The Washington herald., 1921-12-12
Third Party Holds Key
To Situation Between
Factions.
DAHL WILL DECIDE
ISSUE WEDNESDAY,
Emissaries from Ulster
Now Comforting With
Sim Fein.

LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE future of
ireland is being decided in silcI I
campaign series OF conferences.
secret Lettings. and quiet. cautious
olectiomc"rinG among the members
of the Dali Eireann.
Adding TO the atmosphere Of mys-
terry that haTEs over Dublin. two
emissarics from Ulster. said to be
personal representatives of Sir
James Craig. the northern premier,
are in the southcrp Irish capital,
said to be comforting with the Sim
Fcin leaders who signed the treaty
Of peace i'll London. =: = believed
that the message they bring may
be one of peace.
Wednesday VIII Decide.
The issue of whether it will be
President dc Valera or Arthur Grif-
fifth. the extremist or the conscrva-
tive. who will he the future stan
dard bearer Of Ireland will be de
cided when the Dail meets on We'd
Lesday. In public the heads Of the
opposing factions are urging the
people to let the Dali decide" In
private. in their homes. in hotels
and on street corners. arguments
for and against the treaty are being
pursued with all the fervor Of mod
ern p"litics--politics in which the
Irish by instinct are past masters
The latest development has been
the rise Of sin a third party in the
i.rf 1.,I.
tined To- play prominent part in
the making OF the new Ireland and
which may hold the key to the
present situation. either making OF
breaking Arthur GrifFith and his
colleagues who are seeking To wrest
control from the hands Of De Valera
The usual arguments Of those
backing De Valera is that although
victory in London. the nstior's s
spiritual desires are not yet Sa It's
fled.
Evrr.thfnE hut Name.
Followers Of Michael Collins and
Griffith declare that the treaty pro-
vidcs a republic in everything but
name. and that it opens up unprecc-
dspted possibilities for prosperity
and peace.
The labor viewpoint was summar-
ICED in an interview by one Of that
party. in which he said:
We are not waving any mass
over the treaty We have not de-
rided yet just what we will do
but we will make no move until
the meeting Wednesday. After that
We may form a definite working
body within the Dali or concen-
trate on local politics. refraining
from taking sides as a party in
national affairs"
II the De Valera faction should
win in the Dali Eireann undoubted-
ly a general election which would
he a plebiscite on the treaty issue
would he held This action may
even occur if the treaty neGotiatorJ
VI n. providing their majority is not
clear cut.
LabOrites disappointed.
Some labOrites are disappointed in
the treaty and voice their disap-
ample, the powerful transport union
pointment openly. There is. for ex-
which denourceS the pact and de-
clares its Signers. having used them
as tools. are now deserving them.
They want to fight anybody rather
than to accept the agreement.
Wait until Wednesday" said one
OF the transport leaders. IF the
Dali ratifies the treaty you'll see
'- new show staged" He intimated
that the transport workers might
go so far as TO attempt to put on
their own revolution"
Questioned over the report that
the Irish Republican army headurar-
ters recently called in all the riff es
in the army for inspection and me
elected to return those of the
transport workers. he said:
Never mind. We've got our own
army and our own rifles"
This. however, is but a minority
and the sentiment ex-
pressed by such radicals may be
greatly discounted. Griffith and
Collins are believed to be capable
OF suppressinG any unfortunate
bv use Of the Irish Re