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De VALERA HAS
HIS OWN TREATY
viii Present It to Dali and
:; Makes Public Introduction
i WARNS IRISH PEOPLE

Sim Fem MdhifeSto declares DedoIS
Influences" Are at Work in Ire
land.
Dublin, Jan. 5.-On the reassemhl
ing of the dali cream (Republica1
| parliamenD the new version of al
amendment proposed by Eeamonn dc
| Valera, the Republican leader, to the
! resolution for ratification of the Anglo
| Irish treaty, was distributed to the
members.
| 1t proposes a treaty Of amlty and
association between Ireland and the
governments of Great Britain and the
other states of the British common
wealth.
The amendment provides:
"That inasmuch as articles of agree
ment for treaty between Great Brit
ain and Ireland, signed at London
| Irish national aspirations and the as.
ISOLATION of Ireland with the com,
munity of Nations known as the Brit
ish commonwealth, and cannot be the
basis of an enduring peace between the
Irish and British peoples;
THE dali eireann, in the name OF
the sovereign Irish nation, makes to
the government of Great Britain, to
the governments Of the other states in
the British commonwealth, and to the
peoples of Great Britain and of these
several states, the following proposal
for treaty of amity and association
which the dali cream is convinced
could be entered into by the Irish peo-
pie with the sincerity of good will.
The Sim Fein publicity department
Immediately after adjournment of the
dali eireann, issued long manifesto
to the Irish people in the name of
EamOnn de Valera, the Republican
leader, accompanied by his alterna,
tive proposals, to replace theIAnglO-
Irish treaty.
Influences more deadly to the ma
ton faced by an enemy than plague
in the ranks of its army are at work
among you," declared Mr.. de Velara
in the manifesto.
He urged there is opportunity for
land and England, and asked the
Irish people to save reconciliation
from being lost through the short
sighted expediency of politicians"
The manifesto declares those who
shouted for peace would lead the
Irish people not to peace, but to an
other betrayal.
Mr.. de Velara's alternative propO.
sails contain seventeen heads with de-
tailed schedules, and contemplate as
ISOLATION with the states of the Brit
iSh commonwealth.
In addition, the proposals declare
for purposes of the association Ire
land shall recognize his Brittainic
majesty as head of the association. /"
The document, while laying down an
Independent status fer ireland, is
similar in detail to the text Of the
treaty negotiated at London.
Mr.. de Valera had sharp exchanges
with Arthur Griffith, leading Sim
Fem peace delegate, and Michael Col
Inns, Republican army commander,
over the much mooted Document
Number 2" The Republican leader
announced he would move his alterna-
tive proposals as an amendment to
Mr.. Griffith's motion for ratification of
the treaty.
(The British prime minister, David
Lloyd George, issued a statement last
week in which he announced any
change in the Angio-Irish treaty would
annul it, and the treaty must stand
or fall as it stood. The statement was
issued at a time when reports pro-
ceeded from Dublin a secret agree
ment on a new proposal for ratifica-
ton had been reached by Sim Fein
leaders.)
The alternative proposals came in
for heated argument when Deputy Nc
Cabe, from the Sligo constituency,
criticised Mr.. de Valera's Document
No. 2" and characterized opponents
Of the treaty as guilty of criminal
Indictment to national suicide" I'm
der the alternative proposals of Mr..
de Valera, he said, there would be
governor general, as under the treaty.
This last declaration provoked
heated scene. Mr.. de Valera said the
document should not be referred to in
the dali until he moved it as an amend
ment.
Mr.. Griffith said it was most unfair
to the public to suppress this docu-
ment.
Mr.. de Valera said he was prepared
to bring it forward at any time, but
the other side, desiring a direct vote
on the treaty, would not allow it to be
put forward as an amendnnant