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MEANT ONLY APPRECIATION.

Imeant those words to be appreciation on my part
of the difficulties which faced friends In America,
and have less regard for their good services now
than ever had.
You have asked to write this article the treaty
with England and before dealing with the treaty ITSELF
you asked to say something of the political incidents
which led up to it.
In my opinion the truce of July last could have been
secured in December, 1920 at the time when His Grace,
Archbishop Cune, endeavored to mediate But the op
portunity lost through too precpitate action by
certain Of public men and public bodies. The
action taken indicated overkeen desire for peace,
and, although the terms of the truce virtually
agreed upon, they abandoned because the British
leaders thought the actions referred to indicated weak
ness part. Consequently They decided to insist
upon the surrender of arms, and the result
continuance of the struggle.
The British aggression went undated and
defense kept up to the best of our ability 1 am
not of any negotiations that preceded the truce
of July. I do know that there much visiting
back and forth by well meaning, but unauthorized
persons.
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Maurice Hewlett, Noted Writer Tells How 1t Feels
To Be Am Alderman I'm London Town

ever happens to turn up. You
can't talk to anybody-to call it
talk-unless you are yourself.
Sure of that on both sides, the
talk follows.
Everything flows" In fact, as
the sage said; and a good thing,
too. The tide is now urging up
wards the kindly earthen vessels,
and in the growing scarcity Of
them Of the brazen make they will
make a better passage Of 1t today
than there was any prospect Of
doing in Walter Bagehot's. That
exponent Of clear thinking and
hard hitting died when I was six
teen. Just as little as he thought
in his heyday that "laborins men"
would sit upon the bench where
he SAT, jure divino-just as little
did think In that year Of his
death that I should live to be an
alderman.
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BY Virtue Of Treaty.

And Il is not the definition OF any
status which would secure to US
that status but 1t is our power to
make secure and increase what
we have gained that gives us our
stttus; yet. obtaining in the treaty
the constitutional status OF Canada,
and that status being one Of free
dom and equality, we are free to
take advantage Of that status. and
we shall set Nd our constitution
on independent Irish lines.
No conditions mentioned here
after, unless in the treaty. can af-
feet or detract from the powers
which the mention OF that
status in the treaty gives US. eNpec-
tally when X has been proved
that the treaty has been made
good by the withdrawal from
Ireland Of English authority Of
every kind.
England has renounced in fact
all right 20 govern Ireland and the
withdrawal Of her forces is proof
Of this. With the evacuation
secured under the treaty has come
the end of British rule In
Ireland.
No foreigner will be able to in
. tervene between our government
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Evacuation Now On.

Let us, in this regard. ask our
selves these few questions:
Are the English goIng7
To what extent are they going?
II the treaty Is put into opera
ton will they, for all practical pur-
poses. be gone?
The answer to the first question
is TO be seen in the evacuation,
that Is proceeding apace. The
claim that the English are going
is being fulfilled. The auxiliaries
are practically all gone. The regu-
lar British military forces are rap
idly following them.
The answer to the second and
third questions is that they remsa
for negligible purposes and that
the extent to which they will re-
main is negligible. We win have
complete freedom for all our pur-
poses. We will be rid completely
of British interference and British
rule.
We can establish In place of
British rule, our own rule. and
exactly the kind Of rule that We
like. We can restore our Gaelic
life in exactly what form we like.
We can keep what we have gained
and make II secure and strong.
The little we have not yet gained
we can go ahead and gain.
All other questions are really
questions Of arrangement In which
our voice shall be the deciding
voice. Any names. any formulas.
any figureheads representing Eu>
lands wish to conceal the extent
of her departure from Ireland and
to keep up some pretense Of her
power over us which is now gone.
will be but names, formulas, and
figureheads.
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Anxiieize ours-iv,aL sr 49, 60
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after Ensiizh xzyA Any c.nzsnH
les<ness o. any e.r~s~s-n>~s 9
tend 10 Keep shenxs q. % @
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Can any r.-trscroa - nme-zn-.
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ever IN dr.s-naa.A
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Against Drifish ueh

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thing that w1l s~S~ - -
and which h.s ~ p-.-nuE -
or reality sxusps % Ew1E - -
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living m hap>- - . e--,-r -
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make god Ma - - -
grasp.
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position th.n s~e-r- - -zpa -
Aexre~-ur.
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ing EEht N . e.rs - - -
construct our $780, -
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War Threat q Bluff.

The threat of Immediate and ter
rible war" was probably a bluff.
The immediate tactics would surely
have been to put the offer of July
20, which the British considered Il
very good offer, before the people
Of the country. II the offer was
rejected they would have had very
little difficulty In carrying their
own people into a war against Ire
land.
Another thing that I believe, and
I have not said It except to some Of
my personal friends. is, that on
the resumption Of h9stilities the
British would have been anxious
to fight with US on a bass of
belligerent rights.
In such circumstances I doubt
IL We would have been able to
carry on the conflict with the sue.
cess which previously attended our
efforts. I scarcely think that our
resources would have been equal
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to bearing the belligerent rights
responsibilities.
No, I am not impressed by this
talk of duress nor was I impressed
by the threats OF declaration OF i'm.
mediate and terrible war.
Great Britain has not made any
declaration OF war upon Egypt.
Neither has she made a declara-
ton OF war against India.
But is the conflict less terrible
because OF the absence Of such
declaration. We must not be mis-.
led by words and phrases.
Unquestionably the alternative
to the treaty, sooner or later, was
war. 1 accept that. and II the
Irish nation had accepted that
alternative / would gladly have
accepted 1t.
Let that point be emphasized.
for the opponents Of the treaty de-
clared over and over again that
the alternative to the treaty was
not war. In my judgment, this
was misleading the Irish nation,
and 1 could not be a party to that.
The decision of the Irish nation
should not be given on a false
basis. That was my own attitude.
And IL, indeed, II be true as the
antagonists OF the treaty say, that
the alternative to the treaty was
not war, where, then. is the hero
ism? Where, then, is the necessity
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Didn't Fight for Name.

But II was freedom that we
fought for, and not for the name
of the form Of government we
should adopt when we got our
freedom.
Now what really happens under
the treaty?
When 1 supported its approval
NJ the meeting of the Dali Fire
ann. I said that 1t gave us free
dom-not the ultimate freedom
which all nations hope and strus-
gle for, but the freedom to
achieve that ultimate freedom.
And was and am now fully
alive to the implications OF that
statement. Under this treaty
Ireland is about to become a fully
constituted nation.
The whole Of Ireland as one ma
ton 10 to compose the Irish Free
State, whose parliament will have
power to make laws for peace and
order and good government in Ire
land, with an executive who will
be responsible to the parliament.
This Is the whole basis OF the
treaty, and It must be clearly borne
in mind that the treaty. land the
treaty, be 1t remembered. is be-
tween equals) 10 the bedrock from
which our status springs, and that
any later act of the British Parlia-
ment derives it's force from the
treaty only.
We have arrived at our position
by virtue Of the treaty and any
forthcoming act OF the British
legislature WI likewise be by vir-
tue of the treaty. '.-..r,...- .-.
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for the futara sacrifices that have
been talked about 90 freely?
The foregoing remarks express
my position In signing the treaty.
To me II would have bsen a GRIM
inal act TO refuse to allow the
Irish nation to give its opinion as
to whether It would accept this
settlement or resume hostilities.
That. I maintain, Is the demo
cratic stand. 1t has always been
the stand Of public representatives
who have been alive to their re-
sponsibilities.
Now let me pass on to the treaty
itself. And in dealing with the
treaty I am anxious to get out Of
tho mists and into clear air. The
Irish struggle has always been for
freedom-freedom from English
occupation, freedom from English
interference. freedom from Eng
lish domination-but not for free
dom with any particular label at
tached to it.
It may also be stated that what
we fought for at any particular
time was the greatest measure Of
freedom that seemed to be obtain
able at that time. 1t depended
upon our strength whether the
claim for freedom was greater or
less at one time than at another.
When the national situation was
very bad, we lay inert. When the
situation improved a little, we
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England Used Force.

England has exercised her power
over US simply by the presence of
her forces-military police, legal
and social forces.
Is II seriously to be suggested
that in the new order. some func-
tionary, no matter what We NAV
call him. will serve the purpose 90
all these forces. or a part of then.
under any particular intsrpreta-
ton Of the words OF the dOon-
ment7
British government could only
be maintained by the presence -
British forces. Once these torccs
are gone the British guverrrnent
can no longer arrange the form
that our national government. sus
our national life. viii take. nor csn
they set any llmlts On either.
II we wish To make our Nf,-a
q free and q good nation. we osn
do 20 now. but we cannc, q, n q
we are 60 fight among o1r-~iv-s
as 70 wheth.r ~ r. o. - esIl-a
ssorstst or Pctiatch,.
whether IN. nan,e ~ ~ p-s,sL
cal phrsseoiogy. 80 carrss r-~---
ireland withcut gr~s, u.t-d =
fort. Our dtfflcuI,y No. N -..Aa-~
a nOb,s Irish treis.a - !. -
reople thssn-siv-- ana ~ - -
dreds of y-ars q Ansfirtrsr,-- -
which - have h--a suao-s-a
Ths ta.k h<fsr. - h.~s~s -
"a a N nrsn-A. - o. @ - -
90 sunnsnsnu n<H..n.>-s .
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and our people. Not a single
British soldier. not q single
British official win ever again step
upon our shores except as the
guest Of q free people.
Our government will have com
plete control OF our army. our
schools and our trade. Our SOL
diers, our Judges and our ministers
win be soldiers. Judges and minis
ters Of the Irish Free State. We
can send our own ambassadors TO
Washington. to Paris and TO the
Vatican. We can have our own
representatives in the League OF
Nations III we wish).
I have said above that II was
freedom that we fought for-free-
dom from British interference and
domination.
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can deal without any breach OF
confidence or without any depar-
turs from strict etiquette.
It has been varivusIy stated that
the treaty was signed under dur
ess. It has been said that the
treaty was signed under threat OF
Immediate and terrible war"
Not Signed Unaer Duress-
Our position never appeared to
me to be that. I did not sign the
treaty under duress except In the
sense that the position as between
Ireland and EnsIand historically
and because Of superior forces on
the part Of England. has always
been one of duress.
The element OF duress was pres
ent when we agreed to the truce.
because our simple, right would
have been to beat the English In
Ireland.
There was an element Of duress
in our going to London to nego-
tiate. But there was not and could
not have been any personal dur
ess.
Neither did the threat Of Gimme
date and terrible war; matter over
much to me. Our position appeared
to me then exactly an It appears
now. The British would not. I
think. have declared terrible. i'm.
mediate war" upon US.
They had three courses open 10
them. The first was to dissolve
parliament and put their proposals
before the country. The second
was to resume war by counting,
openly or covertly. breakages Of the
truce. CThese breakases Of the
truce might have come from either
side) Their third course would
have been to blockade Ireland and
at the same time encourage spas
modic internal conflict.
I must say that the first course
of action indicated above seemed
to me to be the one most likely to
be adopted. Then in case our posi-
ton was endorsed by the people
either the second or the third
method of procedure would have
been very easily managed by the
British. .-... I'd
A political reverse would have
been more damaging to us than u
have the English adopt either the
second or third course which wa,
open to them.
The Washington times., 1922-02-05
Taxis Make Walking
Dangerous I'm Paris

pARIs, Feb, t.-rhs Paris Pc
destrian is up In arms agains,
the taxi chauffeurs who have
made walking on the streets ef
Paris a dangerous diversion. A
committee Of the town council,
which has Investigated the situs-
ton, puts the daily nunsss a
aooidants a. ia
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BY MICHAEL COLLINS.
Head Of the Provisional Government of Ireland)

Special Universal Service
(CopprIoht Britain and the Irish Free Stde)
Copyright in the U. S. By the Star ompany 1897
DUBLIN, Feb. f.
A s You have asked me to make certain statements
"A for your newspapers, and, as with reluctance
consented to do so should like at the outset to correct
the mistaken impression which is held by many OF our
friends in America owing to misconception OF certain
words of mine in my speech to the Dali Eireann on
December 10 last.
1t appears that many of our people thought that
was aiming backhanded blow at those who wished us
well. The mistaken impression caused by my
words to the effect that Amerca did not recognize the
Irish republic because she knew it would mean war
with Great Britain"
meant those words not a slur on detraction
from the sympathy of the American people for sup
pressed nation but simply to indicate that we under
stood the realization by them of position as 1t was
The Washington times., 1922-02-05

clownishness as he could devise.
Bagehot himself, with all his clear
sight, goes on TO agree with Shakes
peare and TO pronounce that so did
the British people. Yet laboring
men are magistrates at this hour,
members of Parliament, privy coun.
cillors and cabinet ministers.
WORK AND GENTILITY.
In that position of respect and
hard work to which l have been
chosen by my shire I think II more
than likely that other laboring
men may be found; for we seem to
be a "fortuitous concourse of
atoms" A marquis Is chairman,
and among the aldermen and coun-
cillors are peers, members of Parlia-
ment. clergymen, military officers
and a number of untitled persons,
one. at least, living In a cottage.
Well. my bench at Sarum. as l
expect my council at Trowbridge,
are doing their best TO show that
there are no longer any orders"
One is moro or less of a gentle
man-which is. or should be, only
so say that one is more or less of a
man,
Perhaps we cannot yet get 1t out
Of the optative mood, but I hope
we are on the way.
A family story is of a maid who,
when she vas asked what she
meant by a lady. saidi
~someens whs liss On ths sam
snh sanss thA hsil.-
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NO EFFECT ON PARLEYs.

However, as far my knowledge goes, those things
did not have any effect the communication from
Premier Lloyd George to President De Valera which
opened up the period Of correspondence between the
two governments and, subsequently, resulted in the
gotations in London.
If there were any official conversations prior to
Lloyd Georges letter they took place entirely without
my knowledge
have been asked to express an opinion upon the
correspondence and to give history Of the negotia
tons in London 1 feel that 1t will only weary people
TO 20 into those things now. One matter, however,
The Washington times., 1922-02-05
By MAURICE HEWLETT,
Famous British Author, IN an
Article in the London
Daily Netps.

<AfNs>tN W. WV &~NfsN~O
Daily Ne,os.
"HOUGH something of the new
est, that is an addition to my
store Of honors, and 1t was
with that at the back Of my head
and an essay of Bagehot's before
my eyes that I fell into the train of
thought which is hereafter ex-
pressed. Bagehot was quoting
Shakespeare. the second part Of
King Henry W." where two Of
Jack Cade's following are discuss.
sing the wonders to come.
George: o miserable age! Vir-
tue Is not required in handycrafts-
mon.
John: The nobility think scorn
to go in leather aprons.
George: Nay, more; tho kings
council arc no woritmen.
John; True, and yet II Is said,
Labour is thy vocation: which is as
much to say as, let the magis-
trates be labouring men, and there
fore should be magistrates.
Among the new things which are
certain about Shakespeare, one Is
that when he penned df he did pen)
that scene he thought he was de-
scribins two clowns and another
that, to his mind, the Inference
that working men should b naasis-
tatss vas - 80 . n.nnk -
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7IHLS is the first of series Of articles By Michael
L Collins, idol of ireland and head of the pro-
pisional government. These articles s0 detail the his
torn of the movement for Irish Freedom Vhich has cuL
minated in the erection of the Irish Free State, and
,oiu furnish a mass Of exclusive information. The
series ,uiu embrace the history of the military
,sents Of the Irish republican parity the peace negota
tions ,Oith Great Britain and the ratification Of peace
,oith the British empire foo,oing the struggle betoeen
the t,oo peoples ,ohich endured for 750 years.
The Washington times., 1922-02-05
CFIAEL. COLLINS OWN STORY OF HOW IRELAND
VON HER FREEDOM AND HOW SHE WILL KEEP II

looked for the repeal Of the union.
When our strength receded again
we looked for home rule under
varying trade names. When II
went still worse we spoke Of some
form of revolution. When our
strength became greater our aims
became higher and we strove for
greater measure Of freedom under
the name Of the Irish Republic.
The Washington times., 1922-02-05
Is TO "INTIMATES."

1t was told Of Sir Walter Scott
by one of his own people that he
spoke TO every man as il he was a
blood relation. Lockhart, in re-
porting 1t. exclaiTns upon his habit
Of freedom of personal inter-
course with his servants both
outdoors and in as being extraordl-
nary. suppose It was then very
extraordinary, for happen TO
know that it is considered by some
rather extraordinary now.
Yet, living as I do and have
done for many yenrs in q recessed
country village. shonld have
been In n considerably worse posi-
ton than / am II l had not boon
able to associate on just those
terms with people who have, not
had my upbringlng which sir
Walter used. II were now to
reckon up my intimates, those
whom / may fairly call friends,
am sure l should find more of
them among the peasantry than in
any other walk Of life.
People have asked met But
what on earth do you find to talk
aboutf And I always reply, just
What you and I talk sbout-what-
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TREATY GAVE
ERIN CHANCE
TO BE FREE

Pact OF London Provides Not ultimate Freedom,
but Freedom to Achieve That ultimate Free
dom, Says Head of Provisional Government,
VINO Claims "0ur Difficulty Now i'm Making
a Noble Irish Ireland, Lies I'm People Them
Selves"
The Washington times., 1922-02-05
BRITISH ONLY
WELCOME AS
GUESTS NOW

"Not a Single English Soldier or 0fficiz SE
Ever Again Step Upon Our Shares Uzlez
Invited to do So by Free Pcopk-C-
land Has Renowned All Right % Gsycn
Ireland" Says DaShing Irish Gicftzil
The Washington times., 1922-02-05

That takes you back a long way.
Its correlative comes from that
Duke of Devonshire who said Of a
cousin Of his:
"He is not gentleman-he
works"
The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-03
A TRAGEDY

Fen: An, woe s me! There goes my faVorite child.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-03
WATCH YOUR STEP

"Why don't you look where you are golng?" asked the irascible person who had been bumped into by an absent minded gentleman.
 My thoughts were elsewhere said the absent-mindcd gentleman. "l was Just meditaJing on the situation in central Europe"
 "Well. if you have anybody de pendent on your for support you'd bet ter meditate on the uncertainties of life in large city."-Birmingham Age-HeraId.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-03
CHURCH NOTES
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Sunday service will be held at 7:SO p. m. in the evening in the cnurcn Edirce Of Christian Science Society of SkRgway. corner of Main street and Fourth avenue.
 Christian Science Subject:
 ANCIENT AND MODERN NE CROMANCY."
 Sunday School at 12:15.
 The Public iB cordially invited.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-03
FULL GOSPEL MISSION

Services Sunday at s p. n.
 Thursday, p. m.
 Sunday School, 2:3O in afternoon.
 Those who have missed hearing Rev. and Mrs. Personeus have miss ed a treat. They will still be with us over this Sunday. We shall al SD have with us Mr. and Mrs. Ny. setter, from NOrwly, who are en- route to the interior to do mission ary wUrk wita the EsquimOs. We feel that we can assure you a blessing and a spiritual uplift fl you ire present this Sunday.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-03
Useless Information.

"What are your ideas on the theory of relutivity?"
 "The same as my Ideas about the possibility of Mars being inhabited" said Mir. Clipping. "I don't know a darned thing about it, and what's more, if I did know anything about 1t, that wouldn't mean any more money in my pay envelope at the end of the week"
The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-03
Mares Indeedl

"What's the matter with the prima dOnru now?"
 "Eh?"
 "Whu's been narrowing the soul of an artist?"
 eve have a new treasurer who hasn't had much experience with tenn prrnmpntal stars When he handed her S2.OOO for weeks toil he called II wages"
The daily Alaskan., 1922-06-03
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Reverend E. L. Winterberger.
 B. D. PRGtor.

Morning Worship at II o'clock, with sermon by the minister on: Do We Worship a Book or Say iour?"
 Sunday School at l2:15.
 Evening Worship at o'cloc. Ser mon topic: "UnfeiBned Love"
 Prayer Meeting on Wednesday night.
 All are cordially invited to these services