The Washington herald., 1921-12-22
SAYS ADVANTAGES
BALANCE DEFECTS
of Erin Certain
In Case Pact Meets
With Defeat.


worlds great orations.
Duffy recommending that the Dali
ratify the treaty for the same rea-
son that he had signed it-that the
alternative meant hopeless and
fruitless war.
Il recommend the treaty 70 you
in pursuance to my pledge" he
said. but l did not pledge myself
to conceal from you and the Irish
people the circumstances under
which the pledge was exacted from
me.
Il believed then that my action
in signing was right. and 1 believe
now 1t was right; but I am here to
give an explanation to which the
Irish people are entitled am
going to recommend the treaty very
reluctantly. but sincerely, because
/ can see no alternative.
Only q Compromise.
II have no sympathy with those
who acclaim this partial compost
tion as payment In full with COM
pound interest. nor with those who
would have US treat II as value
less.
TT gives us power, military. civil
and financial power. My answer to
those who say. that power will be
flched from us. is that we will be
in a better position to maintain and
increase our national power than
we were before.
1T also gives us an alien king.
1T also gives us an alien COVER
nor. ! do not want to hear people,
WHOSE word ought to have weight,
ovsrstating the case and talking of
his majesty's army. The constitu-
ton OF. Ireland Is left to us and
any Irish administration worthy of
the name ought to ba able to keep
a foreign king at considerable dis
tance from the Irish ;,eople.
Peace or War.
The choice IL peace with power
flee OF the national dignity on the
other. We have lost the republic
Of Ireland in order to save :he peo-
pie Of Ireland.
"a plebiscite has been suggested.
NO stTious man can Wlsn plcDiS-
cite for IL will rend the country
from one end to another. leaving
hate and bitterness for generations.
serious man will be doing his duty
II he refuses to ratify the treaty"
Mr.. Duffy is a barrister and is the
son of an Irish patriot who emigrat-
ed to Australia where he became a
colonial premier. Another great
speech was made by Eamonn Dug
gan.
He also is a lawyer and was one
Of the plenipotentiaries- He is out
in favor of the treaty.
'T did go to Downing Street" he
said, "and Mr.. Lloyd George did not
shake the paper in my face.
signed deliberately with the fullest
sense of my responsibilities to you.
to the country, to the living and
the dead I stand by my signature
and I recommend it to you. acting
in accordance with the wishes of the
people who elected me-"
Mr.. Duggan ridiculed the story
that Messrs. Collins and Griffith be-
ing Influenced by threats, and ne
riddled Mr.. de Valera's assumption
of his stand for the republic still.
Creates Smoke Screen.
I'VE went to London either to
demand recognition of the Irish re-
public or to compromise" he said,
"Doe. any one contend that we
went to demand a republic. 1t is
time we got this thing clear. Pres
ident de Valera, when he makes an
impassioned speech, creates q smoke
screen of words. through which II
Is almost impossible for a plain
man to see the facts. I propose
To state the facts. Who was re-
sponsible for the compromise. The
whole cabinet, the whole Dali, the
whole plenipotentiaries. all were in
the same boat. / dislike the treaty,
but that is not the point, you can
take Il or reject 1t and take the
consequences.
"There has been too much talk
of the dead. I will interpret the
view. Of the dead for myself. and
no man or woman has the right to
do that for me. Let no man or
woman say that betrayed the men
I loved and revered-"
Reply to stoekley.
This laSI OulpolSN " &C - iSPAs w
a speech by q previous speaker,
Prof. Stockley, OF Cork University,
one of the old men and women who
have assumed the function Of
proxies for the dead. After a long
involved speech which seemed
equally favorable to both points of
view he read a letter from Mrs. Mac
swiney saying that her husband
would have been against the treaty.
This also provoked protest from
Mr.. Collins, who declared that the
ratifiers out of respect for the dead
had refused to produce letters which
they he'd received from relatives Of
the dead.
, An excellent speech against the
treaty was made by p. J. Rutledge,
of Mayo, who argued on the mean
ing OF faith and allegiance. David
Keant, of East Cork. also spoke
axainst 1t. So far the debate IL
giving little indication Of the fnaf
vote as It IL carefully framed SO as
to present alternate t1ews. Twenty
fiye have already spoken. twelve on
each side and ono who will not
vote.
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