IRISH FREE STATE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17429, 13 April 1922, Page 7

IRISH FREE STATE.

TRUCE OR SETTLEMENT? CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN DUBLIN. (By Cahie—l'r«i» Aiaociatiion—Copyright.) (Aus'.rslias isad X.Z. C&V.e Asaocitiion.! LONDON*., April 11. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has convened a conference to consider a truce or settlement. Mr de Valera and Mr Michael Collins have accepted invitations to attend. The conference will be held at Dublin on Wednesday. The manifesto of the Irish Labour Party is proving a factor for peace. The filial draft of the Free State Constitution will be shown to Mr de Valera during the conference, the calling of which is duo to the efforts of .•vrcabishop Byrne, Mr Stephen O'Mara of Limerick, and tho Lord Mayor of Dublin. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. ME DE VALEIiA'S PROCLAMATION {By Cable—Pre»s Association—Copyright.) 'United S'^xict,.LONDON, April 10. The Dublin correspondent of the "Dai'.y Mail" states that Mr de Valera has issued a document proclaiming the creation of the Republican Party, whose aims include the repudiation of the Treaty, which he declares is humiliating to the nation aiad destructive of its status and national claims, and the removal from Ireland of every vestige of foreign authority and interference.

LAWLESSNESS AND CRIME. ARMS IN TJLOTBR. (An»tj;%!iwi and N.Z, Cable. AiKoU'tos.) LONDON, April 11. An armed body of members of the Irish Republican Army suppressed the Clonniel sessions, functioning as a Free State Court, despite the judge's and counsels' protests. The Ulster Government has issued a proclamation prohibiting anyone, except members of the Crown forces and certain specified special constables, from possessing arms. In Donegal the railway companies have notified that, owing to tho existing conditions in the country, they cannot guarantee that trains will reach their destinations, and disclaim all responsibility for delays, injuries to passengers, and for losses of luggage and merchandise. Mr Winston Churchill, speaking in the House of Commons, denied emphatically the rumours that the plans for the evacuation of Ireland had been ciianged. The special constables captured at Clones, he said, had been released.