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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18323, 13 August 1921, Page 9

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PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. I A HOPEFUL VIEW. MB DE VALERA'S REPLY AWAITED. | Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, | LONDON, August 11. It is understood that the nature of Mr De Valera’s reply will not be divulged 7i until Mr Lloyd George makes an announcement in the House of Commons on Mon-(I day or Tuesday. The reply came with j unexpected suddenness following on Mr is De Valera’s conference with Mr Michael -i Collins. The manner of ite coming leads ! the best-informed authorities to take most hopeful view of its purport. Mr Chamberlain announced that Mr Do P Valera’s reply to the Government's pro-,-; posals had been forwarded to Mr; Lloyd George. The Bail Eireann had sum-! moned Messrs O’Ceallaigh, Gavan Duffy,-? and Roland, its representatives in Rome, and Washington respectively, to-' attend a meeting erf the Bail Eiraum, i The British Government had nndertakeA " to issue passports and to grant facilities;!! for their home-coming.—A. and N. Cable. ■ ' ii

MR DE VALERA’S DEMANDS. Vj LONDON, August 12, S (Received August 12. at 5-5 p.m.) J The Cabinet will meet on Saturday to discuss Mr, De Valera’s reply, whigb it ip?* variously stated oh the one hand contain* nothing calling Mr Lloyd George urgently ' to London, and on the other hand thot. Mr De Valera demands a completeamnesty for the 3000 Sinn Fein.ers now ! detained, which is a matter of the gravestimportance, necessitating Mr Lloyd George’s presence in London. The Daily Chronicle’s “Lobbyist” that the Sinn Fein regards the Govern*:', ment’s offer as a generous one, which>| should form the basis of farther negotia* tions.—A .and N.Z. Cable. ° | IS A SETTLEMENT COMING ?i SINN FEIN OPTIMISM. LONDON, August 11. (Received August 12, at 7.5 p.m.) The Star interviewed Mr Macartney, an’ I intimate friend of Mr Collins and other Sinn Fein leaders. When asked “Is a I settlement coming?” Mr Macartney to- | plied, “Of course it is. Dublin tout me'fdoubt about it, nor have Mr De Valera, 1 Mr Collins, or any of the other Mr Macartne/ does not expect a it settlement before the spring, but the Sinn i Feiners are going to accept Mr Lloyd I George’s proposals with certain reserve* , tions. The leaders recognise that the pro*/S posals are most generous, affording basis for further negotiations. Mr Macarbi i ney anticipates that when the proposals 1 are disclosed they will cause a great cry * from one wing of the British unionists, t They are practically identical with what i the British Government submitted to the Sinn Fein two years ago. Mr Lloyd George’s plan was to give the North and '■ South control of the military, but Federal < regiments would co-exist in each province. •' The Sinn Fein would prefer separation. ■■ but Mr De Valera and Mr Collins know that they must be content with less.—A. ■ and N.Z. Cable.