The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-01-14
dublin CASTLE
Prep AIRED FOR
! .a|FF|TA RULE
.sauthern Parliament Called to
Meet Saturday, Machinery
Puts Treaty Into Operation.
Bu Associated Press.


Dublin. Jan. 1.-The Summoning
Of the southern parliament to meet
Saturday, by Arthur Griffith, presi-
dent of the dali 'eireann. and his cab
8 met. has started the machinery for
putting the 'Anglo-Irish treaty into
\ operation.
+ Half dozen huge vans backed in
front of the chief secretary's office
In Dublin castle this afternoon and
removed stacks of official documents
and effects of the secretarial and po-
lice departments, thus beginning the
evacuation of the castle-the symbol
to Irishmen for centuries of British
control.
i cannon De Valera Informed the cor
respondents that he believed his
party would ignore the Saturday
meeting of the parliament. In re-
spouse to an inquiry regarding his
plans, he said he intended to continue
the fight for independence; he sup
posed elections would be held within
/ six or nine months.
De Valera Obstinate.
n Such elections, added Mr.. De Va
lera, like the signing of the treaty
4 In London, would be held under Brit
ish threat of renewal of warfare, and
therefore. he would not accept the
verdict as the uncoerced will Of the
people.
There Is a big line of cleavage"
I said Mr. De Valera, between those
standing for dependence and those
for independence.
Never would he under any condi-
ton take the oath OF allegiance con-
tanned in the treaty. Abiding to the
Irish Republican bonds, he declared
they would be redeemed by whatever
I government was eventually estab-
lished and added that a meeting of
the leaders of the Sim Fein party
would be held tomorrow to consider
the general position.
An important development today
was the issuance of a manifesto by
labor would participate in the cleo
tions to secure representatives in. tn
new free state government.
. Friction Avoided.
The method adopted in summoning
those who are to ratify the treaty is
held to indicate that the British de-
sire to avoid friction in the transfer
tence of the authority in Ireland. In
stead of acting directly, the British
government acted through the dali
cabinet, leaving the dali to initiate
execution OF the treaty..
The Associated Press Is officially
informed that the heads Of Dublin
castle will do their utmost to facili-
tate and expedite the provisional gov
ernment's taking over of full au-
thority. Arrangement have already
been made for the speedy evacuation
of the auxiliaries and as soon as the
treaty is ratified by the southern par
y lament evacuation of the army will
begin. Any of the existing Irish of
& ficials whom the free state dismisses
]. must be compensated from the Irish
funds, excepting the auxiliary black
and tans, who will be compensated
by the British government.
H, Papers Removed.
i! The auxiliaries probably in many
j. cases will be employed in the British
crown colonies, but the black and
tans are technically regular recruits
'on the royal Irish constabulary. The
y date of their recruitment will fur
lnish evidence of the purpose for
which they were employed and what
ever happens to the rest of the police
force, they all will be dismissed.
The public is deeply interested in
the hurried removal of papers from
the Dublin castle. It is generally
surmised that one reason for this is
the undesrability that the new gov
eminent be given opportunity to in
spect the contents of documents hav-
ing to do with searches and raids and
other measures Of coercion and thai
therefore, all will be carted away
before the provisional government
begins to function.