Evening star., 1921-07-21
De Valera Does Not Accept
Proposals and London Par
ley Ends for Present.
WILL RETURN TO DUBLIN
TO CONSULT COLLEAGUES
Failure Admitted in Official Com
munique Issued After Heat
ed Discussion.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 2l-The conversa-
tions between Mr.. Lloyd George and
Eamonn de Valera. from which it was
hoped the basis for an Irish peace
conference might emerge, have been
terminated for the present without
that objective having been attained.
At the final meeting of the British
prime minister and the Irish r. ub-
lican leader today. MIR. Lloyd George
submitted definite proposals which
Were represented as the considered
judgment of himself and his cabinet
as eonstituting suitable ground for
full-fedged peace parley, based
upon his interviews of the past week
with Mr.. de Valera and Sir James
Craig. the Ulster premier.
These proposals. it is learned au-
thoritativeiy. comprised less than ten
articles
Flat Rejection Uncertain.
Whether they mt with d fiat re-
lection By the Irish republican leader
or were taken by him without COM
ment for review by himself and his
colleagues in Dublin. in the hope
they might contain the nucleus for
negotiations. was concealed by the
brief joint communique issued after
the meeting. This read:
Mr.. Lloyd George and Mr. de Valera
had further conversation az 1880
O'Clock this morning, lasting about an
hour. the basis for 4 further confer
ence has not Yet been found Mr. de
Valera has arranged TO return to Ire
land tomorrow and to communicate with
MIR. Lloyd George again after further
discussion with his colleagues"
Long Delay Over Communique.
1t required considerable time for the
conferees to draw up the communique
! issued by agreement after the meeting,
and this caused considera BILE comment.
being interpreted as indicating anxiety
by both sides to avoid breach in the
peace attempt or TO conceal the fact
II an empasse lad already occurred.
After the previous Downing street in
terview between Lloyd George and de
Valera only few minutes were re-
| Quired to draft these announcements.
! Mr.. de Valera and his colleagues.
after their return 10 Irish headQuar-
| lers. expressed their anxiety for the
attainment of peace. despite what is
at least the temporary impasse
, reached. They indicated that a SINH
| lar anxiety had been manifested by
Mr.. Lloyd George, one of the Irish
! delegation declaring:
I'm drafting the announcement both
| found difficulty III avoiding state
mentS which would create an imme-
| diate furor in the other camp. AS
for us. We have never been overly
optimistic regarding the prospects of
the present conversations. Now that
! they have ended lut The present, at
| least, We are really bit surprised that
| they continued 50 long and so amicably.
] We are genuinely desirous of peace
and have not yet despaired, but the
| difficulties are such that progress is
! necessarily SiuM personally believe
that definite progress has been made"
Spurns Mcetiii Premier. Craig.
! This spokesman for the Irish dele
i cation said the Irish republican par
| lament probably would be convened
shortly after me Ie.uln of Mr.. uc
! Valera for the receipt OF his report.
The delegation has received no word,
i it was said. that the members of this
! parliament now IN prison VIII be ~
/ leased, SO as to enable them to attend.
| The suggestion that Mr.. de Valera
might go to Belfast to meet Sir
James Craig was characterized as
''out of the question"
| The republican leader will leave to-
| morrow morning for Dublin.
| According to the Evening Standard
| today. the British premier's pro-
| posals embodied an offer of dominion
! home rule for southern Ireland safe
guards for Ulster, important financial
| concessions and machinery for CO.
| ordinating Irish government.
| De Valera arrived at No. 10 Down.
| ing Street, the official residence of
! Premier Lloyd George, at 1880 this
| morning. A large crowd of Sim Fein
! sympathizers was on hand to cheer
their leader While large number
| reclted the rosary, others waved Sim
! Fein flags and sang Irish songs.
Further Proposals.
! 1t Is understood that the proposals.,
| which are said to have been supple
mented in many respects by sugges-
| tions from Premier J. c. Smuts of
South Africa, also accord a consider
able measure of fiscal freedom to Ire
land, but avoid extending rights Of
taxation against England which the
| latter might not be able to exercise
| in return against Ireland.
| The prime minister. Mr.. Lloyd
| George, presided over a meeting OF
| the cabinet council last night and
gave his ministers a detailed history
of recent irish negotiations. as well
as his own view of the situation. Fol-
| lowing this he submitted the propo-
| sails given to Mr.. de Valera today,
and according to this mornings news
| nauers the ministers were almost
Unanimous in support Of the premier.
| While it is not known definitely Just
how the cabinet stood. 1t Is certain
that the majority in favor OF the gov
ernment program was large, not-
withstanding recent rumors OF a oi-
vergence in the ministry. TINS re-
ported unanimity increased conslueI
ahiv the anxiety OF some of the more
aStrame conservative unionists. who
are particularly desirous OF insuring
tho nosition Of Ulster fully SAFE
gmarded in whatever arrangements
| made