IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17843, 26 July 1921, Page 5

IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY.

THE WILL TO PEACE. HOPE IN DUBLIN AND LONDON NEVER NEARER SOLUTION. By Telegraph—Press Association—CouytigktUnited Service. LONDON. July 24. The public determination in London not to abandon hope of an Irish peace is reflected in the reports from Dublin. A great, source of consolation is the strict observance of the trace. The two Nationalist newspapers in Dublin do not refer to the negotiations, but the Irish Times advises sober expectation. There is some talk of a referendum English Unionists are makin- wry faces at the extent of the concessions to the Sinn Fein, but many believe that a large bodv i if public opiruon would welcome, almost . any settlement. j Hi*- Sunday Times statos that the | problem is nearer solution now than, ut has over been. The mass of public opinion will be justly angry if defeated bv bigot rv ox visionary folly. COUNTESS MAEKIEVICZ. RELEASE FROM PRISON. (Received 11 30 p-m.' i Router. LONDON. July 25. Countess Markievicz, the Sinn Fein Minister for Labour." who was sentenced at the end of last year ,o two years' imprisonment, has been released from Mount joy Prison. [LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S VIEW. SETTLEMENT WILL RESULT. A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, July 21. Lord North cliff e has arrived here. He told local reporters that he wondered if the American people knew that Ireland had been offered a form of Governmentunder which it could tax England. He believed that the parleys would result in set leme.it. Lord Northcliffe is leaving Vancouver on August 6 for Australia.