Arizona republican., 1922-02-23
IRISH TREATY
FACT|0NSEND
HOSTIL|T|ES
AND ADJOURN
Agreement Between De
Valera and Griffiths
Ends Hope For Treaty
Election For 3 Months
TRepubIIcaS1 A. p, Leased WIre1

DUBLIN, FEB. 22.-Wlth dramatic
suddenness, a peace agreement,
reached at the eleventh hour between
free state and republican leaders, was
sprung on the Ard Fheis, or national
Sim Fein convention today, and the
huge gathering Of delegates, impa-
tient Of any delay likely to endanger
the pact gave II unanimous approval
and adjourned for three months. The
general feeling was that in preserv-
ing intact the party organization
something like miracle had been
worked.
The net result of the two days
meeting Of the Ard Fheis is to insure
that no election can be held in Ire
land for the next three months. and
when it is held the issue will not
simply be for or against the treaty
but to determine the judgment Of the
Irish people on the actual terms Of a
constitution in which the treaty will
be embodied.
Supporters of the free state have
contended throughout that the treaty
enables Ireland to frame for herself
constitution giving all the essentials
Of freedom, but the republicans have
denied this and have quoted inter-
pretations placed upon the treaty in
speeches by Prime Ministed Lloyd
George and other British cabinet
ministers.
All the objections to the agreement
raised on the floor today. after
Eanonn de Valera had announced its
terms, emanated from prominent re-
publicans, and despite Mr.. de Valera's
assurances that he had carefully con-
sidered every point and was quite sat
isfied with Arthur Griffith's emphatic
declaration that no election must be
forced upon the country during the
coming three months, the republicans
decided to hold meeting this even
ing to insist upon clarifying certain
points they considered dubious.
The British governments hurry to
pass an act of parliament support
ing the provisional government. and
to provide it with an elected parlia-
ment which would replace the Dali
Eireann and s-establish the Irish
republic, has been rendered futile, it
was argued by those favoring the
agreement. The possibility that
elections could be held by British
authority has now been negatived by
both sides, it was argued.
BY the terms Of today's agreement,
Arthur Griffith is as strongly COM
mitted as Mr.. de Valera not to appeal
to the electorate, except with sane
tion OF the Dali Eireann, and the ma
jority favoring the provisional gov
ernment within the Dali is admittedly
so small and so precarious that no
resolution promoting elections to
which the de Valera faction would be
strongly opposed could be carried.
Different opinions were expressed
tonight as to which sections reaps
the most advantages from the ad-
journment. On the one hand Mr.. de
Valera's friends claimed he had
stopped a stampede and had given the
electors time to consider and vote on
a definite issue. On the other hand,
it was pointed out that meanwhile
the provisional government will have
complete control of the whole ma
ckinery of the Irish administration.
LONDON, Feb. %. In the lobbies
Of the house of commons tonight the
adjournment OF the Ard Fheis at
Dublin was regarded as puzzling and
caused anxiety. 1t completely upsets
the time table of Irish events out
lined recently by Winston Spencer
Churchill, secrtary for the colonies,
when he laid stress on the Importance
OF an early election, enabling the
moderates to make their influence
felt in Ireland.
Many members OF the house feel
that prolongation OF the present con-
ditions will not improve relations be-
tween Ulster and South Ireland.