HOPES FOR PEACE
FEELING IN IRELAND ALMOST ANY SETTLEMENT WOULD BE WELCOMED. “SOBER EXPECTATION.” By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Australian and " C>M, ' • •nci.-t-ion. LONDON, July 23. The public determination in London not to abandon hope of Irish peace, is reflected in the reports from Dublin. A great source of consolation is the strict observance of- the truce. The two Nationalist papers in "Dublin do not refer to the negotiations. Tlio “Irish Times” advises sober expectation. There is some talk of a referendum "The English Unionists are making wry faces at* the extent of the concessions to Sinn Fein, but many believe that the largo body of puhlio opinion will welcome almost any settlement. Tho “Sunday Times” says the problem is nearer solution now than it has ever been. The mass of public opinion will be justly angry if peace is defeated by bigotry or visionary folly. GOUNTESS-MARKEVICZ RELEASED FROM MOUNTJOY PRISON. (Received July 25, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, July 25. Countess Markevicz, the Dail Eireann’s Labour Minister, who was sentenced at the end of last year to two years’ imprisonment, has been released from the Mountjoy prison.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10962, 26 July 1921, Page 6
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