New-York tribune., 1921-09-10
Call for Full Gathering Of
Parliament Construed
as Cabinets Decision
to Accept Invitation
DE Valera to Step
Aside for Griffith
Irish Foreign Minister To
Be Chief Negotiator at
Inverness Conference

DUBLIN, Sept. 9 (By The Associated
Press ).-Convocati of private
meeting of the Irish Republican Parl;a-
ment for next Wednesday to consider
the British Cabinets invitation to n
conference on the Irish question at
inverness on September 20 was de
cided upon this afternoon at a meet
ing of the Dali Cabinet, over which
Eamon de Valera presided
If plenipotentiares to the confer
ence are to be appointed, as was sup-
gested in Premier Lloyd Georges let
ter delivered to Mr.. de Valera last
night, it is understood that in order
to give them greater authority their
names should be submitted to a full
meeting of the Dali Eireann. Conse-
quently members Of that body have
been remaining in Dublin expecting the
summons to attend the Parliament
meeting
Optimists over the status Of the
negotiations tonight drew the infer
ence that decision had been taken
70 recommend the appointment of
plenlpotentiaries, while some nointed
out that final breach of negotiations
also would require a full meeting of
the Dali. The optimists, however. an
peared to constitute large majority
Griffith To Be Chief Negotiator
A rumor was current in Sim Fein
circles that it ipotentiaries are ap-
pointed De Valera does not desire to be
cne OF them, being willing to leave the
conduct of negotiations with Arth, =
Griffith, the Sim Fein Foreign Minis
ter. In any case, Mr.. Griffith will be
the chief figure in the negotiations
once actual business is approached.
Mr.. de Valera did not appear at the
Mansion House this morning. but Mr..
Gfifhth and Charles Burgess, Sim Fein
Minister of Defense, were early on the
scene. 1t was announced that no sne-
cial meeting of the Slim Fein Cabinet
had been summoned to consider pre-
mer lloyd Georges reply, but as the
Cabinet numbers only Six members,
wfao zee each other daily, no particular
significance was seen in this.
Desmond Fitzgerald, Sim Ftin Min
lstei of propaganda, said to-day he ex-
Pected 10 unnecessary delay in the re-
ply to Mr.. lloyd George, ard that Rob
ert c. Parton, the Sim Feir csurisr.
vas in readiness to return to Inverness
at any moment.
From The Tr1bune's Evropean Burenu
Copyright, 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Sept. 9.-Althougil the
meeting Of the Sim Fein leaders in
Dublin to-day was an informal meet
ing of few ministers rather than a
ho
there will go a long way toward decid-
ing the final attitude of the republicans
toward accepting the invitation to Iver-
ness. 1t is hardly likely, according t.
Dublin dispatches, that reply will be
dispatched to Premier Lloyd George
before the last of next week. The pre-
valllng opinion in London is that De
Valera Will accept The Dali Eireana
may want to submit the question to a
plebscite, but it is considered more
than likely that decision will vir-
tually be reached before the Republi-
can Parliament can assemble.
May Change Date and Scene
If De Valera were to send a COM
munication to Lloyd George asking
either different place for the meet
ing or change in the proposed date
his request would be granted, it is said
in authoritative quarters here.
Belfast advices say that a feeling of
uncertainty is developing among the
northern loyalists. Their anxiety is
due, it is said, to the fact that the latest
communication from Lloyd George to
DE Valera contained no reference to
Ulster in it. In his. previous notes the
British Premier had emphasized the
condition that any settlement must in
clude recognition by the Sim Fein Of
the establishment of the northern par
lament, but now he has ignored that
demand and the Orangemen are wor-
ried for fear he may have aban-
doned it,
All the Ulster newspapers call the
Premler's letter vague and unsatisfac-
tory, and of a nature to cause uneasi-
ness among the loyalists The news
papers of the south give the note an
excellent reception and insist that it is
an offer that cannot be declined The
Irish as we'll as the British press praise
Lloyd George for his moderation. His
letter is described as a model of diplo-
matte correspondence. The patience
and consideration manifested by the
Premier have made a good impression
in the heart of Sim Fein. and it now
seems as il he would be rewarded
AS the Inverness parleV probably
would last into October. all hope that
Premier Lloyd George will go to Wash
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