tion
in
view of the latest developments.
Mr.
Nevinson,
war
correspondent
and
author,
telegraphing
the
Daily
Herald,
says
that
the
situation
is
‘‘undoubtedly
very
serious,”’
and
that
he is
uanable
to
*
‘‘seek
hope
as
brightly
as
some
do.”’
He admit.,
nowever,
that
hope still
ex-
ists.
“'lf the Irish
Republican
Leaders’’
his
despatches
continues,
‘‘frame
the
reply
to Great Britain’s
terms
and
sub-
mit
it
to
the
Dail
Hireau
for
approval
rather
than
discussions,
it
almost
cer-
tainly will be accepted
with minor altera-
tions.
The
numbers
of the
Dail Eireann
are
for
the
most
part, aceustomed
to
discipline
and
were
elected
to,
or
anr-
pointed for, field service.
TFae danger
to
further
negotiations
and
a
sdbsequent
peace
comes
from the
influence of theor-
ists
and
doctrinaires
acting
upon
the
spirit of militarism.’’
In discussing
the
prospects
if negotiations
fail, Mr. Nevin-
gson
declares.
“'lf the
truce
is
broken,
"~
war
in its most
terrible
form
will sweep
through Ireland
Civil war will be added
to
national
war,
and
all who
refuse
to
support
the
Republican
army
will
be
.
driven from
the country
or shot.””
The
Dublin correspondent
of the
Daily News
says
Mr.
Lloyd George
is being
charged
with ‘‘rattling the sabre’’ in his
address
yesterday
in the House
of Commons.
He
says
the speech
may
do definite
harm.
“It is a fact’’ he
adds.,
‘‘that a
section
of
the
Irish
"Republican
leaders
have
been playing with their dangerous
game
of
bluff in order
to
secure
better
terms.
It
is desirable
that Great
Britain
make
r
"
= the plainest possible
declaration
that the
terms
submitted
were
the very best
pos-
sible.
Unhappily,
however,
Mr.
Lloyd
George
coupled
his
declaration
with
threats
which will more that
counteract
the influence for good.
There is a gener-
al
opinion
that
the
c¢onsequences
are
likely to be fatal.”’
London,
Aug.
20th
—Great
Britain’s
formal
acceptance
of the official invita-
tion
to partieipate
in
the
conference
on
Far Eastern
questiorfs
and
disarmament
in
Novémber
next
has
been
forwarded
to
the United
States
Govt,,
#
wa¥
an-
nounced
here
today
The
British
note
'
is
couched
in cordial
terms
of approval
of
the objects for
which the
conference
y
has been
called, it was added.
Washington,
August
2lst.—The
Uni-
ted
States
has
informed
the
Govt.
of
Panama
that
as
a friendly mediator
be-
tween
Panama
and Costa
Rica
ir
their
boundary
dispute,
it does
not
feel
im-
j
pelled to suzgest
‘'that Costa
Rico
delay
ionger taking
jurisdiction over the
terri-
tory now occupied by Panama
and which
was adjudged
to belong to Costa Rica by
the
terms
of
the
Loubet
award’’.
Al-
most
simultaneously
with publication
of
the note it became
known that 400 marines
had
embarked
at
Philadelphia
for
the
Canal
Zone
Officials here,
whose
posi-
'
tion
made
them cognizant of
the move-
ment,
refused
to
divulge its purpose,
or
to
comment,
§except
for the
statement
5
1. ORI
X
A VIS
that
it
was
ordered
at
the
solicitation
of the State Dept.
London,
Auz.
2lst.—A
Reuter
des-
paich from Lahore,
India, says
that ifood
prices in the province
of the Punjab
are
creating
grave
anxiety, and
Govt.
inter-
ventinn
is beinz ‘solicited.
Wheat
prices
hrave
doubled
in the
last
year
and
are
still
rising.
In
Simla
the
floods
have
damaged
communications
and
in
Waazi-
ristan
some
of the rivers
.are impassable.
LLake
Forest
llls,
Aug.
2lst.
-Japan
won
-all five tennis
matches
of the
con-
cluding
days
programme
of
ithe
Davis
Cup
semi-finals
with
India,
at
the
On-
wentsia
sub
on
Saturday.
The
Japan-
ese
will move at once
to Newport,
R. I,
to battle
with Australia
in the final round
of
the Davis
Cup series
next Thursday,
Friday and
Saturday.
London,
Aug.
21st.—London
newspa-
pers,
in summing
up
the Irish
situation
this
morning.,
devoted
themselves
to
peace
or war editorials.
The
Daily
Ex-
press
used Lincoln’s,
‘‘we will not break
up the Union and
you
shall
not’’ as
re-
presenting
the
position
of
the
British
Government.
‘‘lfthe
negotiations
break
dowu’’, declared
the
‘‘London
'limes’’,
““the only practical
alternatives
are that
we either
impose
upon
Ireland what
we
think is a just
settlemeat,
or
ler
south-
ern Ireland
¢o her way,
as
an
indepen-
dent
republic.
The
first
would
be
a
convenience
to
us,
but
whuld
wve .
years
of agony
to
Ireland.
lhe
second
would be treason,
folly to England,
and it
is absoluiely
unthinkabnle
as
long as this
nation
remains
a
nation
at
all.
It is
either
nego
iations
for
a
settlemer*
by
consenti,
or it is war.
We never
thc. rht
such
dire
alternatives
would return,
but
they are
here
Heaven
forbid
that
we
should
rattle
the sabre,
but
Heaven
for
bid
foo tha
we
should
ask
consent
to
throw
the
crown
and
sceptre
into
the
dust.””
‘A
miracle
of
wisdom’’,
said
the
“"OUbserver’’, ''is needed
to
save
the
situation,
but
at
the
worst
Great
Brit-
aingsnould
not
resort
to
wmore
military
terrorism,§.nd
should
adopt
a policy of
evacuation,
rather
than
occupation.
To
attempt
to reach
a
settlement
but pour-
ing in trcops :and tanks
would be crude.
biind
and
fatal,
it
would
fail, for the
reason
that the Irish extremists
live
on
excitement
and
battle.
Thkey
perish
in
dullness.
Our adviee would be
to
leave
the interior of southern
Ireland
to stew
in
its
own
juice,
after
loyalists
there
had
withdrawn
upon
terms
of fullest
compensation.
We should
keep
a
firm
grip on
afew essential
strategic
points
along the coast
and the
River
Shannon,
and withdraw
the rolling stock
of
the
railways.
Ulster would
know
how
to
hold
its
own
frontier.
We
hope
and
pray
that
Mr.
Lloyd
George
and
Mr.
Austen
Chamberlain
will
stake
their
political futures
absolutely
on
their
in-
sistence
that
the
evacuation
of
the
in-
terior of southern
Ireland
must
be
the
more bhloodless
and
the
more formidable
policy for Great
Britain te
adopt in
the
ease
of necessity,
Vienna,
Aug.
21st. —Former
Emperor
Charles of
Austria
Hungary
is §said
to
be
planning
to
ask
the
Counmcil
of
the
T.eague
of
Nations
to
consent
to
the
restoration
of the
monarchy.
Geneva,
Aug. 21st.—Former
Emperor
Charles
of Austria
Hungary
and
Ewm-
press
Zita will
be
permitted
to
remain
in Switzerland
until the
end
of October,
ander
agreement
reached
by
the
Brit-
ish,
[Hungarian
and
Swiss
Govt’s.
as
no other
country
has
signified
iis
will-
ingness
to
receive
the
ex-Royal
couple
the local newspapers
declare.
The
Swiss
Govt., it is'
said,
will take
the
matter
ur again after
this
agreement
expires.
The ex-Emperor,
the
press
reports,
has
just lost the
greater
part
of
31,000,000
erowns
he
had
on
deposit
in
a
Zurich
bank,
which
' as
gone
into
bankruptey
while his brother,
Archduke fMaximilan,
lost the .equivalent
of
4,000,000
marks.
Accorcing
to the “Finanz
Review’’, this
money
was
smuggled
across
t he border
during
the
war.
Charles,
it is
declared
was compelled
to sell
a private villa near
Vienna tofa
wenlthy
Spaniard
for 460,
-
000 presatas
in order
to
continue
living
at hic chateau
near
Lucerne.
i
Cbatham,
England,
Aug.
2lst.—The
Philadelphia
Pilgrims
cricket
ceam
beat
the Koyal Navy
team
yesterday
by
six
wickcts,
Crossman
of the
United
States
seoring
92 runs.
The
best
b0...”
~
was
by Cneil
of
the
Philadelphia
Pilgrims,
who took seven
wickets
for 61 runs.
London,
Aug.
2%2od.—King
George
has
bestowed
a
unique
honcur
on
his
uncle
the
Marquis
of
Milford
Haven,
formerly
Prince
Louvis
of
Battenberg,
by promoting
hin
to
be
zn Admiral of
the Fleet
on
the
re:ired
li=t.
There
is
no
previous
case
of
such
an
advance-
ment
of
an
officer
to
the
highest
rank
in
the
Navy
after
the
officers
retire-
ment.
‘The
Marquis,
who
was
First
Sea Lord of the Admiralty
in 1914
when
the World war was begun,
resigned
after
the
Fleet
had
been
mobilized
and
dis-
tributed
for
its
war
service
under
his
direction.
New
York,
Avg.
22nd.—The
raw
sugar
market
was
steady
at
4.
50 for
centrifugal
for uncontrolled
sugar
at 34
cents
for Cubas
cost
and
freight, equal
to
4.
8
for
centrifugal.
In
refined
sugar
there
was
a
decline of ten points,
to
the basis
of 5.90
for fine
granulated,
by
one
of
the
leading
refiners,
while
others wete unchanged
at 6 05 to 6.15.
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