Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-12-16
IRISH FREE STATE;
WARFARE At AN END
TITLE GIVEN IN PEACE PACT
SIGNED AFTER AGES OF
QUARREliNG
MUST PLACk1E ULSTER NOW
Treaty With Britain Provides Safe
guards Should Northern Counties
Prove Obstinate-Many Cues
tions at Issue.

LONDON.-The centuries old quar-
rel between England and ireland was
ended recently by the signature in
the premiers cabinet room of "a
treaty between Great Britain and
Ireland consisting of 10 articles,
giving Ireland the title of the Irish
Free State and the same constitu-
tional status as Canada, Australia
and other overseas dominions.
The question of allegiance which
had threatened to wreck the negotia-
lions was surmounted by permitting
members Of the Irish parliament to
swear allegiance to the constitution
of the Irish Free State and ''be
faithful to his majesty. the king
The treaty has to run the gauntlet
of the Ulster government and Of the
imperial parliament which has been
summoned to meet December IA. APP
proval by parliament is a foregone
| conclusion. The position of Ulster
is less certain. Evidence comes from
Belfast that the treaty will be sub
jected to the most searching exam
nation and many notifications may
be proposed.
Frees 5000 Prisoners.
One of the first fruits of the peace
was the royal proclamation liberat
ing more than 5000 prisoners in
termed in Ireland. 1t is reported also
that there may be reconsideration OF
; the sentences imposed on those Irish
men convicted of political crimes.
; Preparations are afoot in London
Dublin and Belfast for the considera
ton of the treaty. The king has
summoned parliament to meet al
Westminster December IA to ratify
the treaty, and cabinet councils have
been summoned at Dublin and Bel
= fast.
Sir James Craig, Ulster premier il
a speech recently in the Belfas
parliament, guarded himself agains
J. any direct opposition to the settle
t ment. But in a statement sent t.
d political meeting he took a sar
n guine view that peace would 500
be achieved and represented as
, victory for Ulster the freedom Q
II choice accorded her by the treaty.
g Signing Of the treaty has been re
d ceived joyfully by the labor party.
The Questions at Issue.
y The big questions at issue betwee
n the British government and the rel
e resentatives of the Irish republica
e. parliament have been:
Shall Ireland become entirely il
dependent or, if it remain with
the British empire, shall there b
two separate governments in Ir
i, land, one for Ulster and one for tn
u rest of the country?
III Prime Minister Lloyd George he
8 refused to consider any propos'
&c which would put Ireland outside til
&c empire.
- The Sim Feiners refused to adm
+ that Ireland should be split in tN
parts.
Ulster refused to unite in one pa
lament with the Sim Feiners.
has organized parliament of |
own under the government of lr
land act.
The Sim Feiners refused to set ,
parliament for the south of lrelan
as proposed in that act. They a
hered to their own Irish parliamei
called the dali Eireann. which tn
had set up Independently as the &c
erning body OF the Irish republic.
That was the situation when I
:. truce began last July. after XII
George had made conciliato
speech at the opening OF the nj
parliament in Ulster.
De Valera Objects.
--Eamonn De Valera h
issued a statement saying he could I
recommend the peace treaty Wi
: Great Britain to the dali Eireann
to the country and that in his attitu
he Is supported by the ministers
defense and OF home affairs.
,l Honesty is the best policy
. everyone else.