The Arvada enterprise., 1922-01-12
meeting Of the allied supreme coun'f,
WAS opened on Thursday.

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WAS opened on Thursday.
nEBATE on the Irish treaty was al.
~ most 0ycrsladuwed In Dublin by
the kidnapping. presumably by support
ers of he Valera. of \. u. Kay cor.
respondent OF the L"n,lnn Times. and
| by II hot discussion in the Dali Eircnnn
concerning the freedom of the press.
provoked by an attack on the Free
I mans journal because IL advocated
ratification Of the pact. The cOrre-
! spondenis united In n demand that Mr..
| Nay ie released and that n public
apology for his kidnapping l,e made In
the Dali Eireann.
The strength, Of the opposition to
the peace treaty In the Dail Eireann
when II rcassenbled after the holidays
WAS unexpected. DE vnlern. Countess
Markiewicz and many others denounced
| the pact bitterly and We're not ut all
aba shed by the arguments Of its sup
porters. On Wednesday, De Valera
Issued II proclamation To the People
| Of Ireland" and also circulated copies
of the Document No. >" shOrn Of
several OF Its clauses. This latter
WAS De valera's proposed alternative
pact, and fierce debate ut once arose
over whether II should he considered
M an amendment to the treaty and
voted on first, as Dc Valera wished.
or whether 4 vote should tirst he taken
OH the treaty and. IL IL were unfavor.
Al a..
course Of the row De Valera shouted
that he was going to move this amend
ment at my own tisN. aud In my own
way" ana when reminded this WAS \
matter for the chair to decide lle
hOtly retOrted: II nun the president
here and am going ." make my own
rules Of procedure IN my own way
and at my own time"
The alternative Is not vastly diff
ferent from the treaty arranged In
London. 1t provides that the Iegisla-
ture. executive and judicial authority
Of Ireland shall Ike derived solely from
the people Of Ireland: that for the pur-
pose Of common concern Ireland shall
he associated with the states OF the
British empire. with rights. status and
privileges In no respect less than those
states. and that for the purposes Of
the association Ireland shall recognize
his Britannia majesty ~ head Of the
association. Most Of the other terms
are similar 10 those Of the treaty.
THE death Of senator BOies PenrOss
~ Pennsylvania not only deeply
grieved his many friends and admirers.
II also caused considerable dlsniay
among those who do not approve Of
the socalled agricultural bloc In the
senate. For Penross was chairman
Of the senate nnancs committee aud
II the system Of seniority 10 adhered
TO his successor In that place Of power
will be Senator McCumber " North
Dakota, one Of the charter members
of the blN,. I'enrose also was
recognized NJ the leader of the con.
scrrattve element In the senate. and
In this position he IN succeeded BY
Senator Watson OF Indiana.
Gov. W. {. Sproui Of Pcnnsylvania
was urged by some Republicans to re.
sign and accept appointment to al
out Penrose's uncxpire,l term. but this
he declined 10 do.
DRESlDENT and Mrs. Harding ~
yived the custom Of holding u New
Years reception to the public. and all
official Washington followed suit By
kepuinr nn.u hn,,s.. ..n N.n.lo, A.,a.s
the callers nt the white House and
guests at the diplomatic hreakfns. was
DIR. Karl Lang. the newly arrived Ger.
man chnrge d'nfYaires.
"A CCORplNG TO II New York news
a paper. Postmaster WIN Hays has
accepted the position oS director xpn.
ernl of the National Association Of the
Motion Picture Industry which wss
offered him some time ago. II IL said
his contract is for three years ut q
salary of &lO.O0O u ycnr. The ~.
socintlon embraces In Its mpubsrship
all the motion picture producers In The
country.
QUITTING down tho estimates Of
~ Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
by $i1W0. the house appropriations
committee recommended the appropria.
tion Of N,2jO,00O for prohibition 20.
forcetnent during the next fiscal year,
This Will provide for the employment
Of about 500 more agents. Mr. Haynes
also wanted saj00OO to increase the
salaries OF agents TO keep them honest,
but this ,he committee refused.