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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1932, Page 5

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IN ATTITUDE DE VALERA AND ANNUITIES. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 14. . The note which the British Government ha® received from President de Valera dea’s, it is understood, with (lie question of the land annuities solely- . ...There is no modification in Mr, de "Valera's,, attitude towards the composition of the tribunal to which he is wiV-ing to refer the question for arbitration, The British Government throughout expressed willingness to arbitrate, on condition that members of the tribunal ■were chosen from within the Empire. The British reply to Mr dg Va’era will be sent shortly. It will express the opinion that Mr de Valera’s letter; since it does n6t deal with, thd nature of the arbitration, does not carry the niatter any .further. The point as also likely to b e made that he saw nothing of the position should the negotiations. fail. If his attitude Is that the . moneys stays in the Free (State, it is obviously unacceptable to Britain. The “Daily Express' ” political ■correspondent suggests that the exchange of notes between London and Dublin will, possibly/ lead to a renewal of personal contact. (Mr de Valera will be passing through London on Sunday en route for Geneva to attend the League of Nations, and he may arrive earlier and see Mr MacDonald and Mr Thomas. It knows, says the paper, that Irish farmers are increasingly . pressing for » settlement. »