Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS smuts efforts bring renewed hope of settlement of the irish trouble MAY QUIT CHIT REPUBLIC IDEA do valera and others show disposition to yield no improvement in near eastern mess germany expects coup tariff fight Is on by EDWARD W PICKARD the entry of jan jail christian smuts into the pence negotiations changed the irish situation over night tile south african premier Is regarded regarda A a ns 8 one of tho the most astute statesmen in ili the world and apparently lloyd george has dono done well in ili enlisting ills his assistance it now appears likely that a peaceful settlement of tho the irish trouble will be reached before long optimistic persons person 1 were not dismayed by de Val leras erns tentative refusal to attend the tha meeting lit in london proposed by lloyl george and sir james jamea craigs refusal to confer with the sinn fehners and south ii ireland eland unionists lit in dublin the latter conference was beguhl without representatives of ulster find and an all attempt was made to reconcile the positions of hie file sinn rein fein and the unionists then general smuts slipped across to dublin gave the lie leaders there a lien heart rt to heart talk falk and hurried back to london to report to the english authorities what lie told them gave rise to tile most clip cheerful erful of predictions though no official statements havo have been issued it appears that tills this Is how mattais now stand tim the british government Is 19 willing to groat grant to ireland tho the fullest autonomy patterned after that hat enjoyed by south africa ulster to be 10 considered still it part 0 of i the dominion but having an autonomous government of its own such as that of natal president de valera arthur founder of stan rein fein michael collins and other republican leaders tire now willing that ireland shall remain a part odthe of the british empire though they prefer tile tho term british commonwealth of nat nations lons provided their right of secession Is recognized other oilier prominent sinn Fel fehners ners c comprising the lie intellectuals and doctrinaires doctrin aires insist prime minister All alster lloyd llod george has not yet sufficiently recognized the essential unity of ireland and its right to self determine tion don all the shin fehners assert that hat ulster must accept her autonomy from the supreme irish parliament in dublin tile the task that remains la Is to reconcile these views all and bring the ulster ties find and southern unionists into agreement with the compromise plan that tills this chirt cnn be done Is the expressed opinion of some of the chief figures in the alie negotiations says general gi smuts 1 1 I think I 1 am hope hopeful fill I 1 trust lint hat the he question will ile be solved and that flint thereby the british empire will be freed from the imputation lint flint in this ills ancient part of tile the united kingdom there hero still exists violation of the fundamental principles principle upon which the empire rests icsis I 1 say dint efio problem Is sol soluble tible because I 1 have seen it evolved in my own country under ell less legs embly bercil flinn linn in ireland hut but of n very verv character too PC de valera in ills first since lloyd george acors is inal enildo anys we trust mst that the le balt ministers letter inny prove to lo he the far cp stilli nItting it hns ix Is of right ro rj reason for lint flint or of vlola in tho the ni of tile hie question tit nt issue lie tween ireland and orent grent BrIt oln should file conference confere nce now 1 rd I load to 0 o nn an ultimate and pence between the people of these two islands which have been pi a state of war or suspended war var io more thon than seven and a n half linof cen tur curte lest it will set it worthy christian for the entire world BrI bridith will be otfred o jmj ireland will live in history asi as having ong saved by its courage and steadfastness hare ha filst ness tile ideals for which re led to offer their lives in ili the great war As perhaps its HB these was nn all incident in ili liverpool tile tho city was decorated in ill lionor honor of n visit of tile the prince of and in lie irish quarter were displayed ninny sinn rein fein hugs flags intertwined with tile lio union jacks A prom anent sinn relner felner said tile tho order to do that from dublin |