Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-08
PACT PROPONENTS
. WIN BY NARROW
MARGIN in VOTING.
Decision Is Reached After
Day of Heated Dis.
cussion.
DE VALERA FORMALLY
RESIGNS PRESIDENCY
Calls Meeting of His Follow.
crs for Today at Man
sion House.
SAYS nEPunLIc MUST GO ON
ireland Happy. However. over Hati-
hcation OF Document Form
ing Free state.
DE VALERA FORMALLY
RESIGNS PRESIDENCY
SAYS nErunLro MUST GO on
ireland Happy. However. over Nati-
hcntion of Document Form
ing Free state.
tBy Associated Press.J

DUBLIN Jan. THE treaty Great.
ing the Irish free state was ratified
tonight by the Dali Eireann. BY a
majority OF seven votes-64 to 81
me Dali gave It's approval to the
document signed By its delegates at
London. ~.
Coineidentally. Eamonn do yalera
announced his resignation from tie
presidency Of the Irish republic.
The news was received with thu
greatest enthusiasm. and the patiens
crowds which had waited for hours
outside the university building i,
anticipation OF q decision burst INTO
cheering. even before the oficta,
figures were announced.
soiioNs Day eos Controversy, 44ssSs
Ratifcation of tho treetyt came al u
ter day. OF intense, axcitement an,,
heated CONTROVERSY Although tho re-
SUIT was MS had been expected. tho
majority IN favor OF tho agreement
vas greater than had boon counted
IN almost up TO the last minute.
n tense. strained silence prevailed
"iiie the vote was beipE taken, and Z
gasp or RELIEF went up from the
supporters OF the treaty when the
result was announced, A dramatic
scene ensued when De Valera stood
! UP ana. In broken voice. which vi
brated with emotion. declared that
the republic" must go on.
eventually he broke down so com
pieteiy that he was unable to pro-
ceed' The Dali Eireann. with ono
accord applauded and cheered him.
situation Mt Close Chaotic.
fhe situation at the adjournment
OF the Dali appeared to rema,n
chaotic. The Dali will meet on NOV
day, and there Is no disposition "a.
veaifd BY Do Valera and his fol-
lowers To abandon the factional
struggle.
me future control OF the irish re-
publican army Is tonight the subject
ol anxious speculation. as Charles
burgess. who strongly opposed the
treaty Is the Minister OF Defense
80 iar as the public is concerned
p"oiin seems delighted over ratli.
cation Arthur Griffith and HIS coll
leagues on emerging from the par.
ilament, were wildly cheered. and tba
CITY tonight is in jubilant spirits
Declares People Must Decide.
r, ne announcement OF the figures
e Naiera rose and declared that
the IRISH people had established rs.
pubic, and until the Irish peonIe In
regular manner disestablished7 the
republic 1t constitutionally went on
rms would be a sovereign BODY In M,
nation. 10 which the nation ,ookaI
TOT supreme government. It was tho
lished IT, uisestap
Nobody was disposed to cbal,enso
TINS proposition. for tho general onln-
ION all along had been that durinptbs
transition period Ireland must ke.,,
nor representative assembly until tho
treaty was converted into an act ~
parliament and the Irish would h,,e
an opportunity to erect n IL sislatn
or the free state to replace the Dali.
Michael Collins in quiet tones fol-
lowed De Valera. He said he did
not regard the result in any spirit
or triumph. He claimed that the men
represcntins the Dali who would be
responsible for taking over from the
British government control OF the
irish administration should get fair
chance. In every country what mat
tered most was public order, and he
Appealed TO the other side to appoint
JOINT committee of both sides 10
carry on the government This wxs
greeted with cheers
Mr.. Collins declared that De Va.
lera held the game place in his heart
as ever.
Mnry MncswIney Is DenuncIatory.
Then followed violent speech by
Mary MacSwiney denouncing the re-
suit as worse than the betrayal OF
Ireland In the days OF Castlerea. Wis
count Castlereagh. Marquis Of Lon
donderry. who was chief secretary
for Ireland IN 1898 WAS Instrumental
In carrying the union In 1909
De Valera rose again. supposedly
to reply TO Mr.. Collins overture.
However. he took no notice OF Il and
merely appealed to al, his own sup
porters in the Dali to meet hin, s..
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