The New York herald., 1921-08-19
SEE HOPE in DELAY
BY Dali EIREANN
Final Answer to British
Premier Not Expected
Before Monday.
MAY ADMIT NEW RULER
Suggestion Ireland Would
Accept English Prince
as Nominal Head.
IRISH STILL DISTRUSTFUL
Would Grant Britain Naval
Bases, but Will Not Brook
Coercion.

is a problem which bothered Cesar;
it is what is perplexing Sim Fein
leaders tonight, and it will continue
to perplex them over the week end.
| A final answer to the British Prime
| Minister, Mr.. Lloyd George, viii not
be made by canon de Valera, Sim
Finn leader, before Monday at the
earliest.
| 1t is not too much to say that Sim
Feiners feel it can now come to an
agreement on all material differences
between them and England They
have been told that if the Dali Eireann
an independent sovereignty recog-
nized, inasmuch as Mr.. Lloyd George
received a letter from them on the
stationery of the Free Irish State;
| inasmuch as their own Parliament is
permitted to meet and swear allegiance
to their own State-writes the condi-
tions Mr.. Lloyd George laid down in
his six points as free will Offering,
Downing Street Will not quibble over
names. This hub of the question thus
again remains how Irish nationhood
can be made to conform to Mr.. Lloyd
Georges declaration that Great Brit
ain cannot entertain secession from
the Crown.
A solution of that problem was sug-
gested in certain quarters here to-
night which might be characterized as
extreme Sim Fein. 1t is this:
IF Great Britain offers us king,
provided he is one Of King Georges
nice young boys. ireland will not get
indigestion swallowing him."
British MiIitarist View.
| While this admission was CLEANED
from extreme Sim Fein sources, another
equally significant expression was heard
in quarters which may be said to repre-
sent extreme British militarism. THE
New YORK HERALD correspondent here
learns that spokesman FOR that wing
has reported to the British Cabinet that
he can give them peaceful Ireland
within a certain period of months. But
he has made II plain that 1t will be an
ireland in which every Republican will
| be in jail. every active soldier OF the
Irish Republican army either shot or
hanged. and he has admitted that would
involve practically the entire population
of twenty-six counties over IL years OF
age.
While he has said that. as military
problem this is attainable with relative
ease, he has also reminded the Cabinet
1t could not possibly be permanent set
tlement because boys of 10 and 16 years
| - within the next
few years. and they would cherish the
death of their fathers aud brothers
against England and start q now rebel
lion OF revenge as soon as trey are abie.
This qualification upon the military opin-
ion is an entirely new element in the
situation and one that is bound TO have
greatest influence with the British Cabt-
net.
After this report from the military
side here the hands of those persons
who are seeking an Irish peace were
tremendously strengthened.
Delay Is Hopeful.
Meanwhile Dali Eireann's delay in
4 answering Mr.. Lloyd Georges last letter
Is considered, on the whole, hopeful. II
gives an opportunity TO Mr.. de Valera,
II Arthur Griffith. founder of the Sim
Fein, and other influential leaders to
get a lire on what the "hillbilly" mem
bers want to instruct them regarding the
course OF the negotiations. IL Is the ex-
plicit hope of every optimist tonight
that the Dali Eireann's formal answer TO
Mr. Lloyd George will not be bald re-
lection, but will embody a constructive
suggestion regarding just what Ireland
wants.
Although the session to-day. as viii
be to-morrows and probably Satur-
days. was devoted explicitly to reports
of heads of departments. IT is known
that the De Valera cabinet IS almost
continuously discussing the peace situa-
4 ton among themselves and with all
sections OF outside opinion. II MT de
4 Valera contemplated bald rejection
OF Lloyd Georges offer he could not
have sent IL tonight on the basis OF
his speech yesterday. The time that
is permitted to intervene between the
receipt Of Mr.. Lloyd Georges letter and
the answer to II is considered hopeful
I augury that Sim Fein will at last
4 develop n constructive proposal OF their
own which Mr. Lloyd George can
accept.
4 Informal declarations already cited
from the British side make Il clear that
\ the Job Is now far easier than most
optimists might have expected three days
ago.
willing to Sign Treaty.
i The irish are still distructful Of any
i thing save n signed and sealed bond by
i Great Britain. however, and II Is certain
that they will proceed with the utmost
caution. The utmost caution, however
does not prevent this sovereign Dali
Tireann from writing TO the British Gov
ernment on stationery Of their own free
state
1--WE are willing to sign treaty
granting you naval bases here and
there control OF the airways and assur-
ing you there will be no coercion of any
minorities In return for your promise
that you will not coerce US. but will
admit us into the circle OF the British
free Commonwealths on the same basis
as Canada and South Africa. We will
take the same oath OF allegiance to the
Crown as did the other dominions. and
take it with the right of secession de-
ciared by Andrew Bonar Law thus as
sured 10 us also. We will satisfy your
silly stragetic fears for the moment n
that viii help You save your face at
home"
/ An entire number of tho Dali Eireann
| Bulletin Is devoted to showing how silly
these strategic fears are and ably out
lining Ireland's actual powerlossness 10
injure Great Britain, with Irhand's