VANISHING HOPES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 15 August 1921, Page 5

VANISHING HOPES.

OBSCURELY WORDED LETTER

BRITAIN'S JRESQIiVJL

LONDON, Aug: 12. isome .newspapers confirm the report ithat ihe Government regard De yalera's letter as equivalent .to the rejection of .the terms. The letter is obscurely worded, being the handiwork of two or three .but .lengthily •.details the kind of self-government Sinn Fein wants.

The JDaily JDublin correspondent states that the letter reiterates the demand for complete independence of .Ireland, and submits proposals -. for initeroational guarantees of her intercity .and neutrality. The Morning Post's lobbyist stajtes ■that the general impression' is that JEte Valeria is -demanding & general &m----jnesty and the withdrawal of aU and the Royal ConstabuJary, the British GoYerjanen.t to pay all compensation for claims arising out T3fc4.-IniU-d.ers, woundings, *nd the de- ! Struction of property, estimated to aggregate £7,0©0/XK). LONDON, Aug. 14. De Valera's letter asserting Ireland's «laim for .complete independence,, which it had been thought Sinn Fein had abandoned, throws back the nego^ tiations, but there is no rupture. Mr. Lloyd George's reply is -expected to emphasise the point that a settlement is impossible except on the principles embodied in the terms offered. ! Cabinet met j^esterday morning, Lord Fitzalan, General Sir Nevil MacKeady and General Tudor being present. It is understood Cabinet's reply to De Valera ; will be sent" in time for a meeting of the Dail Eireann on Tues- i day. ■;,..■...-