Evening star., 1922-06-16
MostlmportantP Pointsm Proposed
Irish Free State Constitution
ALLEGIANCE to Kine Der,anded-Women GiUen Suffrage
Liberal Provisions on Money Control-Must
Go to War Only in Case of Inuasion.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
| LONDON. June 16.-The draft of the
| new Irish constitution made public
| last night gives force of law to the
. Anglo-Irish treaty and expressly de-
clarcs that any provisions of the con-
stitution or any amendment thereto
or any law enacted under the consti-
tuition which is in any respect repus-
nant to the treaty shall be void and
imperative.
The constitution thus embodies con-
nection with the British crown. as
! already established in the treaty. and
i generally places the relations between
| Ireland and the empire on the same
/ basis as Canada and the other do
| minions.
The constitution requires every
member of the free state parliament
: to subscribe faith and allegiance To
! the constitution and swear to be
! faithful to the king In virtue OF the
! common citizenship of Ireland and
Great Britain and Ireland's member
| ship in the British commonwealth oil
j nations.
F.; Women Given Suffrage.
! The document contains seventy
nine articles and is considered an up
to-date instrument. not only granting
F.! female suffrage, proportional repre-
Sentatiou and a referendum to the
| people. but also empowering the peo-
! pie themselves to initiate Legislation
! 1t gives TO the chamber great power
| with respect to money bills, without
control from the senate. thus dupli-
| eating the position as between the
British house of commons and the
! house of lords.
| 1t exempts the Free state from ac-
! tive participation in war without the
consent of parliament. except in the
case of actual invasion. and gives the
| Irish supreme court the fullest pow
! ers. only stipulating for the right OF
, citizens to appeal to the king in coun-
/ Gil against the supreme courts deci'
! sion.
| 1t provides for freedom of religion
and conscience. gives Free State citi-
zens full protection against the arbi
/ trary power of court-martial, and eX.
tends to parliament exclusive control
over the armed forces, as stipulated in
the treaty.
Vital Bearing on Treaty.
| 1t stipulates that IL any of its pro-
visions or any law made under the
! constitution is in any respect repug-
nant to any of the provisions of the
| Anglo-Irish treaty, it shall. to the ex-
| tent only Of such repugnance TO the
treaty. be absolutely void and in
operative The CONSTITUTION provides
/ for universal adult suffrage. including
women who have reached the age OF
| twenty-one years.
| Executive authority of the Free
State, by the terms of the constitu-
| ton, is vested in the king. exercis.
able in accordance with law ano
| governing the exercise of executive
authority in the case of the Dominion
of Canada by the representative OF
| the crown.
Provision is made for the chamber
of the parliament to have legislative
| exclusive of the senate, but money
I cannot be appropriated unless tn,
| purpose of the appropriation Is rec
commended by message from the
representative of the crown.
! Summary Of Provisions.
| Article /. The Irish Free Stat,
| (Saorsta .Tireann) is co-equal mem
Der Of the community of nations form
| ing the British commonwealth of ma
tions.
| Article 2. All the powers of tn,
government and ali authority, legis
| lative, executive and judicial, are de
! rived from the people and the same
| shall be exercised in the Irish Ere,
! State through organizations estab
| lished by or under. and in accord with
! this constitution.
| Article 3. Citizens Of state shall b,
all persons domiciled in ireland ol
/ either of whose parents was born il
Ireland. or who have been domicilet
in the Free State for seven years.
| Article 4. The national languag,
will be the Irish language, but Eng
| lish will be equally recognized q!
the official language.
Article s Protects liberty of per
son by a process similar to a habea'
| corpus writ.
Article I. Declares dwellings in
violable; these cannot be forcibly en-
tered except in accordance with th
! law.
! Freedom In Religion.
Article 8. Declares freedom of con
science and free practice of religion
inviolable rights. 1t sets forth that
mo law may either directly or indi
rectly endow any religion or prohibi
or restrict the free exercise thereof
or give any preference or impose an,
disability on account of religious be
lief or religious status, or affec
lprejudicially the right of any chile
to attend a school receiving pubic
money without attending the relig
ious instruction at the school. o.
make any discrimination as respects
state aid between schools under th'
management Of different religious de
nominations, or divert from any re
jligious denomination or any educa
tional institution any of its propert!
except for the purposes of roads. rail
ways, lighting, water or drainag'
works, or other works of public uul
lity and on the payment Of compensa
tion." -
Article 9. Guarantees free expires
sion of opinion and assembly wfthou
arms and the formation of associa
Itions not opposed to public morality
Article 10. Provides that all citizen
shall have the right to free element
larry education.
Article IL, The legislature hereb.
lcreated, known as the parliament
the irish Free State. is to consist o
1.-The king, a chamber of deplties and !
senate.
lfrare on all citizens of the age
ttw enty- one of both sexes. All thos
Of the age of thirty may vote for tn
tsenate; those of the age of twenty
lone for the deputies.
/. Oath of Allegiance of King.
i Article II. The oath OF allegiance !
lprovided under article II of the consti
tuition in the following words: II d
l oo1>rnn1v uwSar tYr,A faith and alfeGt