The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-01-20
IRISH NATION
Gets ITS power
Date of Transfer to Southern
Parliament Depends Largely
Upon Immediate Events.
ULSTER In SURLY MOOD
Resolved Vigorously to Oppose Threat
ened Revision of Its Boundaries
Under Treaty - Ulster Fears
Damage by Business Tariffs.

London.-Transfer of the admins
trative powers to the new Southern
Ireland government, created under the
treaty ratified by the Dali Eireann in
Dublin, is to be arranged Immediately.
1t is understood that the committee of
British ministers appointed under the
craftsmanship of Secretary of Colonies
Churchill will at once resume its work,
which was suspended before Christmas
in consequence of the prolongation of
the debate in the Dali.
Much preparatory work already has
been accomplished, allowing the minis
ters to proceed Immediately with ar
rangements for evacuation Of British
troops, declaration k general amnesty
and handing over of the administrative
departments in Dublin to the new gov
ernment
Churchill returned from the Supreme
Council meeting at Cannes for the pur-
pose of getting his committee together.
He expressed satisfaction at the
treaty's ratification, enabling the work
of his committee to 60 forward.
The date of the transfer Of powers
depends upon the events Of the next
few days in Ireland and the progress
made in installing the provisional gov
ernment of the Irish Free State. 1t Is
assumed that Arthur Griffith and Mi
chael Collins, who led the fight in the
Dali for the treaty, will come to Lon
don to assist In the operation, although
the date of their visit necessarily de-
pends upon the state of affairs in Dub
lin.
listers determination not to enter
the Irish Free State has been strength
ened, says the Belfast correspondent Of
the Daily Mall, by the example of "the
southern mentality anu southern meth
DDS" given in the Dali Eireann during
its discussion Of the peace treaty.
Ulster fears considerable damage to
the business of northern Ireland from
tariffs to be established by the new
government, and foresees great him
drance to trade from the location of
customs houses on her borders These
evils, however, would be small in COM
parison with the wholesale disaster
which it is believed in Uulster would
follow her incorporation into a state
dominated by the Dali eaders, AMI
faced at the outset with the possibility
of having to quell republican rising.
Ulster Is resolved to oppose to the
utmost in the British parliament the
threatened revision of her boundaries
under the treaty just ratified. The
Sim Fein Is represented in Ulster as
not concealing its intention to get con-
troll of the greater part of the counties
Fermanagh and Tyrone, as well as the
city of Londonderry and part of Down
shire.
De Valera Defeated
Dublin.-Eamon de Valera resigned
his office as President of the Irish Re
public, in consequence of the ratifica-
tion of the AngloIrish treaty. A mo-
tiOn for his reelection was put for
ward in the Dali at once, but it was
defeated by vote of go to So.
When de Valera resigned his office
he made it clear that the whole minis
try would go out of Office with him.
He denied he was asking to be re-
elected, and declared again he desired
nothing so much as to retire to pri-
vate life. He did not approve the mo-
ton which his friends made for his
reelection, he said, but it took, as
Alderman Cosgrove said, no less than
four speeches by de Valera to make
his position clear.
1t his opinion, 1t seems, that the
vote was resolution Of approval bind
ing the government to nothing. He
holds that the republic exists and
cannot cease to exist until the people
disestablish it.
Until the people are consulted in a
way in which the issue can be explain.
ed to them," he said, "the government
of the country must go on. I will do
everything can to maintain the indie
pendence of Ireland during the inter-
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