The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-09
Irish President Declares
Fight for Republic
Must Go On.
VOTE WEAKENS
POWER OF FOES
South Ireland Celebrates
Peace - Dali Will
Meet Today.

DUBLIN, Jan. S.-Neither the rat
Irish treaty, nor the plea of his po-
liticaI opponents for cooperation In
the new government of ireland
have moved Eamonn De Valera, de-
feated extremist leader. to abandon
lis stand for absolute independence.
The republic still lives" he told
delegation of Australian friends
who called on him today.
The Irish president. who has thus
far failed to resign his office al
though he admitted in the Irish
Parliament that he must follow
that procedure. now bases his op-
position to the action of the Dali
on the grounds that ratification of
the treaty was illegal"
south ireland Celebrates.
The republic is still sovereign
over Parliament and still exists,
he declared. THE resolutions rec
ommending ratification Of the
treaty are illegal and will be flouted
until the Irish people themselves
.disestabish the republic"
with the Dau Eireann finally on
record as favoring ratification OF
the treaty. however. practically all
of Southern Ireland, with the ex-
ception OF one or two die hard
strongholds, gave over the week
end to enjoyment at the outcome OF
the long struggle for peace.
1t Is admitted everywhere that
the task of forcing the treaty
through the Dali was largely me-
chanical, and that now that the
pact is accepted. majority OF the
Irish will be content to settle down
under its provisions and work out
their own destiny peacefully. The
extremits will continue their et-
forts for strict independence, out
much Of their power has gone ana
il will be difficult to stir mass sem
timent into such volume that real
resolution would be possible.
Faces Trouble In Details.
Ne Valera and his. followers sun
have the capacity for making trou-
BILE. and for the first few months
the course of the provisional gov
crnment undoubtedly will be
stormy. Details of the agreement
with Great Britain are yet to be
worked out. listers position must
he considered, and the old mach1n-
ery of Sim Fein must be remodeled
into the new machine of the irish
Free state. They will take ume'
especially under the hampering tac-
tics and obstacles sure to be thrown
in the way by the De valera iac-
tion. No.,
,.4y. the Dali Eireann will attempt
TO clear away the confusing sltua-
tion that has arisen from the uncer-
tainty over the future policy OF tne
die-hards.
the Griflth-Co Collins faction held eau
cuses this afternoon. but neither
wa. able to reach any definite con-
,Iusion as to next steps to be taken
owing to the doubt as to what
cohrse the Dali Eireann will pursue.
VIII stand for Re-eIectlon-
The president is expected. how
ov.r To tender his resignation ana
5ecIare the cabinet dissolved, de-
manding the formation of new
nail and new government. He
will stand for reelection as Re-
De vaIers's position was some
what Losely outlined in his speech
to the Australian delegation, when
he said:
We are seeking self-determlna-
tion. not at the cannon mouth, but
of our own free will. Let no man
saw that the Irish people have de-
termined themselves to be with the
British Empire as British subjects.
The heart of the people is repub-
Iican now as--Gefore.
"A wonderful opportunity to Sc
cure a lasting peace between the tw
great peoples has been definitely
lost once more by the triumph of
brute force over reason and right
Declaring that ireland in her
heart demands complete independ-
ence. he continued: The fight must
90 on"
De Valera may maintain that the
Dali Eireann must continue as a re-
- publican parliament and try to force
the hackers of the treaty to form
separate organizations. Griffi this
followers plan to form a provisional
government and then to call a new
meeting of the members Of the
southern Parliament" to ratify the
treaty over again. In that event IL
is not known whether the presi-
dent party would attend such a
session.