The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-05
PEACE IS TANGLED
Absolute Deadlock Reached by
Sim Fein Delegates.
Cabinet Fails in Agreement on
Valera'S Proposals.
SINN FEIN WALK-0UT THREAT
Dali AdjOurnS To Give Leaders
Chance To Confer.
Wild RumOrS Fly Following
New Move by Valera.
SINN FEIN WALK-OUT THREAT

Dublin, Jan. 5.-Following the fail
ure of the Sim Fein cabinet to reach
an agreement upon the Irish peace
treaty and Eamonn de Valera's alter
native peace proposals known as doc
ument No. 2, Dali Eireann this after
noon adjourned until tomorrow with
out taking a public vote.
A committee was appointed to at
tempt to bring about a compromise
between the hostile factions. 1t will
report tomorrow.
Immediately after Dali Eireann
convened this morning, an adjourn
ment was taken until o'clock to al
low the members to discuss in private
caucus, Eamonn de Valera's alterna-
tive peace plan. known as document
No. 2.
One member of the Dali said short
ly after the adjournment that an ef-
fort would be made to reach an agree
ment on the plan proposed the other
day by Michael Collins-that the op-
from voting and permit the treaty to
pass.
New Sensation Promised.
Immediately after Dali recessed, the
Sim Fein cabinet went into executive
session. It was whispered in lobby
gossip that there was a chance of an
agreement upon ratification, altho it
was admitted that the chance was a
very slender one.
spondents and promised later on to
make a sensational statement that
would prove a bombshel IN Dali
Eireann.
Defeat of Pact Seen.
J. J. Walsh, member of the Dali, is
quoted in a Central News dispatch
from Dublin today as saying in a
statement:
"I can definitely state that as the
position stands. the treaty will be de-
feated by at least two votes"
In the lobby rumors were flying,
one to the effect that de Valera and
the other opponents of the treaty
planned to walk-out If the alternative
proposals could not be placed before
the Dali.
The morning newspapers took a
gloomy view of the prospect Of ratify-
ing the treaty, but 1t was whispered
that this attitude was assumed for the
purpose of rallying doubtful members
of the Dali 20 the support of the pact.
Valera Springs Surprise.
The astonishment produced in the
production of his alternative proposals
to the peace treaty, and his announced
determination to move them as an
amendment to the treaty at today S
session have turned into anxiety over
the probable effect of this move on
the further proceedings in the Dali.
Mr.. de Valera'S right to move his
proposals as an amendment has been
challenged and it is possible that q
critical division today may occur on
the motion to enable him to carry out
his plan. His opponents declare he
must reserve his alternative proposal
until the Dali has given a direct vote
on the treaty.
Supporters of ratification express
themselves as deeply chagrined at
the turn affairs have taken. Some see
in De Valera'S action an attempt to
rally the extreme Republicans to his
side, while others profess to regard 1t
as the last desperate effort of a leader
who sees his power slipping from his
grasp.
Whole Proceeding Tangled.
From the confusion caused by his
launching what the followers of
Arthur Griffith seem agreed to call
document number 8" it is difficult to
evolve any concrete view of the prob
able result, and most observers, after
expressing their personal opinions of
de Valera's action, say the unraveling
of the tangle must await today's pro-
ceedings of the Dali.
Meanwhile strong condemnatory
comment appears in the Dublin news
papers. An editorial in the Freeman s
Journal today reads:
Those who hoped de Valera would
spare ireland the ordeal of a factional
fight over his absurd document num-
ber are to be disappointed. The
! Irish people will find no justification
in his publication and for his Grim
inal attempt to divide the nation. His
alleged alternative to the treaty is
TO alternative;-it it contains all the ar
tic1es for which the treaty has beer
assailed by the ideal orators of the
Dali only it is much worse"