The New York herald., 1921-07-09
Lloyd George Believes Ne
gotiatiOns Will Be JeOp-
ardized if Violence
Continues.
LONG DUBLIN FARLEY
Sim Fein and UniOniSts'
Chiefs Are Visited by Sir
Nevil Macready, Whom
Crowd Cheers.
PEOPLE IN FRENZY OF JOY
We Have Succeeded and Real
lied Our Highest Hope Earl
Middleton Assures Lord
Mayor O'Neil.

c Copyrioht 1927. BY THE NEW YoEK liEeA.D
DUBLIN. July S.-Eamonn de Valera
will go to London to meet Premier
Lloyd George and will try with him
to bring peace to Ireland. A truce
in the Irish warfare will begin Mon.
DAY and will continue during the
negotiations.
The intention of De Valera to at.
tend the London conference was con-
tained in a letter the Republican
leader sent TO the Prime Minister to.
day The news of the truce was
made known by the publication or
a letter written by Lloyd George to
Lord Middleton, one of the southern
Unionists who attended to-day's con-
ference with the Irish Republicans.
Lloyd Georges Letter.
Mr.. Lloyd George said:
The Government fully realize
il would be impossible to conduct
negotiations with any hope of
achieving satisfactory results il
there is bloodshed and violence in
Ireland. 1t would disturb the at
mosphere and make the attain
ment OF peace difficult.
"As soon as we hear Mr.. de
Valera is prepared TO enter into
conference with the British Gov.
ernment and to give instructions
TO those under his control to cease
from all acts of violence we should
give instructions TO the troops and
police to suspend active operations
against those who are engaged in
this unfortunate conflict"
The participants in to-day's con
ference were the same as that OF
Monday-Mr. de Valera, Arthur Grit.
fifth. founder of the Sim Fein, and
four of the southern Unionists. Earl
Middleton, Sir Maurice Dookrell, Sir
Robert Henry Woods and Andrew
Jameson.
Mr.. de Valera was the first to ar
rive. He was loudly cheered, as wers
all the other conferees upon their ar
rival. by the large crowd which gath
cred about the Mansion House.
Pass Day In Conference.
For six hours this morning and
the Irish leaders conferred.
At o'clock they adjourned and then
met again later and continued the
discussion until s o'clock tonight,
when De Valera sent his reply to the
Prime Minister agreeing to meet him
in London.
The first startling development
came at o'clock. when British of.
fcer made his way through the crowd
and entered the Mansion House. A
little later a motor car drove UP bear.
ing Sir Nevil Macready, commander
in chief of the Crown forces in Ire.
land. He was not escorted by sol.
diers and thus for the first time the
commander OF the military forces in
Ireland was cheered and cheered %
the echo by the great crowd. II
must be admitted that some of the
innocent spectators mistook him for
Cen. SHUTS. but even those who knew
cheered Justify. and hats we're thrown
into the air
Sir Nevil stayed nearly an hour and
then drove away 10 the accompani-
ment OF a similar demonstration. TO-
on second view the crowd had no
doubt as TO his identity. He returned
shortly before s O'Clock. aad after re-
naming In conference for a few min
utes departed. accompanied by Lord
Middleton and the other South Ireland
Unionists
his visit n Surprise.
The presence Of Gen. Macreadv
came as surprise VI was apparen.
when the session adjourned that tho
Unionist conferees had gone TO con-
suit some outside interests II was
generally supposed that they had COM
with London.
Such cheers have not been heard in
Dublin for many years and they were
cheers not only OF hope but OF good
will from the Irish people. who have
suffered so much They have known
and seen Gen. Macready for a long
time but this time he came TO them
on an errand OF peace and walked
a lane made by members os
the Royal Irish Constabulary in plain
clothes who mingled With the crowd
themselves At one time the crowd
was standing bareheaded reciting the
and he removed his hat In
passing the kneelers.
The conference broke up at o'cloc'.