IRISH PEACE.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1921, Page 5

IRISH PEACE.

DE VALERA’S VIEWS. ESSENTIAL UNITY REQUIRED. CONFERENCE OF MINORITY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, London, June 28. A special issue of the Irish Bulletin contains De Valera’s letter to Mr. Lloyd George, which says: “I am in consultation with such principal representatives of our nation as are available. We most earnestly desire to help in bringing about a lasting peace between the people of the two Islands, but see no avenue by which it can' be reached if you deny Ireland essential unity. Before replying more fully I am seeking a conference with certain representatives of the political minority in this country.” De Valera has written to Sir James Craig, Lord Middleton, Sir Maurice Doekrell, Sir Robert Woods, and Mr. Andrew Jameson, asking them to meet him at the Mansion House in Dublin on Monday to confer, so that he may learn from them first hand the views of certain sections of the people they represent.

NO MEETING IN DUBLIN. London, June 28. Sir James Craig has informed De Valera that it is impossible to arrange a meeting in Dublin, as he has already accepted Mr. Lloyd George’s invitation for a London conference. SOUTHERN PARLIAMENT MEETS. London, June 28. Only four representatives of the Dublin University attended the opening of the House of Commons of the Southern Parliament, also 15 Senators. The Lord Chief Justice, in his opening speech, pointed out that the continuance of the Parliament would depend on half the members taking the oath of allegiance. The meeting broke UP De Valera had further consultations with his colleagues, including an interview with Mt. Griffith in the Mountjoy Prison.