Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-01-12
PRELIMINARIEs OF PUTTING
IRISH TREATY INTO OPERATION

Dublin. Jan. Il (By the A P).-The
summoning of the southern parliament to
meet Saturday by Arthur Griffith. presi-
dent of the Dali Eireann. and his cabinet,
has started the machinery for putting the
treaty into operation. Half a dozen huge
vans backed in front of the chief secre-
tary's offices in Dublin Castle this af-
ternoon and removed stocks of official
documents and effects of the secretarial
and police departments thus beginning
the evacuation of the castle-the symbol
to Irishmen for centuries of British con-
troll
Eamonn De Valera informed the corre-
spondents that he believed his party
would ignore the Saturday meeting of
the parliament. In response to an in
quiry regarding his plans. he said he in
| tended to continue the fight for indie
| pendence; he supposed elections would be
held within six or nine months.
Such elections, added MI De Valera,
like the signing OF the treaty in London.
would be held under British threat of
renewal of warfare and therefore he
( would not accept the verdict as the un-
| coerced will of the people
There is a big line of cleavage" sa id
/ Mr.. De Valera. between those standing
for dependence and those for indepen-
/ dence."
Never would he under any conditions
| take the oath of allegience contained in
! the treaty. Abiding to the Irish repub-
| lican bonds. he declared they would be
redeemed by whatever government was
eventually established. and added that a
meeting of the leaders of the Sim Fein
party would be held tomorrow to con
slider the general position.
An important development today was
the issuance of a manifesto by the Irish
labor party stating that labor would
| participate in the elections to secure rep.
! resentation in the new free state govern
ment. The method adopted in SUNNI IN
ing those who are to ratify the tire ATTY
IS held TO indicate that the British c,g.rt
to avoid friction in the trsn rerenc. OF
the authority in Ireland. Instead of act.
ing directly, the British govtr ment act.
ed through the Dali cS~1inet leaving tn,
Dali to initiate executio of the treaty.
The Associat ed Press is officially IN.
| formed that the heads of Dublin CAST,
| will do their utmost to facilitate and ex
| pedite the provisional governments TAX
ing over Of full authority. Arrangement!
have -lready been made for the speedy
evacuation of the auxiliaries. and as soor
as the treaty is ratified by the southern
parliament evacuation Of the army vii
begin. Any of the existing Irish official,
compensated from the Irish, exceptinr
the auxiliaries and black and tans. VIII,
will be compensated by the British gov
ernment.
The auxiliaries probably IN many case
4 will be employed in the British crow
colonies. but the black and tans ar
technically regular recruits Of the roya
Irish constabulary. The date Of their re
cruitment viii furnish evidence of tn
purpose for which they were employed
and, whatever happens the rest of tn
police force, they will all be dismissed.
=. It Is believed that all consideration
Of technical legality will be set aside I,
the transference to the provisional gov
ernment. with A view to- expediting af
, fairs, and necessary proceedings vii
later evalidated by an act Of indemnity
The public is deeply interested in tn
hurried removal of the papers from Dub
lin Castle. It is generally slrmised tina
one reason for tn is the undesira bilit,
that the new government should have a,
: opportunity to inspect the contents o
: documents having - do with searche
! and raidds and other measures OF coser
, cion, and that therefore all will be cart
, ed away before the provisional govern
ment begins to function.