The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-09-23
British Cabinet Invites the Irish
to Confer With It at
Inverness.
ULSTER AIMING FOR FIGHT
League o. Nations Assembly Con.
fronted With Demand Involving
Monroe Doctrine-Judge Lands
Releases Building Industry OF
Chicago From Its Bonds.
BY EDWARD W. PlcKARD.

Ireland declines to relinquish her
place on the front page of the worids
news. AS was predicted, De Valera's
note to Premier Lloyd George merely
continued the controversy. acceptance
Of the British dominion offer being
again refused and the Sim Fem argu-
ments repeated. Adherence to the
principle Of government by the consent
Of the governed was insisted upon,
and once more 1t was made clear that
by this Ireland means that she must
be treated as an entirely Independent
nation.
Lloyd George was In Inverness.
Scotland, when the note reached him,
and the British cabinet was called up
there to formulate reply. The min
listers were in bad humor at being
forced to make the trip and the pros
beet for conciliatory answer to the
Irish was gloomy. De Valera fore
stalled an adverse decision by the
statement that II England issued an
nltimatum war would result. or
probably more effect was a message
to the premier from the parliamentary
committee of the Trades Union con-
cress and the national. executive board
of tie Labor party, urging the govern
ment to invite representatives OF the
Irish people to meet them face TO face
in n conference, and declaring that I'll
would be a disaster IL the deep anc
spontaneous feeling for peace now
pervading the two peoples was allowed
RI eyaporate while their representa-
tives engaged In a controversy by ex
change Of notes."
Several hours Of debate put tn
.abinet members In more Cheerful
frame Of mind, and new note wa
DISPATCHED that invited De Valera I
send delegates to conference VIII
the cabinet at Inverness on Septembe
% for a renewed consideration or Tn
peace proposals. This sounded mt
hu. there was fly in the ointmen
The condition was imposed that
,rust no understood that Ireland wa
70 remain in the empire. No douf
no vs,era will send delegates to SEQ
land but whether the discussion wi
no fruitful so long as they are aske
IN accept this compulsory stipuiatie
is questionable.
In a speech at Armagh Commander
O,Duffey of the Irish republican arm
declared that south Ireland wou
compel Ulster to unite with 1t by u
~ tho boycott. and that II that faile
load would be used. Belfast Unio
lists have accepted this as dire
challenge and are arming themseiv
Cor the conflict. Steps are also bel
,,ren to revive the Ulster volunte
.orces The Ulster press Is exulti
over the prospect Of a renewal
nost,,,,ies between the British a
Sim Fein.
Sir Horace Plunkett. one OF I
wisest OF Irishmen, sees nothing
two incompatible contentious
nropress whatsoever towards rec
e;,,,t,on. He wants vote OF
whole Irish people on the matter.
IT,. assembly Of the League OF
nons now holding It's second meet
:, Geneva. has been put up agains
s,escrlt proposition by the delega
from Bolivia. They demanoeu that
old dispute over the provinces
Tacna and africa. now under ohh'
administration. he placed on
asanda Of the assembly. and That
,rcaty Of 1904 between BOLIVIA
Chi,a he taken under consideration
-,,,Ia revision. The Chilean d
ra,ion led by Augustin Ed"a
argued passionateiy against sne :.
posal urging that the league