The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-21
FACTION IN FAVOR
Of RATIFICATION
MORE CONF F|DENT
Claim as High as Ten Majority
of Final Treaty Vote
DEBATE END NOT IN SIGHT
Both Elements Hoping to Reach
Decision before Adiclrning
for Christmas

for Christmas
! Dublin. Dec 2l (By the Associated
Press The Dali Elreann today en-,
tered upon the third day Of public dis
cussicn Of the Irish peace treaty with
the outcome Of the vote on the cues.
ion of ratification still In doubt. The
claims OF the opposing factions rang.
ed from majority OF two against to
majority of ten in It's favor.
George Cavan Duffy. one OF the
Irish plenipotentiaries. was the first
speaker, He explained his reasons
Tor signing tie document and added
i Will recommend the treaty reluct.
antly but sincerely because | see no
alternative"
Duffy speech indicated that he
had assumed the treaty to be ratified.
lie said It would be the duty of the
trainers OF an Irish constitution In
place the foreign king at consider.
able distance from the people"
Eamonn J. Duggan. the last of the
lri!.H plenipotentiaries to speak in the
debeat, denied that he had been bluf
led into signing the treaty He warm
ly urged ratification.
Dublin, Dec. 21.--(By The Associat.
ed Press AT the close OF yester
days session Of the Dali Eireann II
was clear that a decision on the trea
~ would not be taken before Thurs
day afternoon at the earliest; some OF
the members Were even OF the opn.
ion that adjournment over the Christ
mas holidays may be necessary
among them Michael Collins.
Arthur Griffith, head OF the pleni
potentiaries. and canon de Valera
who Is strongly opposing the treaty
are agreed, however that suspense
would be bad for the country. AS
matter OF fact, Judging by the at.
titude OF the people OF Dub in. the
whole country is fairly sick With un-
certainty and anxiety
1t was made evident that '''e Dali
Eireann viii tolerate no form of clos
ure. Twenty additional members,
the speaker announced, have sent In
their names, and probably others will
desire 10 be heard, the idea appearing
TO prevail that each member is in
duty bound 10 explain his vote 10 his
constituents.
The trend Of sentiment in the par
lament is eagerly watcAed. and OBJ.
servers present throughout the days
proceedings were of the opinion last
night that the prospects OF ratIfica-
tion have improved. One speaker
sharply critic sed the attitude OF
some of the members, suggesting
that thour.' they would vote against
the treaty they really hoped II would
be approved This tended to confirm
the reports that several deputies.
though unwilling to expose the
country 10 '.1e consequences OF re
lection. wish TO maintain their per
sonaI position as true Republicans
The main force OF the attack or
them was based on the argument
that even de Valera has abandoned
the idea of republic, and framed an
oath recognizing the king as head oi
the community OF nations WITH which
Ireland Is to be associated
The most exciting speech at to-
days meeting was that OF Dr. Pat.
rick McCartan, known as the First
Ambassador of the Irish Republic"
to the United States, who condemned
everybody impartially. and declared
emphatically that the republic should
have been abandoned in Dublin be
fore the delegates crossed to Lon
don. lie evoked great applause by
expressing preference for Griffith
and Collins, who, he said, did their
best, over the suibblers,' among
whom he included de Valera, who
criticised the delegates in the Dali
Eireann, while fighting t'em on no
difference OF serious principles.
DR.. McCartan denounced the whole
Dali cabinet. saying they all went
into che boat OF British imperialism.
In conclusion DR.. McCartan saw no
way out, for there was a divided
cabinet, a divided Dali Eireann,
divided army and divided country
He declined to vote for the treaty, or
for chaos, and therefore would alb
stain from voting.
The narrowing OF the issue be-
tween I've opposing sections In the
Dahl Eireaun cabinet was the main
feature OF the debate. Several mem
bers endeavored to elicit the terms
submitted at the private session last
week BY Mr.. de Valera, with the OBJ
iect of proving that his Disagree
men with Mr.. Griffith was not worth
fighting for.
John Milroy w,lo has been an ac-
tive fighter in TIE Sim Fein was
frequently imprisoned and represents
IN the par lament two constituten'
cies, one in Northern and the other
in southern Ireland, insisted on read
ing what he said was the text OF the
oath Mr.. de Valera mad submitted
in order to show that there was no
essential difference between IT and
the oath contained in the treaty
Everytime this was referred to, Mr.
de Valera strongly protested against
reference to private document and
each tame Mr.. Griffith insisted or
full publication, to which de Valera