The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-10

the DaiI must organize immediately some form of government to prevent make the treaty a success. he de- clared. He referred to the difficulties the new government would meet and urged harmonious co-oneration 10 surmount them
 Unless we show we are not hos t1le,' he said, England will have an l excuse for continuing in Ireland" Collins moved that Arthur Griffith be appointed president of the Dali Eireann.
 'No Captain,'' Says Collins. me Irish nation had no captain, continued Collins, who proceeded to tell the Dail that he had received letter from the proprietor of the cork Examiner, saying the manage held mga' nn 1f +ba fhat newspaper had been ana compelled to publish a procIama- ton; Collins said he called such methods black and tan methods" whoever employed them Arthur Griffith was one of inc Iouuners of the Sim Fein movement ana has been among the foremost leaders directing it's activities. He ana later established the paper Unit ed Irtshman, followed by the Sim rem ana then the Nationality. GrifftIls Career. presiding officer at the opening of the Sim Fein conference in Dublin He was later nominated the Sim Fein delegate from East Cavan During the peace conference at Paris in 1913 he was chosen an Irish delegate to go to Paris and present the Irish prevented his attendance. In July 1919, he was elected acting president of the Irish national assembly in the absence of Ramon DeVaIera in the United States. Later, in October. 1919, he was elected one of the per- manent vice presidents Of the Sim Fein organization.
 Griffith was arrested in Dublin in November. 1920, and spent seven months in Mount Joy prison During his 1mprisonme he issued a message of the Sim Fefn organization. An attempt was made to rescue him from prison but the armored car used for that purpose failed to carry out the plan.
 Released From Prison,
 The return of DeValera from Amer lea was attributed to Grif1th's inn prisonment, as MT DeValera on his return resumed the active direction of Sim Fein affairs Early in June last there were reports of a London conference at which Irish leaders members of the British cabinet Grff- fifth was mentined among the prob- able delegates. His release from Mount Joy prison followed on July 21 last.
 Grifhth accompanied Devalera to London in July, when the extended series of conferences were onened Later, when the conferences shifted to different points Griffith was ap- pointed chairman of the Sim Fedn mission He was in London through October, November and December carrying on the negotiations, which l. culrn1nated on December 6 last with the. signing Of the treaty between Great Britain and Ireland which has now been approved by the British parliament and the Dai1 Eireann
 Dublin, Jan 10.-{By The A. P.)- As the Dail assembled today it was ex- pected that a notion requesting Ar thur Griffith to form a provisional government under the newly ratified peace treaty would be submitted at once The motion has been prepared by Michael Collins, who gave notice of his intention at yesterdays session, at which Eamon De Valera was de- feated for reelection as president by two votes.
 Although the divisions in the Dali Saturday and yesterday cleared the atm osphere to a certain extent the position in regard to formation of the new government continues critical. A paradodca1 situation arose yesterday in the Dail itself, the majority of the members opposing De Valera and cheering him while striving to defeat him.
 This attitude was attributed to in some quarters, that if DeValera tri- umphed dangerous conflict would arise in the country over the His opponents do not charge DeVa1era with playing his own hand or trying to engineer a political man ouver, but that his action was due to the influence of followers who are ac- cused of making use of his devoted re- publicanisn and personal popularity in efforts to wreck the treaty.