Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-24
DALI ADJOUR|VS;
NO VOTE TAKEN

DUBLIN, Dec. 22.-The dali eire-
ann adjourned late today until Jan.
uary without voting on the Anglo
Irish treaty.
Before this adjournment it had
been planned to have an all-night
session, as the leaders wanted to
| force a vote on the treaty.
The minor" speakers again took
up the debate when parliament was
called to order at 11:20 a. m. r
Pro-. Hays was the first speaker
of the day.
General Mu1cahey defended the
treaty in behalf of the Irish repub-
| lican army.
1--WE do not like the treaty." he
| told the dali, ''but we see no alterna-
tive treaty which does give us full
powers"
The debate on the pact dragged
YEARLY on, the minor" speakers
| with no show of fire-merelys sum-
| ming up the general opinion in the
dali and all it showed was that the
| parliament was divided almost
evenly.
Mrs. Tom Clarke spoke almost in
audibly against the pact. Ireland
would never consent to partial free.
dom, she said.
III. O'Kelly, who administered the
| republican oath of Office to most
members of the dali eireann, -. de-
| nounced the treaty as violation of
our 9th. =
O'Kelly even criticized De Valera
| for weakening in his stand for re-
| public" -..
Collins arose angrily, shaking his
head in rage, and declared he would
personally answer OF any man in Ire
land for signing the treaty.
FOOD RIOTS BREAK
OUT IN BELFAST
BELFAST, Dec. 22.-Food riots
broke out in Belfast early today.
Dozens of shops were raided by
the rioters, who stole huge stocks
of provisions.
McAffrey's butcher shop was en-
| tered and three carcasses of beef and
many fowls were carried off. The
raiders attempted to set fire to an.
other place.
THREE DELEGATES ARE
IN VAVOR OF TREATY
BY VIM. III. Brayden
| Especial Cable to The Journal and Chicago
Daily News-Copyright, 1921
| DUBLIN, Dec. 22.-All the five
Irish delegates to the London confer
ence have now addressed the dali
and the division amos them fairly
represents the division among the
members of dali who send them. Ar
thur Griffith, cannon Duggan and
Michael Collins approve the treaty
as giving Ireland the substance of
freedom while Robert Barton and
| George Gavan Duffy say they hate
it and signed it only under duress
They were certainly less willing sig
natories than their colleagues who
have denied that they were intimi-
dated.
Griffith, Duggan and Collins have
been lifelong fighters in the move
ment and they all speak with a
marked Irish brogue while Duffy
and Barton were educated in Eng
land, have English accents and have
had little personal experience or con
tact with the Irish people. Duffy, as
a lawyer, aid Barton, as an officer
in the British army, both have long
ago taken the oath to King George.
which is their main objection to the
treaty. Yet no one can doubt the
sincerity of their present republican
principles. 1t is they and others OF
their class, socially different from
the rest of their class, who are now
the real extremists. .. .-.... ...
One of the prominent characteris-
tics of the dali debates has been their
dignity. There has been far less per
sonal recrimination and fewer taunts
than in any previous disagreement
between Irish leaders. In fact, as
observers have noted, the present
calm temper seems too good to last
Every effort has been made to pre-
vent the deep feeling from finding
expression in language which might
later be regretted. The level of abil'
ity displayed by some Of the younger
men has been very high and plainly
indicated the improved opportunities
for popular education gained for
young Irishmen III the past thirty
years. We heard two young law
yers, Hogan and Ruttledge, one on
each side, debating with amazing
force and learning the constitutional
issues involved.
Dali is all around very demo
cratically representative body.
contains men from all classes ant
sections of Irish life-old and young
university professors, farmers, small
storekeepers, clerks, newspaper men
business men and country squires
all equally serious and mostly wei
Informed.
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