New Britain herald., 1922-06-16

de Valera provided. among other
 things, for a cabinet of eleven mem
 bers including the president and the
 minister of defense. The nine other
 members will be selected five from
 the majority party and four from the
 minority party, each party to choose its nominees.
 l The factional agreement Of May
 brought about q halt in the aggres- sive fight being waged by the de-
 Valera faction against the provision | al government. At the same time | it was received with something like consternation in British governmental circles. It was believed in England that it struck at the basis of the treaty in preventing a free expression of southern Irish opinion on the pact and that it might represent also the yielding of the Collins faction to the militant anti-treaty party, which has heen insistent that the fight for re- public be kept up.
 In this situation the British auth critics asked the leading representa- tives of the provisional government to come to London for conference, and lengthy conversations between cabinet members and the Irish repre- sentatives took place there during the week Of May 2s. As a result Colon ial Secretary Winston Churchill, in a speech in the British house of com mons on June 1, announced what was virtually the decision of the British government to let the elections pro- ceed as arranged by the two factions in Ireland. This was coupled, how ever, with the warning that if any of the members of the coalition govern ment for Ireland, representing both factions, constituted upon the basis of the new elections, should fail to subscribe to the declaration of ad- herence to the treaty, the British government would consider that this constituted a violation of the treaty The British government would feel free in that case, he said, to resume full liberty of action as to retaining the powers ceded to tho Irish authori- ties under the treaty. It was broadly hinted by Mir. Churchill indeed that this might mean military re-occu- DdLlOH Ol SOulICII by lllC British.
 Mr. Churchill said also it had been explained by the Irish representatives that they considered it virtually i'm possible to hold free elections at the present time. They expected mili tant opposition from the opponents of the treaty, and this would pre- vent voters from registering their free choice.
 The list of candidates for election, issued in Dublin, leaves the present composition of the Dail Eireann only slightly altered.
 128 Seats in Counties. ..
 There are 12S seats in the counties, boroughs and universities of Free State constituencies, for which 124 candidates appear in the panel. The other four, forming the constituency of Dublin University, are left uncon- tested by the coalition on the pre- sumption that they will be returned unopposed.
 Although 125 seats are represented in the panel, only 124 candidates will be nominated, because Commandant General Dan Breen was selected for both sides in the division formed by East Tipperary and Waterford County and City.
 The panel gives 66 seats for pro- ponents of the treaty and 59 for Re puhiicans.
 In County Monaghan. Dr. McCar- bill, was selected by the Republicans in place of Sean McEntee. who is a stron, opponent of the treaty. F.. O'Kelly was nominated in Dublin County for the seat made vacant through the recent death of Frank Iawless.
 Independents probably will contest 20 constituencies The Irish Farmers Union has between 20 and 80 candi- dates ready; the Labor nominees number 2o and half dozen candi dates will run in the cities of Dublin, Cork and Limerick on behalf of busi- ness interests.
 The Republican list for Kildare and Wicklow contains the names of Rob- ert C. Barton, Erskine Childers, Art O'Connor and Dan Buckley, the only pro. treaty candidates in that constitu- ency being c. M. Byrne.
 Several Ratepayers' Association candidates will appear unattached, while the Independent nominees in ciude the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ald- ernan Alfred Byrne, for the City of