New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-14
DE Valera and Die-Hards
Won't Be at Session of
Parliament That Marks
Birth of the Free State
Griffith Seeks To
Hall Rail Strike
Dublin Quiet as Parade of
Black and Tans Marks
Passing Of Old Enemies
By Arthur S. Draper


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DUBLlN, Jan. 13.-1hc parliament
1or south Ireland, which is formally
commissioned by the Ango-Irish treaty
10 rat1fy that document on behalf Of
Ireland, will meet here tomorrow to
complete the acceptance of The pact.
canon dc Valera and his republican
followers will boycott the gathering.
and after fewer than a half dozen
speeches in favor of the treaty the
parliament is expected to ratfy unan-
mously. Immediately after the vote the
transfer of executive power from Brit
'sh to Irish authorities will begin.
The parliament also probably will
elect provisional government of the
irish Free State, the personnel of
which will be the same as that chosen
by the majority in the Dali Eircann
last week. The Dali Eireann, as the
parliament Of the Irish "republic," is
not recognized in the treaty, but as it's
membership is virtually Identical with
that, of the parliament of south Ire
land, which was set up under the Home
Rulc act, but has never functioncd, no
shift In the vote is expected.
Foes Helpless Pending Election
The next move will then lie with the
De Valera faction, but as tho pro
treaty group holds the majority the
republicans are politically impotent
until after general election is held
and then they will have power only if
a majority of candidates pledged to
support the "rcpublic' arc elected.
The wholesale release OF political
prisoners on order of King George, the
parade in Dublin and departure for
England Of the first contingent of
Black and Tans and the preparations
of the new Griffith Cabinet to meet the
strike of Irish railway men called for
tomorrow were thG outstanding devel-
opments here to-day.
Griffith passed most Of the day con
fcrring with industrial leaders in the
Sir William Goulding, representing the
four chief railroads, offered liberal
concessions if the men would stay at
their posts, but no definite progress
toward any agreement was made.
The parade of the Black and Tans
was an unusual sight. These auxil-
iaries, hated fcrcely by every Irish
man, marched slowly through muddy
streets in the rain from their barracks
on the outskirts Of the city 10 the prin
ci7al railroad station. 1t was origi
nally intended that a band should lead
them, but this detail was dropped be
cause it was feared that any demon
straton might be provocative. The
changed conditions that have come in
Ireland were strkingly illustrated .by
fI,o 10
watched them pass in review. From
their rifles flew Union Jacks, and many
of the soldiers were leading Irish ter
ricr:.
Sim Feiners as Bodyguard
Along the sidewalks on both sides of
the streets through which the troopers
marched were companies of men in
muft. and no trained eye was needed
to see that these men, too, were trained
soldie:s. Sim Fein volunteers, the very
men who few months ago were fight.
ing a death battle with the Black and
Tans, o-day were acting as body
guard OH the last march through Dub
lin. In a half-hearted way the auXil-
i,ries sang marching songs and shouted
Care we downhearted?" but there was
absolutely no applause or interest from
the sidelines and only All occasional
"boo!"
The authorities in charge of the de-
palture Of the Britons made it as quiet
an affair as possible, and less than
half-hour elapsed between the time
they quit the highwalled barracks until
their train was pulling out for Kings
town and home. Leaning from the car
windows some shouted: "Goodby, old
Ireland!" but not even a "boo" came
from the crowd on the platform.
The Sim Fcin delegates from the six
northern counties, who feel keenly
their isolation from the two great fac
tions of the south, had conference
to-day with Griffith, De Valera and
Michael Collins, at which they an
nounced that they had agreed to ignore
the differences between the two groups
Of Sim Feiners in the south. 1t is
possible that they may be the means
Of bringing about unity Of feeling
in the new Free State. but the present
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