ADVICE TO IRELAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1921, Page 5

ADVICE TO IRELAND.

GENEROSITY OF OFFER,

FEELING IN AMERICA. MORE PRESS OPINIONS. « '■ ! -5 • By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received August 20, 12.5 a.m. Ottawa, August 18. The Montreal Gazette, commenting on the Irish situation, says: “If Sinn Fein insist* upon separation 4 from the Crown and the establishment of a republic there is grave danger of a revival of civil war on an extended scale. Why should not the status of Canada, Australia and South Africa content Irishmen?” New York, August 18. The Boston Herald says: “It is the prayer of all to the powers of goodwill in the world that out of the troubled valley of decision there shall come a popular verdict for the establishment of Anglo-Irish fraternity from generation to generation.” The Atlanta Constitution says: “Britain has gone far more’ than half-way towards a common objective, which is the basis of conciliation between the Irish and the Crown. It has gone much further than the world expected. It is inconceivable that with such a proposal Ireland will shut the door and hazard the certain disastrous consequences of rejection.”

The St. Louis Globe (Democrat) says: “The task of De Valera and his associates is now to obtain the utmost liberty of action possible for Ireland under the Dominion plan and then refer it to the whole body of citizenship, with whom alone the final decision must rest.”—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.