Evening star., 1922-01-04
De VALERA TO GIVE
OUT HIS SUBSTITUTE.
PROPOSALS AT ONCE

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the hands Of the delegates before the
| motion was moved.
Mr.. De Valera, after sharp exchanges
! with Arthur Griffith and Michael Col
Inns over the much -mooted document
| No. g." announced that he would move
| his alternative proposals tomorrow as
an amendment to the Griffith motion
for ratification Of the treaty.
The question was raised whether Mr..
De Valera. under the rules Of the de-
bate. would be permitted to make an
other speech.
The first speaker at today's session
was Donald Buckley of Kildare, who
opposed the treaty.
THE people Of this country have
been stampeded into acceptance of the
treaty by the rotten press Of Ireland"
he said. Il shall vote against It,"
Rebuns Miss Macswiney.
Alexander MacCabe of, Sligo fol-
| lowed with plea for acceptance.
While he was picturing the disap-
pointment he said millions of Irish
! women and children would feel II the
treaty were rejected Miss Mary Mac
| Swiney interrupted him, saying the
women were not in favor of the
treaty. To this MacCabe retorted:
Il know what the women of Ire
| land want as well as you."
| Mrs. PearSe, mother of Patrick H.
Pearse. the first president of the
| Irish republic. who was executed
| spoke against the treaty. She de.
| clared she knew that her son, II
ne were alive. would vote for re-
lection.
Deputy Buckley. in his argumen,
! against the treaty, took the ground
that the only mandate he had from
his constituents was for a republic
| The Irish delegates had taken from
| Ireland to London the minimum de-
mands of Ireland, he declared, and the
delegates under threat. had accepted
| something less than Irish indepen-
| dence.
| The union jack. a symbol of slavery
| would continue to float in ireland
under the treaty. said Buckley. The
rotten press which had stampeded
the country was trying to stampede
its representatives. but he would not
| yield. The country needed a tonic
in his view.
Rejection "NatiOnal Suicide"
In his argument in support Of the
treaty Deputy Maccabe Of Sligo re.
GREETED the disagreement with Eamonn
De Valera. whom the dali members
| he said. regarded with admiration
AS for the provisions of the treaty
they represented goods delivered and
| not promises. He did not like some
| things about the treaty, but he ac-
| cepted 1t as step toward more
and he regarded the opponents of the
treaty as guilty of criminal incite-
ment to national suicide" They would
sacrifice the whole population OF
| Ireland on the altar Of so-called prin-
! ciples He criticised De Valera's doc
ument No. 2. the alternative propos-
| al. saying there would be a governor
general even under it.
This last declaration provoked q
heated scene, De Valera said the doc
i ument should not be referred to in
the dali until he moved it as an
\ amendment.
Fierce Attack ON De Valera.
| Arthur Griffith said it was most un-
fair to the public to suppress this
! document.
| De Valera said he was prepared to
bring it forward at any time. but that
the other side, desiring a direct vote
on the treaty. would not allow it to be
! put forward as an amendment.
| Griffith said he had asked the pres
ident at the beginning to make the
document public, and that he had re-
| fused.
"Do you object to my bringing il
I forward as an amendment" asked
Mr.. De Valera.
ut this a debate or an old woman's
wrangle? exclaimed Collins.
! This document is being referred to
| piecemeal," continued De. Valera,
| ''and an attempt is being made to
| prejudice my right to bring it for
+ only thing preventing 1t is that the
other side wants direct vote.
| formally give notice that I will move
tomorrow that this document be
brought forward as an amendment"
why does not the president give
| him fortnight ago?' inquired
Griffith.
II insist on my rights as a member
| to put 1t forward as an amendment,
| responded Mr.. De Valera.
WalIops Latin Republics.
Deputy MacCabe then resumed his
speech, comparing what he alluded
| to as the, American brand of freedom
| in the Central American republics
| with that in the treaty. He thought
most Irishmen would prefer the
treaty form. MacCabe said Cuba had
been the ideal of some opposition
members
| Another Misrepresentation inter-
| jected Mr.. De Valera.
| Deputy MacCabe, resuming his
| speech, said:
4 'Give us even dominion home rule
/ or any rule that stamps us as a
people, but for heavens sake don
| give US Central American republic
| Mrs. Pearse in her speech against
the treaty said that even the black
and tans annoyed her less than the
treaty, which her son would not have
accepted.
| But z I'm $4,000 Against Pact.
! Owen O'Duffy of Monaghan, Sim
Fein liaison officer for Ulster, spoke
in favor of the treaty on its merits
He said only one or two individuals
out of $4,000 people he represented
were against the treaty. The dali
Z! eireann should not take the re-