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WORK TOGETHER.
Agreement Effected BY
Churchill Ends Long
fractional Fight Between
North and South Ireland
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LONDON, March 30.-Winstor
Spencer Churchill, the imperial sec
retary for the Colonies, announced
tonight in the house OF commons
the terms of the most important
agreement yet reached between the
representatives Of the Northern and
Southern governments in Ireland fol-
bringing about peace in the strife
torn country.
The agreement. which was reached
with unexpected expedition at a
conference between delegates Of the
Irish groups and representatives OF
the imperial government, far tran
scends in importance the pact ar
rived at between Michael Collins
head of the provisional government
and Sir James Craig, the Ulster
premier, earlier in the negotiations
1t provided for the reorganization
of the police in Ulster on a basis
satisfactory to the religious lean
ings Of the people of the north and
the south; for the trial of persons
charged with serious offenses by a
special court composed of the high
est justices: for general cooperation
between the north and the south
of a most promising character and
for assistance from the British par
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ment difficulties in Belfast, which
rendered the carrying out of the
previous Craig Collins pact almost
impossible.
Torms Of Agreement
The terms of the agreement as
announced by Mr.. Churchill are as
follows:
FIRST: Peace is today declared.
SECOND: From today the two
governments undertake to cooper
ate in every way in their power
with view to the restoration OF
peaceful conditions in the unsettled
area.
THIRD: The police in Belfast are
TO be gained in general in accord
ance with the following conditions:
I. Special police in mixed dis
tricts TO be composed half of Cath :
olics and half OF Protestants. All
specials not required for these forces
ii be withdrawn to their homes and
surrender their arms.
2. An advisory committee com
posed of Catholics will assist in the
selection of Catholic recruits for the
special police.
3. All police on duty, except the
usual secret service men to be uni
formed and officially numbered.
sued to the police to be deposited
in barracks in charge of a military
or other competent officer when po-
licemen are not on duty, and an
official. record must be kept of all
arms issued and ammunition used.
5. Any search for arms is to be
carried out by police force COM
posed half of Catholics and half Of
Protestants, the military rendering
any necessary assistance.
FOURTH: A court is to be con-
stituted for the trial without jury OF
persons charged with serious crimes,
the court to consist Of the lord chief
justice and one of the lords justices
Of appeal in northern Ireland. Any
person committed for trial for seri-
GUS crime is to be tried by that
court, (a) if he so requests, or, (b)
il the attorney general for northern
Ireland so directs.
FIFTH: A committee is to be es-
tablished in Belfast with equal num-
bers of Catholics and Protestants and
with an independent chairman, pref
erably a Catholic or Protestant al
ternately in successive weeks, to
hear and investigate complaints of
intimidation, outrages, etc.
SIXTH: Irish army activities are
TO cease IN the SIX counties and
thereupon a method OF organizing
special police in the six counties out
side OF Belfast shall proceed as
speedily as possible on lines similar
TO those agreed to in Belfast.
SEVENTH: During the month i'm
mediately following the passing into
law of bill confirming the constitu-
ton OF the free state, there shall be
a further meeting between the sigma
tories of the agreement with view
to ascertsining (a) whether means
can be devised to secure unity in
Ireland or (b) failing this whether an
agreement can be arrived at on the
boundary question otherwise than by
recourse to the boundary commission
under the treaty.
EIGHTH: The return to their
homes OF persons expelled is to be
secured by the respective govern
ments, and the advice OF the COM
mittee mentioned in artivle v. is to
be sought in cases of difficulty.
NINTH: The British government
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