The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-04
GRIFFITH AND DE VALERA IN CLASH:
 VOTE MAY BE RECORDED TOMORROW:
 NAVAL EXPERTS COMPLETE REPORTS

Dublin. Jan. 4-(By The A. P.)- When the Dail Eireann reassembled today. 59 of it's menbers-nearly half had expressed their views on the Irish peace treaty. Between private and public sittings, the Dai thus far has devoted nine days to debate.
 Although the list of speakers is still far from exhausted, it is apparent that every argument has been brought forward, and it is believed that hence worth the speeches will be short.
 Hope for a division tomorrow or F'r1dsy at the latest, was freely ex- pressed today. The newspapers con tinue to speculate on the size of the majority for the treaty. The political ent says that one prominent opponent Of the treaty who is in a position to judge the relative strength of both parties, believes the ratification issue will have majority of about six votes. The number of doubtful votes IS estimated at five or six, including voting.
 The first speaker at today's session was Donald Buckley of Kildare, who opposed the treaty.
 The people of this country have been stampeded into acceptance of the treaty by the rotten press of Ire land" he said. T shall vote against
 Alexander MacCabe, of Sligo. fol- lowed with a plea for acceptance. Miss Mary MacSwiney Interrupted him, saving the women were not in t@avor @ or the treaty. To this Mac
 'T know what the women of Ire land want as well as you.'
 Mrs; Pearse' mother of Patrick H. Irish Republic, who was executed af- ter the Dublin rising in 1916, spoke against the treaty.
 Deputy Buckley in his argument against the treaty, took the ground that the only mandate he had from his constituents was for a republic.
 In his argument in support of the treaty, Deputy MacCabe of Sligo, re- gretted the disagreement with Ramon DeVaiera, whom the DaiI members he said, regarded with admiration. As for the provisions of the treaty. they promised. He did not like soxile things about the treaty but he ac- cepted 1t as a step towards more. and he regarded the opponents of the treaty as guilty of criminal incite- ment to national suicide"
 This last declaration provoked & document should not be referred to in the Dail until he moved it as an amendment
 Arthur Griffith said it was most un- fair to the public to suppress this document.
 DeValera said he was prepared to bring 1t forward at any time but that the other side, desiring a direct vote
 
 be put forward as an amendment.
 Griffith said he had asked the pres ident at the beginning to make the document public and that he had re- fused.
 'Do you object to my bringing 1t forward as an amendment" asked DeValera.
 "Is this debate or an old wom- ans wrang1e?" exclaimed Collins.
 Deputy MacCabe said:
 "Give us even dominion rule, or any rule that stamps us as a people, but for Heavens sake don't give us 8 Central American republic"
 Owen O'Duffy, of Monaghan, Sim Fein laison officer for Ulster, spoke fin favor of the treaty on it's merits. He said only one or two individuals out of the 35, 900 people he represented were against the treaty. The DaiI Eireann should not take the responsi-N bility of douting the almost unani- nous will of the sovereign people.
 The principal parts of the treaty that appealed to him, he said, were the provisions for the evacuation of Ireland by the British forces, civil and military, and the setting up of an Irish army, trained and fully equipped. No small nation in the world he de- clared, has secured so much as the treaty gave to Ireland.