New-York tribune., 1921-12-19
Dali May Give
A Unanimous
Vote for Treaty
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vided vote would make an appeal to the
people almost inevitable
Peace Celebration Arranged

Peace Celebration Arranged
According to the plan for the SEES
sion, not more than dozen speeches
will be made and some Of them will be
extremely brief. The Sim Fen army,
which Mulcahy represents, is unItcdly
in fnyor of peace and he will voice that
view.
Preparations for great peace cele-
bration that will last until after
Christmas already are under way, The
jails will be opened and thousands or
prisoners, some with death sentences
hanging over them, will join the festi-
val The British soldiers on duty here
will obtain leaves over Christmas ana
it will be the happiest holiday season
that Ireland has known in many gen
erations.
Some Of the British soldiers will be
transferred soon to India. Others VIII
go to Egypt. Unfortunately the sdis-
orders at Belfast rather mar the pe#ce-
full atmosphere of the rest of lrelaAd.
With the curfew law again i'll f5fce
and the military making stren9sdus
efforts to check the shooting between
Christmas season finds the north IN 81
gloomy frame of mind. What is bad
about the situation is the fact that
there seems to be no prospect OF an
early Improvement in the disturbed
conditions.
Land Owners Skepticai
Elsewhere in Ireland there will be
Wild rejoicing over the coming Of
peace. Some land owners are little
skeptical Of their future under Sim
Fein rule, but most Of them intend to
follow "wait and see" policy.
Some predict unrest in the new year
for Ireland, but the bulk of the people
believe that ireland, with her rich re-
sources, will prosper under rule of
peace and that the new administrative
problems will be solved quickly. In
any case, celebrants throughout the
south are awaiting the signal they ex-
pect tomorrow night that the war of
centuries with England has come to an
end.
LONDON, Dec. Is (By The Assoc. :
ated Press) Some OF the Dublin COR
respondents of the London newspapers
assert that an informal vote on the
Anglo-Irish treaty was taken Satur-
day in the Dahl Eireann's secret scs-
sion, revealing IA out of the 105 mem
bers in favor of ratification.
There is a consensus among the
Dublin correspondents Of tho English
papers CnaL IuIlllcaLlOn Oh Cne treaty
is assured.
SO far as is known, Sir James Craig,
the Ulster Premier, had no conference
to-day with Mr.. Lloyd George, WHO
spent quiet day at Chequers Court
preparatory to meeting the French
Premier tomorrow. Apparently, there
fore, there will be no opportunity for
some days for the Prime Minister to
find time to meet the Ulster leader
When the meeting takes place, it is
understood that the boundaries COM
mission viii be the chief matter OF
contention.
Reports from Belfast insist that the
Ulster government will refuse to omi-
nate member to the commission.
Nevertheless, it is believed force of
public opinion in Ireland will even
tually bring about acceptance Of the
commission, because there are large
Unionist populations in the counties
of Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan
which are excluded from the six
county area, and which will hope to
derive benefit from such a commission
and will press for acceptance.