The Arvada enterprise., 1921-12-15
Treaty Between Great Britain
and ireland Is Signed and
Peace ls In Sight.
IRISH FREE STATE CREATED
Full lodspsndsoes within Empire 10
osantsd-Uietee Given its Choice
- ovsdrvpis Understanding
sN pasiAe 10 Announced In
Pisnary sssslen H
the Conference.
" EDWARD W. picKARo


nEACE and smity between Great
I Britain and ireland are In sight.
after many q long year Of bitter en-.
nifty and Intermittent fighting. Just
a. the outlook seemed darkest. Lloyd
George and the Sim Fein delegates ar
rived at an agreement that solved the
tangled problem and signed = treaty
which creates the Irish Free State ~
q sister nation Of the British empire
like Canada, Australia. New Zealand
and Sosth Africa. Its constitution II
10 BE- hassd on that Of Canada. and
the representative Of the crown In Ire
: isnd u to b. chosen In the same way
% The Canadian viceroy.
BY cssver juggling Of words and
phrases the peace delegates evolved
an oath Of allegiance that the Irish
were willing to accept. II must he
taken by every meml'er Of the Irish
parliament and II ~ follows:
II do solemnly swear true faith and
ALLEGIANCE to the constitution II the
Irish Free State % by law established
and that will he faithful to his mai
esty King George v. and HIS heirs
and suecses0rs by law, In virtue OF the
common citixenship Of Ireland with
Great Britain and her adherence to
and msmberahip Of the group of ma
hens forming the British common.
wealth q bationa."
ireland 10 to have her own army and
coast defensss and to control her own
finances. She admits liability for .
dAars a tAs British debt. and Britain
rstains tAs right to control certain
pssts.
A. fer Ulster. while speedily In.
formed q the treaty. she 10 not even
asked to consent to II. The northern
counties are to be included In the
Irish Frss State. with local autonomy.
bst have . meath to decide whether
they prefer their present status. and
during that time the I"wers Of the
parliament and government Of the
Irish Free State shall not be exercis-
able a. respects northern Ireland" II
Ulster elects to retain her present
status, her boundary lines ARE to he
fixed by q commission of three.
Al this writing Ulster has not acted
formally concerning the treaty, but II
10 predicted II will approve Il. All
Great Britain. except . very few Of
the most rabid unionlsts. are enthusi-
asticaily for the pact and the xouthern
Irish themselves Seem fairly well sat.
isheti and decidedly relieved. They
should be happy. for they gain practi.
caiiy everything they have asked ex.
cspt ac:ual separation from the Brit.
ish empire. The treaty Is yet to he nc.
cepted formally by the Irish parlIa.
ment and the Dali Eirearn snd by the
Bsitish parliament. which has been
summoned to special session. "PresI.
dent" de Valera declares himself
against the agreement. hut the real
rulers Of sinn Fein are Arthur Grin,th
and Michael Collins. both Of whom
signed the pact gladly. Mr.. Grihith
said:
.'These proposals give Ireland the
eoutrol Of her own destlnies and place
our future In our own hands. They
enable ~ to stand on our own feet
and to develop our own civilization
and national dlstinctiveness. They
Constitute q resainment Of Irish liber.
~ AFTER . struggle Of centuries"
~ HE United Slater. Great Britain.
i Japan and France have reaefed
40 aSsesmsne for the stabalisatIeo Of
peece IN ths Paci1c. and this hrst Def.
latte secooplisAosnt q the conference
II WssAingtsa was announced at Q
p,saary session % Saturday. The pien