The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-20

Dublin, Dec. 20.-(By the A P)- It was announced this morning that Arthur Griffith, head of the Sim Fein oelegat1on which signed the Anglo Irish treaty would move in the DaiI E1reann today for a vote on the uues- Ilon of approving the treaty and that ramon De Valera, the Republican president would move it's dfsapproy-. al.
 Today's session of the Dali opened at 11:30 o'clock with Brien O'Hig- John MacNeill.
 MT De Valera, addressing the DaiI at the outset, claimed there could be no question of ratification of the treaty by the Dai1. which he declared could not ratify the pact in the sense or making it a legal instrument. All tHe Dall could do was to approve or dlsapprove of it, he asserted.
 Dali Makes Proposal.
 The republican president said he would later move, that inasmuch as the articles of agreement for the treaty between Great Britain and concile Irish National aspirations and the association of Ireland with the community of nations known as the British Commonwealth and can not establish lasting peace between the peoples Of the two islands the Dali Eireann makes to the British the fol- lowing proposal
 MT. De Valera did not read the proposal. nor was it made public at this time but copies of the docu- ment it stated will be circulated among the members when the motion was made.
 ssomen To Oppose.
 Mrs. Kate O'Cal1aghan, the first woman member to speak. opposed the treaty.
 ''The women of the Dali will vote declared.
 John R. Buckingham, deputy for Wicklow and minister. of fisheries, spoke in opposition to the treaty saving the people were being stam- peded. They were not, as Arthur Griffith said. marching into the Bri- tish empire with heads up, but with i hands up," he insisted.
 Applause was gwen the declaration i, Of F. Hogan, speaking for the agree ment, when he said:
 Not a man who votes against this i treaty but hopes it will be ratified
 Eypnotisn of Premier
 MT Rockingham added that MT. Lloyd George had mesmerized the l Irish delegates as he had esmerized :, former President Wilson. He decIar- i ed the London conference was a bur ia1 service over the grave of the Irish l nation and that there would be no firing party.
 Ftnian Lynch, one of the secretarys to the LondoI delegation spoke in what Irishman would believe that MT. Lloyd George had deceived Michael Collins, who spoke in support of the :. treaty yesterday.
 '"The bones of the dead,'' decelared Lynch, "have been ratt1ed indecently in the face of this assembly, He declared. however, he had taken death risks and would be satisfied if the treaty should be Interpreted by his fellow soldiers.
 UnfavorabIc Impression
 London, Dec. 20.-(By The A. P-) The first day of public deba-e in the Dai1 Eireann pn Arthur Griffith5 5 motion to ratify the Irish peace trea y made a somewhat unfavorable . English correspondents Gn Dublin their dispatches indicate, but none of them take the view that the treaty will be rejected. Several record their belief that 1t will be ratified. all though they expect the majority to any sort of prediction.
 General emphasis is laid on the bi;trriass displayed by. Eamon De Valera and other opponents of rat ification and upon the similar feeling shown in tho arguments by Griffith, Michael Collins and their followers.
 Speaks Like Losing Man.
 Opinions differ as to the possible effect upon the Dail speeches deliv- cred by these leaders. On one hand MT. DeVa1era is reported as having spoken as a man who knew himself defeated on the other hand it is de- clarcd hat his 1mpassioned oratory swung the pendulum toward his side.
 Some of the correspondents pre- dict that. whatever happens in the Ireland is conimtted % period of
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