New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
Britain w ants
Quick Vote ON
Irish Treaty
Churchill Calls or Commons
10 Clotl1c Dublin Regime
With Power to Call Elcc-
ton and Establish Peace
Says Ulster Can Wait
Rioting Wancs at Belfast;
Prisoners Freed; British
Resume Troop Evacuation
By Arthur s. Drapcr

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LONDON, Feb. 10 Moving tho
second reading of the Irish Free state
bill in the House Of Commons to- dav
Winston Churchill, chairman Of The
British Cabinets Irish Affairs Com,
mlttcc, urged quick action on the
measure to clothc the Dublin provj-
sional cabinet with powers to put the
treaty question before the Irish people
for a vote. Such referendum, he be-
)icvcd, would bring j1.orscment of
Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith,
heads of the Dublin government, and
assure future peace. Meanwhile, the
Colonial Secretary argued, the "prc
mature" discussions of Ulstcr's boun-
daries should be dropped until the
Irish election is held and the Free
State properly established.
"Thc government dcprccatcs anv at
tempt to reach final solution Of the
boundary question now" Churchill
said.
Ulster Disorders Wane
The argument adduced by the govern
mcnt spokesman was hclped by better
news from rotous Ulster to-day. where,
despite further shooting disorders in
Belfast, the situation was improved By
the release Of twcnty-sjx Orangcmen
by their Sim Fcin kidnapers. On the
frontier all was quiet and the cvacua-
tlon Of British troops from Ireland has
been resumed. Collins is more and
more confident, according to advices
from Dublin, that the Sim Fein gen
cral assembly next week viii over
throw the hopes of the extremist re-
publicans In Belfast the total casual
ties in riotng increased TO- day to 1926.
and considerable damage was done by
arson. More than thirty have been
killed.
Churchill explained that there were
two reasons why the Free State BILL
which Will come UP for vote on the
second reading tomorrow, should be
passed at the earliest possible mo-
ment. The first was that it was fatal
ment that power in Ireland should be
welded by men who do not possess
legal power. Lawless tendencies. he
said could not be controlled except
by government entitled to display
the insignia of lawful power The
second reason, he explained, was that
there should be a decision on the treaty
by the Irish people through an elec-
ton which would also secure an adc-
ouate and Sensible" constituent as
sembly for the adoption OF Ireland's
new constitution.
Appeals for Hope, Not Hate
Pointing out that the present Dali
Eireann consisted Of men elected be-
cause they were hold by their followers
to be most obnoxious to England and
the Church. Churchill declared, amid
cheers: There ought to be an Irish
parliament representing the hope Of
the future rather than the hate OF the
past
Replying to the supposition that Ea
mon de Valera and his republican fol-
lowers might win the election, Church
Ill said that there was no advantage in
specializing on these ugly hypothcses.'
He added that all tho information the
Cabinet had showed that these assump-
lions were incorrect.
Churchill also dismissed the likeli-
ocod Of coup d'ctat by which Soviet
rcpublic would be established in Ire
and--a possibility suggested in some
quarters.
1t was the Irish signatories to the
peace treaty who deserved sympathy
and support, and not Ulster or Great |
Britain, Churchill continued In an
effective passage the speaker poked fun
II De Valera and his supporters, say
ng that the Free Statcrs, lreland's |
most vigorous fighting men. were now
'eing condemned by the moro talkative |
section Of Sim Fein, which the British