The Washington times., 1922-09-26

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aid him, believing he was intoxicated,
he was finally picked up by a taxi
cab driver.
are cheap to build and require few
men to operate themi Submarines
are a real menace to England!
Premier Shrewd.
"I fought my best to try TO argue
the point. After all, said to the
British prime minister. In feland could
never hope 10 wage aggressive war
against England. Restricting our
offensive armament seemed 10 me
on a par with muzzling a sky terrier.
Submarines replied Lloyd
George. are the flying columns of
the seas He looked at me straight
as he said this, and slowly a twinkle
came into his eyes. Then he spoke
again. And i am sure he said.
there is no need for me to tell you.
be inflicted by flying columns! We
have had experience with your flying
columns on land"
then! He knew what he was talking
about. More than that-he knew
that knew!
But de Valera and Childers saw
nothing disadvantageous to US in this
prohibition of submarines. Perhaps
II would be more nearly accurate 10
say that de Valera did not visualize
the potential value of Irish sub
marines-and that Childers did!
Big Concession.
"In any event Document No. con.
ceded this British claim fully. DoCu.
ment No. 2 gave way to England on
a point that really mattered! This
cannot be stated too emphatically.
Such a concession to British ne.
cessity, real or supposed. was moth.
ing but rank dishonesty. Let us
agree-since we must-that we shall
not build submarines, but don't let
US pretend that we are doing 1t from
any motive other than the real mo-
tive!
with the treaty finally signed,
what was the position? After $50
years Ireland was about to become
a fully constituted nation-the whole
Of Ireland as one nation to com.
pose the Irish Free State with a par.
lament to make laws for the peace,
order and good government Of Ire.
land, and with an executive respon-
sible to that parliament.
This is the whole basis Of the
treaty, and It must be borne clearly
in mind that the treaty land a treaty
be II remembered, is between equalsI,
il the bedrock from which our status
springs, and that any later act OF the
British legislature derives its force
from the treaty only.
Ends British Rule.
I'VE have the constitutional status
of Canada, and that status being one
of freedom and equality. we are free
to take advantage of that status. In
fact, England has renounced all
right TO govern Ireland, and the
withdrawal OF her forces is the proof
of this. With the evacuation Sc
cured by the treaty has come the end
of British rule in Ireland.
mo foreigner will be able to in
terYene between our government and
our people. VIII Irishmen continue
to intervene between our government
and our people?
"The treaty we brought home
gave us the freedom we fought to
win-freedom from British inter
ference and domination. The Black
and Tans are no more. The regular
British military forces are gone
The Royal Irish Constabulary is
only a memory in the twenty six
counties. And these are results OF
the treaty.
And we knew that December
night when we boarded the train
bound for home, that these were tC
be the results of our many months
of arduous labor. II it were not a
triumph for the cause OF Ireland, al
least 1t was a greater measure OF
success than any of us had dared
hope.
"And It seemed that the Irish
people resident in London considered
II a triumph. For at the station
there were thousands of them-men,
women and children-waving the
tricoior and cheering us and singing
happy folk songs. 1t was a heart.
ening sight.
WAS II only a forerunner Of our
greeting in Dublin We all won.
dered."
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