PEACE IN IRELAND

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 4 December 1925, Page 5

PEACE IN IRELAND

A SUPREME EFFORT.

TO MAKE IT LASTING

BRITAIN MAKES OONOESSTONS.

BY CABLE—PEBSS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT. LONDON, Dec. 2.

The Daily Mail states a supreme effort is being made to secure lasting peace in Ireland. Britain has agreed to pay the major portion of the Free State’s share of the national debt and war pensions under the Irish Peace Treaty, in addition to financial concessions in Ulster. Jit is understood Britain will not insist on any boundary alterations, leaving Mr. IV. T. Cosgrave |President of the Dail) and Sir James Craig (Premier of Ulster) to amicably settle the boundary difficulties. In the meanwhile the Boundary Commission's report will not be published. The boundary discussions are continuing. Mr. Winston Church ill, Lord Salisbury and Lord Birkenhead conferred with, the Free State representatives and Sir James Craig separately. The postponement of the commission’s award has considerably eased a delicate situation, and serves the vital purpose if giving time for further consideration. It is regarded in some quarters as preparation for a settlement out of court between the Free State and Ulster.

The Parliamentary correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that it is understood that Cabinet has agreed tt) enlter a new agreement under which the Free State will make a greatly reduced contribution to the British Exchequer conipaired with its original liabilities under the Treaty, in return for which the present boundary will be preserved and the commissioners’ award withheld. It is hoped the offer will lead to a complete settlement of all the outstanding difficulties.