THE IRISH PARLEY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10965, 29 July 1921, Page 6

THE IRISH PARLEY

DE VALERA’S ANSWER FINAL ATTITUDE NOT YET MADE KNOWN. A PUZZLING REMARK. Bv Telegraph—Press A wm.—Copyright. Australian ami N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, July 27. Tho Central News Agency reports that Air do Valera sent an interim re|»ly to Cabinet to-day. It is not a final answer, but incidental to the negotiations. It is understood that it is less favourable than was anticipated. Lord Salisbury, ;u the House of Lords, in seeking: a statement regarding Ireland, .said : “We oppose any indefinite delay, a*» it might bo believed that we approve the method x ,lir “ sued, whereas we feel a groat shamo at being involved in the negotiations. We are only awaiting an official statement m order to make our* position dear/*

Lord Birkenhead, in replying, said he was puzzled at tho references to “shame/* He didn’t know for whom Lord Salisbury spoke. Ho and all his Unionist colleagues ' were utterly unconscious of shamo either in tho negotiations or tho terms offered. LONDON, July 27. It is stated in Dublin that Air do Valera is unlikely to send a reply to Mr Lloyd George this week. The explanation given’w that Mr do Valera desires to consult all his colleagues, and this is impossible while thirty-six members of tho Dail Eireann aro imprisoned, or aro intended to bo imprisoned. It is understood that tho release of nnyr of riiese would have been ordered if Air de Valera had expressed such a^wish. Replying to a question in the House of Lords, Lord Birkenhead said an opportunity would be given for tho expression of opinions, .on the Irish settlement before Parliament prorogued. The matter contained in tho proposals unquestionably would be much discussed. If Ireland accepted thorn. the Government would either meet with the nc'xsssary support in Parliament, or consider whether tho necessary port was likely to be forthcoming elsewhere.

Replying to a question in the House of Commons as to whether the Government was aware that Mr de Valera was* captured in Dublin on June 22nd, and that a report of an ambush of British soldiers at Driunramdra was found on him, Air Austen Chamberlain the Government was fully aware of all documents found on Air de Valera when he was arrested, but they did not propose to publish the results of the examination of sucA papers.

NORTHERN CAPITAL ARMAGH'S CLAIM NOT ENTERTAINED. (Received July 28, 5.5 p.th.) LONDON, July 27. Tho Armagh Chamber of Commerce has memorialised the Northern Government urging the claims of the city, which is already the ecclesiastical capital, to become the seat of the Northern Parliament and also political capital of Ireland. The official reply points out that the Government of Ireland /Act specifies Belfast as the seat of the Northern Parliament, which is final. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CONSTITUTION OF MILITARY COURT. Published in "The Tunes * LONDON, July 27. An important judgment has been given in the Chancery Division, at Dublin, the Master ’of iho Rolls ordering a writ of habeas corpus to deliver the body of Joseph Egan, who was sentenced to death for being in possession of ammunition. The judgment said that Egan had been tried by a military court constituted in some way unknown to law by military officers. This court had no legal status whatever, and the penalty awarded had not the sanction of English law.