SINN FEIN AND PEACE.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 213, 7 September 1921, Page 5

SINN FEIN AND PEACE.

ARDENT DESIRE FOR IT. BEADY FOR AN TJXTrKATTrBI. DE VALERA'S RHETORIC. (By Cubic.—rress -Association.—Coi>yrl«h!..j " ~^T t '_ ißeceivcd ll.ao a.m.) LONDON, September 6. Mr. de Valera, in a statement to the Press, says: "It seems v. «ne\uus nonticai am lit tlieue uays io iveep your e,>es open, and cuuimuu sense i o aiiuiTuil aL as rneioric. .bruisii imperial ba.e=men are trying to sea iiv-.and secuuu-rme , political margarine, ana are very I uccauoe we uon l accept tnu butter mod they put ou. lreiaiiu wants baiter, and! won t De ueceiveu iihu intuiting sue naa I got it uiiLU it la delivered. ! "Wu nave tile win ami un ardent deoire for peace, and lur luui reason reluse to Mβ lainys oiucr man uiey are. ii Jungland is issuing au uiunuuuin, ict it be an uiumatuin. iiu s wurs mast uu scrapped ana tfle aeons Cleared a«ay so as to yet a lounuauoii for a rciu and natural union between Britain and ireiaiid.— (A. and JS.Z. Cable.) LOSING AMERICAN SUPPORT. SINN FEIN'S TOUCHSTONE. NOT APPLIED TO ULSTER. NEW YORK, September 0. New York Press comment indicates unmistakably that de V alera i= losing American support. The New Yorii , "IriDune" says: "Neither in content nor in temper is the latest rejection by de Yalera calculated to check the pronounced drift of American sentiment away from the extremist attitude of Sinn Fein. Moreover, the inonucuvru of making the consent of the governed the ' sole obligation is negatived by the JJail's steady refusal to .concede it to Ulster. De Valera's fierceness may be only verbal, and he may be preparing his countrymen for an announcement that he feare will be disagreeable." The New York "Times" says: "De Valera's letter irresistibly recalls the sign of the merchant, namely, "Prices fixed, but Ido a little bargaining.' Continuance of the debate on the lines and in the manner of the past six weeks i≤ hazardous. Both parties should at the earliest moment get down to business." (A. and N.Z. Cable.) GROWING SUSFENSS. HONOUR OF SINN FEIN ARMY. LONDON, September 6. Friends of Irish peace are beginning to feel alarm. The outcome of tha meet- ; ng of the Cabinet at Inverness on Wednesday is awaited with much anxiety, and it is feared that a time limit will ac imposed on further negotiations with •.he Sinn Fein. The Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Alail" says that behind the demand for recognition of Ireland as a nation is the amour propre,,of the Irish republican army, which sees itself regarded as murderers, and wants to be regarded as a national army, that its honour may be saved. Mr Lloyd George's conditions could then be conceded as an act of grace. The "Daily Express" says that Mr. Lloyd George will make* a renewed appeal to the Dail Eirann to reconsider its decision, and will express his willing-j ness to meet plenipotentiaries if the Dail abandons its demand for separation, which the British Government will not consider. The Dail will be given a reasonable time to come to a decision. —(A. and N.Z. Cable.) SOVIETISM IN CORK. HARBOUR OFFICES SEIZED. {Received p.m.) LONDON, September 6. At Cork, the secretary and members of the Transport Workers' Union, striking against the Harbour Board for higher wages, to-day seized the offices and ejected the commissioners. They oegan collecting the harbour dues, declaring their intention of using the money to pay the men. The Red Flag was flown "from the offices.— (A. and N.Z.) AN AGE-LONG PROBLEM. LONDON", September 6. A group of anonymous American tourists in London sent a special messengei to Scotland to convey to Mr. Lloyd George a cigar cabinet, accom-' panied with an address, stating: "We admirers of yours from the other side of the Atlantic appreciate, as the whole ( American nation floes, all you are per-1 sonally doing to settle the age-long Irish problem. Our thoughts and wishes go I out to you in these momentous negotiations. This little gift is accompanied by our sincere hope that Britain and Ireland will soon smoke together the pipe of peace."—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)