooler spirits prevailed and the
crisis precipitated by De Nalera's
message TO Pope Benedic. reasscrting
Ireland's independence, IL not settled.
is still susceptible of compromise.
The Prime Minister, Lloyd George.
handled tho Irish question in the
House Of Commons this afternoon
with the utmost care, and. later. ap-
parently pursued the same tactics
within the conference. The result was
that some Kind OF modus vivendI
was found. Before the Irish delegates
lett Downing Street various sub
committees held sessions. indicating
that the routine work of tho confer
SilCe Hsfu DeeIl TCSulDtu.
Both sides are extraordinarily eau
tous about how the difficulty raised by
the telegram which Ifamon dc Valera,
Irish Republican leader. sent to the
Pope is to be balanced. Neither side ad-
mits that II Is solved. But the fact that
the routine committees are sitting may
be taken az a sure indication that this
difficulty has for the present either been
gotten over or is ignored.
Mr. Lloyd George. responding to ques-
tions I'm Commons to-day. gave the key
note OF what probably Is his attitude in
the conference when nc declared that
Mr.. de Valera's telegram 10 the Pope
constituted a grave menace. but that
the Government had already declared
its position that Great Britain will deal
with Sim Fein Ireland only as a part
of the British Empire and not with rep
resentatives OF the Sim !',in as pleni-
potentiarics of an independent republic
and would not proceed on any other
isis.
Sim Fein srokesmen to-day took al
most the same line. namely. that their
rosition has already been outlined AMI
that Mr.. de Valeras telegram TO the
Pope constituted nothing new.
It Is likely that when the conference
formula. which. despite everything that
has been said unoflcislly. is stiil the
sole basis of the conference namely
''how to bring about the association OF
Ireland with the community OF nations
constituting the British Empire" That
formula contains the germs OF both the
Sim Fcin and the Lloyd George points
of view of the situation. which is not 60
be brought to an Issue until all details
are satisfactorily arranged.
With Sir George Younger. Coalition
Unionist leader. denouncing Je Valera's
telegram to the Pope and demanding
Its outright reputation. however. Il Is
undoubtedly true that the Irish leader
has piled up new difficulties In the way
of settlement. Not only Unionist but
the entire British opinion has stiffcncd
decidedly In the last few days. and the
danger OF a break Is by no means
The lengths to which the Unionist
rccalcitrants may 90 was indicated IN
the House Of Commons to-day by qucs-
tions hurled at Mr.. Lloyd George as e.
why the Sim Fcin fi1g was permitted
TO fy over the London headquarters OF
It's delegations This referred to a
email republican emblem which some
over enthusiastic employee stuck In the
fanlight OF the residence which
the Irish delegation occupies. This fiag
has been n source OF irritation 90 retired
colonels and others living nearby. but
Mr.. Lloyd George was able TO say that
the Irish republican flag was not "hyiag''
In London.