Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-04
Treaty of An,ity
Is De VaLera's Plan


on the trcpty. would not allow it to
be put forward as an amendment.
GrffithS said he had asked the Presi-
dent ut the beginning to make the docu-
ment public, and that he had refused.
do you object to my bringing it
forward as an amendment asked Mr..
de Valera.
Is this debate or an old woman's
wrang'e?' exclaimed Collins.
This document Is being referred to
piccemeal," continued DE Valera. "and
an attempt is being made to prejudice
my right to bring it forward as an
amendment. while the only thing pre-
venting 1t Is that the other side wants
a direct vote. formally give notice
that | will move tomorrow that this
tocumCnt be brought forward as an
amcndmcnt.'
"Why docs not the President give
the document to the press as | asked
him fortnight ago." inquired Grif-
fifth.
II insist on my rights as mem-
Der TO put 1t forward rs an amend
mcnt," responded Mr.. De Valera.
Laison officer Urges Acceptance
Owen O'Duffy. Of Monaghan, Sim
Fein liaison officer for Ulster, spoke in
iayor Of the treaty on its merits. He
said only one or two individuals out
ut the $4,000 persons he represented
were against the treaty. The Dali
iEreann shOuld d not take the RESPONSE
bllity of tlouting the almost lnanimous
VIII OF II sovereign people.
The principal parts of the treaty that
appealed to him. he said. were the
provisions for the evacuation of Ire.
land by the British forces, civil and
military, and the setting up Of an Irish
army, trained and fully equipped. No
small nation in the world, he declared,
nad secured so much as the treaty gave
Ireland. lie argued that 1t could not
ge said the treaty was signed under
threat of war. No threat of war was
needed, he insisted, as Ireland was at
IN present at war with England, with
hostilities suspended by the truce.
Lam Mcllowcs, who led the revo =
Iltion in Galway in Easter week, 1916.
ana aftcrward escaped to America
spoke against the treaty. He said he
JMouid not compromise on the question
OF independence. The Irish delegates
VINO went to London were representa-
yves not Of the Republican party in
ireland but of the Irish republic, which
was an existing thing, and they had
no power to give it away as the treaty
In a nassionate denunciation of m,
hrltish Empire, Melowes asked IL IRE
,Gnd was ito participate in the cruel.
TWlon OF India and the degradation O.
Egypt. lie predicted that II the treat,
were ratified Ireland would be mad,
,ne cockpit Of the next naval war /,
MTnch Great Britain was engaged. Th,
IT'S nrSh Tree state, he said. was the thiI
Tnn po oi the wedge that would enable tn,
"r'tlSh government to get Ireland back
Division Near, Is Belief
fltty'nine members of the Dail-
nearly hGlf-,have expressed their view
Un W., lhe Irish peace treaty. Betwpel
WNate and public sittings. the Doi
bate. UNIV uass TO lie
although the list of speakers il still
iar from exhausted, it is apparent tha
very argument has been brought FOR
MTard, and 1t is believed that hcncefortI
me Speeches will be short. Hone for
Ilson tomorrow or Friday Mt In
',est was freely expressed today.
rhe newspapers continued 70 snccu
Mp on the size Of the majority for til