IRELAND

Evening Star, Issue 17720, 22 July 1921, Page 4

IRELAND

PEACE EFFORTS NO BASIS FOR CONFERENCE. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Presa Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, July 21. (Received July 22, at 9.15 a.m.) Official: No basis for a formal Irish confcience was found.—A. ’and N.Z* Cable. (Received July .22, at 9.55 a.m.) Mr Lloyd George and Mr De Valera had an hour's conversation this morning, but no basil? was found whereon the .Government could summon a conference. Mr De Valera returns to Dublin tomorrow, and will communicate with Dir Llody George after further consultation with his colleagues. After Mr Do Valera left Downing Street General Smuts and Sir Hamar Greenwood saw the Prime Minister. GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS. "LONDON, July 20. Following a protracted Cabinet meeting this evening, at which the terms to bo submitted to Mr Do Valera were drawn up, Mr Lloyd George motored to Buckingham Palace to lay them before iho King. —-A. and N-. Cable. DISAFFECTED UNIONISTS LEAVE GOVERNMENT RANKS. “LONDON, July 20. Colonel Gretton (M.P. for Burton,. Staffordshire) has joined the Independent Unionists, following a similar action by Lieutenant-colonel M. Archcr-Sheo (M.P. for Finsbury), on the ground that he takes exception to the Government's handling of the Irish question. Colonel Gretton left the Coalition as a protest against the Government negotiating with Mr De Valera. Forty Unionists in the House of Commons will interview Mr Chamberlain today, demanding a statement regarding the security of Ulster, Imperial supremacy, and the Irish liability for the war debt. — A, and N.Z. Cable. " DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. LONDON, July 20. Dublin University unanimously elected Mr De Valera Chancellor.—A. and N.Z. Cable.