Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-03
De VALERA VIEWED
ASPEACE FACTOR
High Irish Official Declares
Britain Has No Intention
of Arresting Him.
BY WILLIAM H. BRAYDEN.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright, 1921.
DUBLIN. Ireland. January "A
high official in the Irish executive de-
partment says that there is no inten-
ton of arresting canon de Valera,
whose whereabouts is still asmystery.
nitance. and officials deny having any
knowledge of his place Of entry. They
even doubt his arrival.
Apart from the law, which makes the
advocacy of a republic treason and
felony. his arrest could be technically
act, which provides that anybody ever
convicted may be deported at will.
But there is some expectation that his
influence will be exercised for peace.
and that his information of the posi-
ton in America may be less satisfac-
tory than was hoped. If this is so, he
may induce his colleagues to reconsid-
er their uncompromising position.
EccIesiastical Views.
Ecclesiastical circles are particular
ly anxious to terminate the present
chaos. and de Valera is expected to get
in touch with them. leading Sim
Feiner told me today that de Valera
was the only man who could swing all
the Sim FeinerS. except the extremists,
could not do SO unless there was some
advance on the premier's offers.
The government would prove ac-
commodating on details. and has
made the way easy for the negotia-
tors to visit the imprisoned Sim Fein
leaders. but it's condition refusing
separation from England and INSIST
ing on an Ulster parliament are I'M
changeab1e.
In Belfast preparations have al
ready been made for establishing
parliament and the chief office
holders are freely named. Col. Sir
J. Craig, or H. Pollock, now presi-
dent of the chamber of commerce in
Belfast is most likely to be premier,
and some eminent lawyers Of the Irish
bar are leaving Dublin to take up
judicial office in Ulster. The Bel
fast parliament will have powers as
great as John E. Redmond accepted
for the whole Of Ireland, and ffnan-
cially Ulster will be better off than
southern Ireland. which refuses ex-
actly the same terms.
Expect Object Lesson.
Government authorities express
confidence that the object lesson of
without interference from Westmin-
ster will tempt the rest of the coun-
try. which, If peace is restored, would
be improved. Difficulty will arise
from the Ulster minority, which re-
SCENTS severance from the rest of Ire
land, and the city of Londonderry is
regarded as a danger spot.
me extension of ambushes and
shootings has renewed consideration
OF the application Of martial law to
the whole of Ireland. This would be
welcomed in many quarters as fixing
the sole responsibility en- the milifary
and checking the excesas of the .bIack
and tans." who are now inadeouafelv
controlled. The Sim Fein would take
1t as an admission of the real basis
of the British power,
lie valeraS arrival would modify the
SITUATION and might improve it. For
that reason procurement reveal
ing MS attiture is eagerly awaited.
Depends ON De Valera.
ny "aoie 20 Inc star and Chicago Daily News
LONDON. January 3.-'If canon de
Valera has really landed in ireland
there are two courses open to the
British authorities - they NAV arree+
him as prisoner or ostentatiousiv
fail to notice him A great deal de-.
ponds upon de Valera himself II he
openly proclaimS his presence he "a
hardly hope to avoid arrest, for after
all, in the eyes of the British law he
remains fugitive from justice who
still has a part Of his prison sentence
to serve. t.
On the other hand, if he remains
quiet and works for the cause of mod.
GRAFTON. there is apparently no reason
why ne should be molested Premier
Lloyd Georges government is onIv too
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