The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-01-05
nv associated Press Leased wirs.)

fBy Associated FreSS ASASS0 "H~'t
Dublin-On the re-assembling OF
the Dali Eireann today the new YER
sion of Earmon de Valera's amend
ment was distributed to the members.
It proposes treaty of amity and as
ISOLATION between Ireland and the gov
ernments of Great Britain AMI of other
states Of the British commonwealth.
The amendment provides:
"That inasmuch as the articles OIL
agreement for treaty between Great
Britain and Ireland, signed at London
December 6, 1921, do not reconcile
Irish national aspirations and the ex-
pectation of Ireland with the COM
munitv of nations known as the British
commonwealth and cannot be the OASIS
of an enduring peace between the irish
and British peoples.
"The Dali Eireann in the name OF
the sovereign Irish nation makes to
the government of Great Britain to
the governments of the other states
in the British commonwealth and to
the peoples of Great Britain and of
these several states, the following pro-
posals for treaty Of amity and asso-
citation which the Dali is convinced
could be entered into by the Irish peo-
pie with the sincerity of good will"
The complete text of the proposals,
it was announced, would be put into
the hands of the delegates before the
motion was moved.
Mr.. de Valera, after sharp ex-
changes with Arthur Griffith and
Michael Collinc over the much mooted
document number 2" announced that
he would move his alternative pro-
posals tomorrow as an amendment to
the Griffith motion for ratification OF
the treaty.
The question was raised whether
Mr.. de Valera, under the rules OF de-
bate, would be permitted to make an
other speech.
The first speaker at today's session
was Donald Buckley of Kildare, who
opposed the treaty.
"The people of this country have
been stampeded into acceptance OF the
treaty by the rotten press OF ireland,
he said. 81 shall vote against IT"
Alexander MacCabe of Sligo, follow
ed with a plea for acceptance. While
he was picturing the disappointment
he said millions of Irish women and
childre would feel if the treaty were
rejected. Miss Mary MacSwiney in
terrupted him, saying the women were
not in favor of the treaty. To this
MacCabe retorted, ~ know what the
women of Ireland want as well as you"
In his argument in support of the
treaty MacCabe regretted the disagree
ment with canon de Valera whom the
Dali members, he said, regarded with
admiration. He criticized de Valera's
document number 2" the alternative
proposal, saying there would be gov
ernor general even under it.
This last declaration provoked
heated scene. De Valera said the docu-
ment should not be referred to in the
Dali until he moved it as an amend
ment.
Arthur Griffith said it was most
unfair to the public to suppress this
document.
De Valera said he was prepared TO
bring it forward at any time but that
the other side, desiring direct vo-~
on the treaty, would not allow it to be
put forward as an amendment
Griffith said he had asked the
president at the beginning to make
the document public, and that he had
refused
'Do you object to my bringing
| it forward as an amendment" asked
de Valera.
Is this debate or an old woman's
wrangle ?" exclaimed Michael Collins.
"This document is being referred to
piece-meal," continued de Valera,
"and an attempt is being made to pre-
judice my right to bring it forward as
an amendment while the only thing
preventing it is that the other side
wants direct vote. formally give
notice that l will move tomorrow that
this document be brought forward as
an amendment"