The New York herald., 1922-01-09
ULSTER MAY ENTER
Griffith Said to Have
Cooperation Pledges
From Leaders in
the North.
COLLINS HOLDS ARMY
Dissolution of Southern
Parliament First I'M
pOrtant Step.
REJOICING IN IRELAND
Dali in Open Session To-day
Debates Reaffirming Of
Sovereignty. I
IN IRELAND
By JOHN McH. sTIART.

ny JOhN Mcb. STU AUI.
Special Gable to The NEW Yoex HERALD.
Copyright. 1929. By THE Nzv YORK Hrp.,n.
DUBLIN, Jan. S.--The Irish Free
State began to function to-day with
difficulty. Eamon dc Valera and his
faction still remain recalcitraut. But
the friends of the Free State insist
tonight that their plans will sweep
through to triumphant finish.
The likelihood of open violence
between the factions was practically
eliminated tonight, and Arthur
Griffith and his followers even hope
that when the Dali Eireann recon
venes tomorrow they will find many
who voted with De Valera yesterday
swinging over to them. The De
Valera faction met in the Mansion
House this morning and Griffith and
Michael Collins and their support
ers met In the afternoon.
De Valera to-day explicitly re-
newed his assertion that the repub-
lican government of which he still
is the titular head is the only legal
government in Ireland.
We are still pledged" he said.
ITO do all our hearts, our heads and
our hands can do for the republic"
The Griffith supporters refrained
from making public statement, but
one of them when shown De Va
lera's statement told THE NEw
YORK HERALD correspondent: Their
hearts are wrong, they have no head
and their hands are tied"
So far have the Griffith followers
gone that il Is reported tonight that
Trey are already In informal touch
with northern Ireland over an ar
rangement involving specific COOP
Grafton in many matters.
Lineup Revealed To-day.
To-morrow's meeting of the Dali will
furnish details OF the new political
lineup. some OF Dc Valera's advisers
are urging him not to resign but 20
endeavor 10 pursue obstructive tactics
as the head OF tho government though
beaten on tho vital issue involving
the national policy. Whatever ne does
in the Dali, however. will have little
consequence actually, as the next step
lies under tho treaty with "the neni-
bers elected for Southern Ireland"
That includes four members elected
for Trinity College in Dublin who ara
for ratification ard eliminates one
member for Northern ireland who sits
in the Dali and who voted against the
treaty. thus making tho vote for the
treaty by this body 6S to 56.
/. Is possible that the De Valera
supporters may refrain from sitting IN
tho new Southern Parliament, w.
which case the vote for ratification
would be unanimous by those present
Griffith, however. not for one moment
is willing TO base his control on such
grounds. and his next step will be to
ask the dissolution OF the southsrsp
Parliament as elected and the election
OF new one thus submitting the ISSUE
70 the people, who. as all observers
mendous majority.
IL WEB TtDOIANu lp-ulSHN NnaI tuN
plan OF tho 10 Valera faction was 20
nominate candidates for this electiop
on a platform OF outright republican
ism, hut pledged 70 abstain from talk
ing their seats IL elected. just rs the
Sim Fein members abstained when
they were elected 70 tho Westminster
Parliament. All Observers agree that
50 few will be elected that tho abstcn-
ton from tire new Parliament viii bc
negligible and the formation of the
Provisional Government will so on
apoce.
Army sn Coitius's Control.
Likewise il seems certain tonight
that tho army is held absolutely in tho
hands OF Collins. He IS Minister cf
Finance. The army cannot exist wholly
without funds, and their loyalty 10
Collins IS at ieest as warm as their
loyalty TO Charles Burgess. Careful
steps already were taken to-day TO as
sure against the possibility Of clashes
either within the army or between
the army and the crown forces. Tho
crown authorities are even cooperating
IN this plan. and removed the crow,
forces entirely to-day from one area
where trouble threatens.
Quiet efforts also arc proceeding tn
line up Irlshmen OF influence with the
nov Government. ono striking fea
ture already evident is that Il viii
mean great change in tho Irish socisl
order. Irish titles will lose some 81
the{r yal,n Mon arch ae Lord Drcics,