IRISH PEACE.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1921, Page 5

IRISH PEACE.

LONDON CONFERENCE. NO STATEMENT ISSUED. HINT OF DISSENSION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. \ London, Oct. 13. The Irish Conference has been adjourned till to-morrow. Tbe official communique gave nothing beyond the names of the delegates. The fact that Lord Stamfordham (private secretary to the King) arrived in Downing Street shortly after the adjournment and remained some time is being commented upon; also the police action in dispersing the crowds at the Irish demonstrations on the ground that they were interfering with traffic. The demonstrators quietly acquiesced. Received Oct. 14, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 13.

The Daily Telegraph says the expressions of the Irish delegates immediately after the conference suggested that the discussion had been animated. This is supported by the answer Mr. Collins gave to an American journalist, who asked: “When are you coming back?” Mr. Collins quickly retorted: “I am not coming back.” Mr. Griffith, however, tactfully leaned out of his car and said, “We are coming back to-morrow morning.” The Telegraph adds that the British Government takes a serious view of the Sinn Fein announcement that the Republican courts will sit all over Ireland. It is untrue to say a crisis has yet been reached, but the differences are pronounced.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.