REVIEWING THE TRUCE IN IRELAND. TO-DAY'S PEACE MEETING

Minister claimed silence because he was endeavouring to make peace in Ireland . He did not see why , because there was a truce in Ireland , there should be complete oblivion . The claim for silence showed the lengths to which personal government had gone

PiSE , July i !) . —lae newspapers are unanimous in welcoming the truce in Ireland and express the hope thai it will end in a successful settlement of the 1-nch question . Tha Gavloit says : —It is admittedly not peace yet

Inquiries in Government circles yesterday re vealed a somewhat guarded attitude with regard . to prospects of a Christmas truce in Ireland . Notwithstanding the Premier ' s offer , there are many obstacles to be overcome , and tho issue instead of being of

House pourparlers betv / een Mr De Valora and the' Southern'Unionists are resumed on'Friday . The' question of a truce throughout Ireland ; it is believed , is at the moment receiving urgent , attention , and it would not be too much to say that yes-¦

END . Archbishop Clune , of Perth , Australia , who has figured prominently as a mediator in tho attempts to arrange a truce in Ireland , and who has had one or two conferences with Mr Lloyd George , has been staying in a West End hotel for the last two

include '' ' Charles Il . ' s Statue in Parliament Square " ( by Dr John Harrison and Mr D . B . Dott ) , and the " Truce " in Ireland ( by Sir James H . Ramsay of Bamff . ) ( p . 6 . ) The serious consequences of the prolongation of the drought are discussed

both the receipt and dispatch of ammunition . One docuinent , dated May-8 th ,. which is since the establishnient of the truce in Ireland ,. was worded as ' "To O . C ., Liverpool —( 1 ) Send : to Dublin the remaining Thompson lock pieces in your . possessjon

Committee appointed by tne msn Peace Conference to consider various questions relating to a stricter observance of the truce in Ireland met in London , and will , it is understood , report to tie Conference when it resumes this morning . ( P- ^ - ) The

Friday night , and that Lord Midlston was received by His Majestv on Saturday morning . " ' ( P- 6 . ) Tee terms of a truce in Ireland were agreed npon between representatives of the British Army and Sinn Fein in Dublin , hostilities to cease to-day .