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Show ttiiAiuNtoii : IN PEACE PIE 2 od toi :ONCILIATION BETWEEN trr IEE STATE AND REPUBLICAN j CONTINGENT EXPECTED fol mr ahi tlcal 8l(jlnflcanco Attaches to tnt Islt of Cosgrave, Dall President, thi To London at This Time; trn Appeals to Irregulars K un Uil ublln. Hopes for a reconciliation mt i-ocn the Irish Free State govern- Bt! Kit i it and at least an Important part "i( the republican elcmont wore , liter Friday in consequence ot tho u Blopmcnts that led Richard Mul- gC y, tbo minister ot defense, to offer thi losty "to all in arms ngnlnst the cfl rnmont who will surrender Uielr s on or boforo February 18." ho minister's proclamation was result of Llam Dcasy's appeal to pQ ir republican leaders to lay down (tl r arms, as ho himself has con- Qe ted to do. Densy has been sen- Qg :ed to death. A few dnys ago he jj led an agreement for tho surren. d)l of arms and men, and was tnen rc nltted to ask sevornl prominent tw ibllcuns to take n similar step. o) '1111am Cosgrave, president ot the W( I Elrennn left for London Thurs t night His visit is reported to m, s considerable political slgnttl- t ty he Freomnns Journal says , that pc prsonora at Limerick have pi so th cd "for the opportunity to press co a their leaders the futility of'-, a th extermination." '" 1 er ha newspaper describes the new m Blopmeats as a genuine effort for ce, v ho article concludes as follows: tfoboby will any longer have doubt Hi to whero the responsibility rests w the continuance ot the struggle." sji |