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Mr. Lloyd George in his reply, which was dated August

26th, said that the Government were " profoundly disappointed " with Mr. De Valera's letter. Mr. Do Valera had written of the conditions of a meeting as though no meeting had ever taken place. Yet six weeks ago Mr. De Valera had himself come to London for a meeting on which no preliminary conditions of any sort were imposed. " Our propos.ils have gone far beyond all precedent, and have been approved as liberal by the whole civilized world." As for the subordination of Ireland, Mr. Lloyd George pointed out that under the proposed settlement Ireland would " control every nerve and fibre of her national existence." She would be free in religion, finance, education, language, law and order, agriculture and even home defence.

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