IRISH PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 266, 4 August 1921, Page 5

IRISH PROBLEM

PROLONGED DELIBERATIONS OF DE VALERA CABINET REASONS FOR DELAY By Tslccraoh- Pres# Association—Copyright London, August 2. There are some misgivings over the prolonged deliberations of Mr. de Valera’s Cabinet on Mr. Lloyd George’s proposals. It was hoped the Dail Eireann would be summoned this week to deal with the scheme, but this now appears to be unlikely. Tho utmost secrecy prevails over events in Dublin. Undoubtedly the British proposals entailed some communications between Mr. de Valera and the Ulster political forces before a basis for an Irish. Federal Constitution could be drafted. Possibly the absence of such conversations is accountable for the delay, or on the other hand Mr. de Valera may have found difficulty in composing the divergencies between the moderates and extremists with the Sinn Fein movement, especially in regard to dropping republican aspirations for allegiance to the Crown.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TERMS OFFERED TO SINN FEIN PRIME MINISTER NOT PREPARED TO MAKE STATEMENT. London, August 2. Mr. Austen Chamberlain told the House of Commons that it had been agreed between the Prime Minister and Mr. de Valera that if the negotiations failed, reasonable notice of tho termination of the truce would be given. Tho Prime Minister was not prepared to make a statement relative to the terms offered to the Sinn Fein, but hoped to make a public statement before the prorogation of Parliament—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.