NO RUPTURE

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 39, 15 August 1921, Page 7

NO RUPTURE

NEGOTIATIONS THROWN BACK.

LONDON, Hth August. ' " Mr. de VaJera's letter asserting Ireland's claim for complete independence, which it bad been, thought Sinn Fein had abandoned', throws back . the negotiations, but there; has been no rupture. Mr. Lloyd George's reply is expected t-r.empfaajrfse- the. point that a settlement; is impossible except on the. principles embodied in the terms offered. ■ Cabinet met yesterday morning. Lord KtzaJan, General Mateready, and General Tudor attended. It is understood that Cabinet's reply to Mr. de Valera. will be sent in time for the meeting of the Dail Eireann on Tuesday. .

LONDON, 12th August.

Some newspapers confirm the report that the Government regards Mr. de Valera's letter as equivalent to the rejection of the terms. The letter is obscurely warded, being the handiwork of two or three persons, but lengthily details the kind of ' self-government wliioh Sinn Fein wants.

The Daily News Dublin correspondent states that the letter reiterates the demand for complete independence for Ireland, and submits proposals for inter- ,, national guarantees of her integrity and "neutrality. ' The. Morning Post's lobbyist ' states that' the general impression is that Mr. de Valera is demanding a general amnesty and the withdrawal of all auxiliaries and the Royal Irish Constabulary; the British Government to pay all oom- "" pensation for claims arising out of murders, ivoundings, and the destruction of property, the estimated aggregate being seven, millions sterling.