10 SEPTEMBER 1921, page 1

Mr. Do Valera And His Friends, However, Will Make An

irre- parable blunder if they assume that the British people will allow the compact and strong minority of loyalists in the North to be sacrificed. The phrase " government by......

The Situation Is Now Such That Mr. De Valera Is

bound to answer Yes or No to the proposal of this " conference on one condition." It would be difficult to say on our present informa- tion whether the Cabinet has or has not in......

Mr. De Valera Goes On To Say That The Government

proposals in the draft of July 20th were based on the latter of the premises which we have quoted. Those proposals had therefore been rejected, and he adds : " Our rejection is......

Mr. De Valera's Reply, Described, As Usual, As The "

official translation," was dated from the Dublin Mansion House on August 30th. Mr. De Valera admits that it is " essential that some definite and immediate progress should be......

News Of The Week.

A T last something more definite has happened in the Irish negotiations. Mr. De Valera has written another letter, full of his resounding phrases which may mean much or little,......

In This Letter Mr. De Valera Takes Up Again The

question of Ulster, and remarks that " the conditions sought to be imposed would divide Ireland into two artificial States each destructive of the other's influence in any......

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