The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-05
Famous Document, No. 2,
Circulated, and Fight
On Procedure RACES.
BATTLE TO FINISH
is EXPECTED TODAY
Griffith Raises Cry of
Dictator as President
Shouts Defiance.

DUBLIN, Jan. A battle royal
took place this afternoon between
the rival parties in Dali Eireann
and probably it will be fought to
a finish tomorrow. IL came dra-
matically after the weary debate
had dragged for more than three
hours. During the afternoon there
had been a rumor that Eamonn de
Valera was contemplating some
coup and at intervals secretaries
and messengers entered the cham
Der and whispered in his ear.
Then just before the adjourn
ment two documents were circu-
lated to the members of the Dali.
One was phrased a proclamation to
The People of Ireland" signed by
De Valera. and the other was the
famous document No. 2"
Grifith Sees Omissions.
ON the motion for adjournment
Michael Collins drew attention to
the alternative plan circulated and
suggested that as a matter of pro-
cedure a vote be taken on the
treaty first and if that were de-
feated then a vote on document
No. ."
Mr.. Grifith made a formal OBJ
lection to a change in the agenda
agreed on without the unanimous
consent of the Dali and at the same
time drew attention to the fact that
the document circulated tonight was
not number two" as presented at
the secret session, but contained
only seventeen clauses as against
twenty-three originally. The new
document omitted an alternative
form of oath. contribution to the
Kings civil list and all other pro-
posals which had been criticized and
except for a slight alteration in the
phrasing it is almost identical with
the treaty.
De Valera Angered.
When Mr.. Griffith drew attention
to those omissions, Mr.. De Valera
rose, and shouted across the room:
"You are quibbling now i am the
living symbol OF this republic and
i will be heard If 1 ever gave one
jot of the title of the republic away,
/ deserved to be impeached. / am
going to move this amendment at
my own time and in my own way"
Dan Mccarthy. a deputy from
Dublin. intervened, saying the
president was a Sery excitable
man and possibly did not mean all
that he said.
Il mean every word" shouted
Mr.. De Valera.
We'll. it is a matter for the
chair to decide on the point of
order. Can the treaty be pre-
sented?" remarked Mr.. Mccarthy.
Speaker MacNeill rose to rule
on the point of order when Mr..
De Valera jumped to his feet
again roaring:
'I am the president here and
am going to make my own rules
of procedure in my own way and
at my own time"
Cry of Dictator Raised.
Then Mr.. Grifhth was on his
feet, saying: is this a constitu-
tionaI assembly or a dictatorship?
Tell me II II is and we will walk
out"
By this time half the deputies
were on their feet shouting to the
Speaker who. when order was suf-
ficiently restored to be heard. said
that so far. no amendment has been
formally offered and that he would
issue his ruling when one was.
n finish fight tomorrow which may
stem the tide of weary debate.
Mr.. De Valera declared that he
will push the amendment tomor-
row. and if he forces a vote there
will be no more debate. He has
chosen the weakest ground to vote
on. as many deputies who would
perhaps vote against the treaty re-
sent what they call his attempt to
dictate the procedure of the As
sembly.
Copyright, ls22.)
Order Curfew I'm Belfast.
BELFAST, Jan. 4. Following
three days of serious rioting. in
which six persons were killed, the
authorities ordered an 8 o'clock cur
few to go into effect tonight, in
North Belfast. Last nights snip
ing and fighting were bitter, an
other death being added to the toll.
This morning the city was quiet
er after a terrifying night. when
military in armored cars raked the
York street district with machine
guns after a bomb had been thrown
from a street car into group
standing on a street corner. AL
though the bomb exploded with ter
rife force. by an odd chance no one
was hurt.
This morning the police surprised
some men firing in the Garrick Hill
district. After a running battle, in
which several shots were fired by
both sides, the police captured two
rioters, one of whom carried a
Mauser and the other bombs.