Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-01-18


have its own army, but the army must
not be larger in proportion TO lrelands
population than the British army IN
proportion TO its population. Inc
British forces In Ireland Will ne WIFI
drawn Immediately upon ratification
Of the treaty.
Ulster will be included in the settle
ment, but 1t may vote Itself out WITHIN
a month after the British parliament
has ratified the treaty. In case II ue-
cides against uniting with southern
ireland its status will continue under
the act provided for I'm 1920 In suen
a case a boundary commission VIII De
constituted to determine final boun-
Diary between Ulster and the rest OF
Ireland.
The Irish Free State agrees 10 as
sumo an equitable proportion Of the
British debt. 1t Is to provide harDor
facilities for the British navy on terms
TO be decided by the two countries IN
convention. Religious freedom ana
education VIII be safeguarded In both
the northern and the southern govern
ments.
1t is provided that formal ratifca-
ton of the treaty by Ireland shall oe
made by body elected under the BTU
ish parliament's government or ire
land net. This provision VIII De met
by the reconstruction OF the Daii
Eireann as the first provisional par
lament of Ireland. The members OF
the Dali were elected under the Brit
ish home rule act.
Saws America Favors Treaty:
Harry Boland. Mr.. De Valera's AMER
lean envoy, provided a sensation when
he declared he was against the treaty
as a republican, although he kne"
that most people I'm Ireland ana nearly
all the people I'm America we're In favor
Of IL. In reporting on the American
loan he declared that the state OF I'M
nois I'm 1919 raised $4,000 In Il
months nj a cost of $4,000 and last
wear it raised S552,OOO in three weeks
at the same cost.
Ratification of the Irish-British
peace treaty practically brought to an
end the fight for Irish freedom that
has been 'vaged for more Than 100
wears. The British parliament has al
ready unanimously approved the
treaty.
Friendship between the English and
Irish people ceased at the time OF the
invasion of Ireland credited to Strong
bow. heir to the earldOm of Pembroke
and. a liege Of Henry ii. This con-
ouest occurred I'm the Twelfth cen
fury.
Henry III dispatched a force of An
glo-Norman troops under Diarmid
MacAIurragha to occupy Dublin. mat
city and several other Irish towns
were taken. After this victory Strong
how. one of the lieutenants under Mac
NIurragha. married the leaders daugh-
ter. He assumed the throne OF Lem
ster at his father-ln-law's death IN
III. Henry then went to Ireland ana
established Dublin castle as the seat
of government. The castle has been
the headquarters for Great Britain in
Ireland ever since.
The first revolution In Ireland was
In 1898. 1t was almost entirely d.
rected by Protestants, one of whom
was Lord Edward Fitzgerald. pic
turesaue Irish leader.
Robert Emmett, a Protestant, was
one of the best loved heroes of Ireland.
He organized the revolt of 1898.
Later Emmett was captured, convict
ed of treason, and was hanged on Sep
TENDER 20, 1903. In an eloquent
speech from the gallows he babe no
one to place an epitaph on his tomb
until Ireland was free.
other great men In Irish history In
clude Theobold Wolfe Tone, Henry
Grattan, Charles Stewart Parnell,
Daniel O'Conner, "the great liberatOr,"
and Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor
of Cork. who starved himself to death
for the Irish cause in a British prison.
De Valera Elected In 1919.
canon De Valera was elected pres
ident of the "Irish republic" by the
Irish national assembly In 1919. He
was In hiding then, hunted by British
troops, following his sensational es-
cape from Lincoln prison.
He was born in New York city. His
mother. before her marriage to a
Spanlard. was Kate Coll, native OF
County Limerick. Ireland. Shortly be-
fore the Irish rebellion of 1916, he was
teaching Gaelic at the Royal College
of Surgeons, Dublin. Then he became
a major in the Irish forces. After n
long stand he surrendered and was
sentenced TO be shot, n sentence later
committed to life Imprisonment.
Michael Collins, who gained In power
during the last year. both at war and
at peace, is considered the logical sue
cessor TO De Valera as leader, although
an older man may be chosen as the