Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-21

rejected, his alternative proposals for
an agreement might be accepted. Mr..
Griffith and his followers are fighting
| tactics of this kind, as an attempt to
induce the Dahl to vote against the
1 treaty in the belief that the alterna-
i tive can be obtained, without first in
| forming the country of the nature OF
the alternative. The Sim Fein pres
ident again today repudiated this in
depreciation of his policy.
The members appeared deeply NOV
ed by the speech of Mrs. ocallaghan,
| widow Of the late mayor of Cork. who
was killed. She, like nearly all the
other women members, condemns the
treaty, and in her address today as
| serted that active canvassing was be-
ing employed to induce them to change
| their minds.
| few women among the privileged
| spectators found difficulty in refrain
| ing from open expression of sympathy
| with the speakers for rejection. One
woman sitting in the correspondents
room interrupted Lynch when he said
| that all the members for his county,
Kerry, favored the treaty except one,
an Englishman. Mr.. Lynch complain
| ed to the speaker and the woman was
elected from the building. She was
| the Honorable Albinia Brodrick, sister
| of Lord Middleton.
| In the course Of his speech, Deputy
| Milroy proceeded to denounce the at
titude of Erskine Childers at the
| present time in view of the fact that
| in a book published few years ago
Childers did not treat the matter of
| republic seriously. 1t did not become
! Childers to issue accommodations
against men who had worked for Ire
| land for the past quarter of a cen
fury.
The treaty, he declared, gave Ire
! land real freedom and shattered alien
domination. They had discussed for
| three days in private session Mr.. De
! Valeras alternative proposals, with
| out any intimation that they were to
| be regarded as confidential, andt at q
/ public session they were promised
| second set of his alternative proposals.
| The issue, he contended, was not the
/ treaty versus the republic, but was
between the treaty and De Valera's
| document.
| 1t was an issue as between two
! forms of association with the British
empire. Mr.. Milroy created sem
sation by reading as follows the
terms of the alternative oath pro-
posed by Mr.. De Valera:
Il do swear true allegiance to the
constitution of Ireland to the the
treaty of association of Ireland with
the British commonwealth of ma
tons and to recognize the King Of
Great Britain as head of the associat-
ed states"
When he finished reading Mr.. Mil
roy exclaimed: Now the cat is out
tween that oath and the oath in the
treaty. That is the issue before the
Dali Eireann."
Mr.. De Valera rose and strongly
protested that it was a shame to at
tempt to prejudice the matter by re-
ferring to a document, which was
secret and not relevant to the issue.
He was, he said, quite ready to have
all the documents published.
Mr.. Griffith angrily declared: 'The
Irish people should know that that is
the difference between u.s."
Mr.. De Valera responded: THAT is
not so, and is unfair"
Answering Mr.. Milroy, Mr.. De VAL
era said it would be an infamous
Vancouver if he attempted to induce
anybody in the house to reject the
treaty in the belief that some other
document would be used as substi-
tute. 1t was on that ground that he
had presened in private session a
document which he could not bring
in as an amendment to the motion for
ratification. The Dali Eireann, had
the document and knew all about it,
and an attempt was being made to
mislead the public
Mr.. Griffith jumped up and cried:
"Why is the document not given to
the public? We got certain instruc-
tons from the cabinet, which we fol-
lowed. An attempt is now being
made to represent certain men as
standing on the unchanging ad I'M
compromising rock Of the republic"
Mr.. De Valera denied this. 1t was,
nc Sdlu, peIleCllS well kHONIl tEdI l0e
delegates went to London to secure
reconciliation between Irish national
aspirations and association with the
community of nations known as the
British commonwealth of nations. 1t
was because this treaty did not
reconcile them that it was opposed
by. he believed, a majority of the
Dali.
Mr.. Griffith answered: I'VE got
certain instructions on November 25;
will you allow them to be published?"
Mr. De Valera replied that every
particle Of correspondence might be
published.
1.-THE sooner the better" said Mr..
Griffith.
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