The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-01-12
meeting of the allied supreme council
was opened on Thursday.

WIS ODeHeu on 1nuTSudN.
nEBATE on the Irish treaty was al
- most overshadoWed in Dublin by
the kidnapping, presumably by support
ers of De Valera, of A. Il. Kay, cor
respondent of the London Times, and
by a hot discussion in the Dali Eireann
concerning the freedom of the press,
provoked by an attack on the Free
mans Journal because it advocated
ratification of the pact. The CORE
spondents united in demand that Mr..
Kay be released and that public
apology for his kidnapping be made in
the Dali Eireann.
The strength of the opposition TO
the peace treaty in the Dali Eireann
when ii reassembled after the holidays
was unexpected. De Valera, Countess
MarkiewicZ and many others denounced
the pact bitterly and were not at all
abashed by the arguments of its sup
porters. On Wednesday De Valera
issued a proclamation to the people
of Ireland" and also circulated copies
OF the Document No. ." shorn of
several Of it's clauses. This latter
was De Valera's proposed alternative
pact, and fierce debate at once arose
over whether ii should be considered
as an amendment to the treaty and
voted on first, as De Valera wished,
or whether vote should first be taken
on the treaty and, If II were unfavor-
able, then on the alternative. In the
course OF the row De Valera shouted
that he was going to move this amend
ment at my own time and In my own
way" and when reminded this was a
matter for the chair to decide he
holly retorted: II am the president
here and / am going to make my own
rules Of procedure In my own way
and at my own time"
The alternative Is not vastly DIFF
ferent from the treaty arranged in
London. 1t provides that the legisla-
ture, executive and judicial authority
Of Ireland shall be derived solely from
the people of Ireland; that for the pur-
pose OF common concern Ireland shall
be associated with the states Of the
British empire with rights, status and
privileges In no respect less than those
states, and that for the purposes of
the association Ireland shall recognize
his Britannia majesty as head of the
association. Most Of the other terms
are similar to those of the treaty.
THE death of Senator Boies Penrose
of Pennsylvania not only deeply
grieved his many friends and admirers.
1t also caused considerable dismay
among those who do not approve Of
the so-called agricultural bloc in the
senate. For Penrose was chairman
Of the senate finance committee and
If the system Of seniority is adhered
to his successor in that place of power
will be Senator McCumber Of North
Dakota, one of the charter members
of the bloc. Penrose also was
recognized as the leader OF the con-
sentative element In the senate, and
In this position he is succeeded by
Senator Watson of Indiana.
Gov. w. c. Sproul of Pennsylvania
was urged by some Republicans to re-
sign and accept appointment to fill
out Penrose's unexpired term, but this
he declined to do.
DRESIDENT and Mrs. Harding re-
vived the custom of holding New
Years reception to the public, and all
Official Washington followed suit by
keeping open house on Monday. Among
the callers at the White House and
guests at the diplomatic breakfast was
DIR. Karl Lang, the newly arrived Ger
man charge d'affalres.
A CCORDING to a New York news.
n paper, Postmaster VIII Hays has
accepted the position of director gen.
eral of the National Association OF the
Motion Picture Industry which was
offered him some time ago. IL is said
his contract is for three years at
salary of $150,0O0 year. The as.
ISOLATION embraces In its membership
all the motion picture producers in the
country.
QUITTING down the estimates Of
~ Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
by $75O,OOO, the house appropriations
committee recommended the appropria
ton of $9,250,OO0 for prohibition en-.
forcement during the next fiscal year.
This will provide for the employment
of about 800 more agents. Mr.. Haynes
also wanted $4,000 TO increase the
salaries Of agents to keep them honest