Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1921, Page 19

" AVENUE OF LIGHT IRISH REPLY READY 1 FOR ARMS PARLEY} FOR LLOYD GEORGE Seventeenth street from Pennsyl- vania avenue to the river front, with its row of marble buildings, will be the outstanding beauty spot of the National Capital during the arms conference, if the ciitzens' commit- tee is able to carry ouat its plan of illumination for that thoroughfare. The street will ‘be called the Ave- nue of Light and across it will be erected an arch of peace, covered with artificial _jewels that will parkle in the flood of vari-colored archlignts that will be thrown upon it. The Washington Monument on one side of the Avenue of Light and the ncoln Memorial on the other side also will be made a part of the pic- ture by powerful illumination. Capitol to Be Brilllant. The Capitol will present another spectacle of brilliancy, provided the funa being raised by the finance com- mittee will permit. There it is pro- posed to forty-eight different colored searchlights, representing the s of the Union, i like fashion with the C a xis. tows of pedestals on which bowls of fire will rest will serve as an ap- proach to the arch on 17th street. Seventeenth street was selected for in| pitol building the center of illumination because of | its picturesque surroundings, and also because the arms conference will be held in the Pan-American building. The scheme of illumination that has been worked out by Howard S. Reeside and William D'Arcy Ryan is an elaborate one, but Mr. Reeside will not know definitely how far his com- mittee can go until he confers today with Milton E. Ailes, treasurer for the finance committee. Fund Renches $21.676. At noon today the fund being raised by the citizens reached When making this announcement Mr. Ai aid the total was a_trifle below what the committee anticipated at this date. He explained, however, the prospects of shortly ralsing the remainder of the $25,000 are bright. d attention to the fact that ent total amount represents ate subscriptions from indi- had a long confer- n Daniel J. Callahan, vice chalrman, preparatory to the for- mer’s leaving the city for his annual vacation. During his absence Mr. Callahan will be the directing force in g in fan-| central committee had | By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 30—An Ex- Telegraph statement this evening ' ways that Eamonn De Valera accepted the invitation ©f Prime \Minixter Lloyd George 1o a conference on the Irish nettle- ment. = By the Associated Prots. DUBLIN, September 30.—Sinn Fein Ireland's answer to the British gov- ernment’s invitation to a conference to be held in London on October 11 was expected to be ready for the dail eireann cabinet when it assem- bled here today. Eamonn De Valera, leader of the Irish republicans, con ferred with his colleagues yesterday, after receiving Prime Minister Lloyd George's note, and it was generally believed that the Irish reply was vir- tually decided upon during the after- noon. Satisfaction with the tone of the prime minister's communication, ex- | pressed by the Sinn Fein leader yes- terday following its receipt, gave the public reason to believe that the cabi- net would accépt the invitation to the London conference. Mr. Lloyd George made it clear that the British govern- ment would receive the Irish delev gates as “spokesmen of the people they represented.” but this note seem- ed to place no other conditions on the holding of the conference. The very phrase quoted, however, appeared to be regarded in some quarters as giving_ground for criti- cism. The critics of this phraseology here regarded it as ambiguous and as —_— raising the remainder of the fund and he will prosecute the work in a vig- orous manner. Gifts Reported. During the last twenty-four hours the following subscriptions were re- | ceived by the committee: Raleigh Hotel, $250: Barber & Ross, $50; J. Leo Kolb, $25; Odell A. Smith, § E. F. Droop & Sons Co., $100; S {ney West, Inc., $50; James M. Wood- { ward, $10; Joséph B. Shapiro Co., $10; Charles S. Shreve, $10; Willlam H | Saunders, Arthur S. Wolfe, $5 . E. Barry, Bradford & Co., $10 Henry J. Brown, $5; William L. Bul- mer Arthur Carr, $10; George Plitt Co.. Inc., $10; People’s Drug Stores, $100; McReynolds & Son, $25: The® Mode, Goldhelm, $25; total to date, $21.576. “They Are Wonders” WONDE LOTHE Are Actually Wonder Values in Clothing And at These Prices Cannot Be Equaled $1().75 1 ipossibly limiting the status of the delegates. {, The dail cabinet meeting was set for 3 o'clock this afternoon. It was not expected that the reply to Mr. Lloyd George would be dispatched be- fore 6 p.m., with the probability that {it would not be xiven out for publi- | cation until some time afterward. SUCCESS SEEN IN LONDON. London Expects Conference Will Surely Take Place. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 30.—Satisfac- $o2t atatad i this morninz's ediy torials over the reply of Premier Lloyd Geurge to Eamonn ve Valera. Some of the newspapers, however, display anxiety as to the response of the Sinn Fein to the premier. N The London Times declares it incon- ceivable that the conference will not meet after the latest British invita- tion, and, while warning against over- confidence, it expresses the opinion that once the delegates do meet there will be grounds for hope that a set- tlement in_principle will be speedily attained, although a settlement in de- tail might take a long time to achieve. The Daily Telegraph says it thinks the government's position “unchal- lengable.” This newspaper declines to speculate on Mr. De Valera's an- swer, but it hopes that the reason of statesmanship “will prevail over the extremists.” The Daily Chronicle asserts that the Sinn Fein can refuse the Invitation nly by declaring itself irv-eoncil s but the newspaper displays some doubt as to acceptance. It expresse the belief that the Irish people pas- sionately desire peace, but “there s no certainty that a majority of the Sinn Fein leaders desire it." “As_events at present stand, dare any Irish leader take the responsi- bility for refusing to confer?' asks the Daily News, which says it thinks the reply unprovocative and friendly, and expresses the hope that Mr. De Valera will reply with a simple " uncomplicated by any mystic phrase-spinning. BELFAST PAPER WORRIED. By the Associated Press, BELFAST, September 30.—Fear that a solution of the Irish controversy may not be reached at the London conference on October 11, should the British government’s invitation be ac- cepted by the Sinn Fein, was ex- pressed by the Northern Whig today. In commenting upon Prime Minister Lioyd George's latest note to Dublin, the newspaper said: “Mr. Lloyd George has not perma- rently averted a grave crisis in the peace negotiations by his reply. Un- less some one is prepared to make a very big surrender, he has only postponed it. “The course adopted by the British government is open to criticism on various grounds. It may be con- demned as undignified and lacking in courage, and, thercfore, unworthy of the rulers of a great empire. It does not necessarily indicate, however, any Intention on the part of the gov- ernment to thrown the crown into the melting pot to keep company all that has already been put the: JUST PURCHASED FREE‘ 2 Pounds Granulated Sugar FREE! . [ . 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