THE NEW VICEROY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 7 May 1921, Page 5

THE NEW VICEROY.

EXPECTATIONS OF PEACE.

UOJTDON, May 5. Lord Fitzalan (the. new Viceroy} h&s mad© a. draawtiiic 'teg-ianing, of the viceroyalty, as the meeting (between i^ir James Craig an'<l De Valera was due "to j his initiative, Lord Derby assisting materially in the preliminaries for the interview, ' . '''"■''" A belief current in political circles is . that Sir James .Craig, and De Valera I can reach a settlement, unless .Michael • Collins is the real head of Sinn .Fein, ■as some believe, De Valera being -the head of the intellectual group. -Sinn Fein is 'believed to he ready .to .-accept a settlement ibased on fiscal autonomy, -and, as the Government ioßeshadawecLj the possibility of a settlement >seems open. ' / LONDON, May >. j The Morning Post says .there is .little -doubt that De Valera has "the wind up" and his last proclamation .is much Jess truculent. Three -thousand Sinn F*iaa stalwax&s .have been imprisoned, and twelve, thousand are on the run '-^ the south and -the west. iße Walera is after modified Home Rule, with full autonomy for .loyalists in rfihe nsix TtieE. ' Sir James 'Craig is one of the shrewdest'brains in £he United' Kingdom, ;and De Valera will get little change ott^ such ah antagonist. Lord Fitzalan is now in London, and he -saw 'Sir iHamar SreenwoGd '^Chief Secretary' for Ireland). Lord Fitzrtlan previously .gave am audience to Sir James 'Craig.