Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-12-08
IRELAND AND ENGLAND
REACH A SETTLEMENT
Great Britain Is Agreed
to Empire To Be Ratified
ter Given Chance to With

main in force, so far as the northern
parliament is concerned, b. with
the stipulation that a special COM
mission shall determine new boun-
daries for northern Ireland.
Can Maintain Own Defense
Provisions also are made for the
of the two parliaments
in providing certain safeguards in
the event of Ulster remaining out of
the new free state. Neither parlia-
ment, however, will be permitted un-
der the treaty to make laws endow-
ing any particular religion, or to inn
pose any religious disability.
The treaty looks to Ireland's un-.
dertalling in the future it's own coast
al defense and provides that Ireland
shall in time Of war give the Brit
ish forces necessary harbor and 9TH.
er facilities. It further, by provid-
ing against international limitation
of armaments,. recognizes the Irish
Free States right to main tain its
own military defense force
Important Articles in Treaty Text
Article One.-Ireland shall have
the same constitutional status III the
community Of nations known as, the
British empire, as the dominion Of
Canada, the commonwealth of Aus
tralia the dominion of New Zealand
and the Union Of South Africa, with
a parliament having powers to make
laws for peace and order and good
government in Ireland, and an exc
cutive responsible 4 to that. parlia-
ment, and shall be styled and known
as the Irish Free State.
article Two-Subject to provis-
ions hereinafter set out the position
Of the Irish Free State in relation to
the imperial parliament, the govern
ment, and otherwise shall be that Of
the dominion Of Canada and the law,
practice and constitutional usage
governing the relationship Of the
crown or representatives Of the
crown and the Imperial parliament
to the dominion of Canada shall gov
ern their relationship to the Irish
Free State..- I ''
4 Article Three provides that a
of the crown in Ire,
land, shall be appointed in like man
ner as the governor general Of Cam
ada and in accordance with the prac-
tice observed in making such ap-
pointments."
Oath of Allegiance
The articles, of agreement in the
treaty between Great Britain and
Ireland" as the agreement reached
last night is designated, provides in
Article Four that the oaths to par
lament Of the Irish Free State shall
be In the following form:
81 do solemnly swear true faith
and allegiance to the constitution of
the Irish Free State as by law es-
tablished land that I will be faith
full to His Majesty, King George V,
and his heirs and successors by law,
in. virtue of the common citizenship
of Ireland with Great Britain and
her adherence to and mem bership in
the group of nations forming the
British. commonwealth of nations"
Article Six-Until an agreement
has been made between the British
and Irish governments whereby the
Irish Free State undertakes her own
coast, defense, defense by sea Of
Great Britain and Ireland shall be
by His Majesty's imper-
ial forces but, this shall not prevent
the construction or maintenance of
defense by the government for the
Pa AOICSSAOA Va IAAO OA SAAN
fisheries. The foregoing provisions
of this article, shall be reviewed at
a conference of representatives of
the British and Irish governments
to be held at the. .experiation%off five
years from the date hereof with a
view to the undertaking by Ireland
OF q share in her coastal defense.
Afford HarbOr Facilities
4. Article Seven The government
of the Irish Free State shall afford
to His Majesty's imperial force (al
in time OF peace such harbor and
other facilities as are indicated in
the annex hereto, or such other fac.
ilities as may from time to time he
agreed upon between the British
government and the government Of
the Irish Free State and (b) in time.
Of war or strained relations with q
foreign power such harbor mad other
facilities as the British government
may require for the purpose OF such
defense ,as aforesaid. q
.s:. n ARTICLE eight With a view to
securing observance Of the article of
International limit ation OF (arma-