Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-06
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the treaty. The most notable OF
these are Owen O'Duffy, member for
Monaghan and Liaison officer for u
ster who is supporter of the
treaty, and Liam Mellowes, an I'M
compromising Republican, who will
have nothing to do either with the
treaty or De Valera's alternative pro-
posalc.
An influential member who Joined
the committee at its request is
John T. O'Kelley, the Sim F'ein rep
resentative in Paris. in whom Mr.. Dc
Valera and his colleagues opposing
the treaty. have great confidence.
The efforts of the peace makers
are believed to be directed toward
an arrangement which would allow
the treaty to go through, at the same
time, safeguarding the Republican
position in the future. Owen O'Duffy
explained that the purpose OF the
meeting of the committee was the
formulation of an agreement, where
by De Nalera's leadership would be
retained. and said the committee had
before it a document which he could
not reveal. Several members Of the
committee, questioned regarding the
situation. declined to give any hint
of the way out. They found it i'm
possible to arrive at compromise
last evening but got SO far as placing
a proposal before Mr.. De Valera, bu,
Gid not obtain his approval.
The committee resumed consulta-
ton again this morning. and it was
REGARDED as significant that it was
Mr.. O'Kelley who appealed to the
Dali Eireann to adjourn in the morn
ing and thus enable a further at
tempt to be made. The committee
had not gone much further after
lunch today and this time Mr. O'Duffy
moved adjournment until tomorrow
morning. His motion gained import
ance through being supported by
Richard Mulcahy, chief of staff. in a
speech suggesting that the matter
was so serious that it would be worth
discussing in private session, at
which, even if an agreement were not
reached, they might learn how far
! along the road they bad progressed
Notwithstanding the many resolu-
tons sest to the members of the Dali
from their constituents urging them
either to support the treaty or resign
only two of the 120 deputies so far
have yielded to this pressure. They
are P. j. Maloney of Tipperary, whose
resignation Speaker MacNeil an
nounced. and Alderman Drohan,
mayor of Clonmell, who resigned be-
cause he opposes the treaty while his
constituents approve it.
The greater part of the public pro-
ceeu:ngs today was occupied in a dis
cussion regarding the attitude of the
press toward the Dali Eireann. Many
of the members were eager to take
action against the Freemans Journal
by expelling its representative from
attack in its editorial column on -Ir.
De Valera and Erskine Childers. Ac-
ton was pontponed, pending an apol-
ogy, but although the deputies were
agreed in condemning the attacks,
some of the most prominent men,
bers including De Valera, Childers,
Griffith and Collins, thought that
such attacks should be ignored in
the interests of the freedom of the
press, which in their opinion should
get the widest latitude.
Mr.. Griffith and others pointed out
that the supporters of the treaty had
been abused in the Republican news
paper supporting Mr.. De Valera, but
they preferred to ignore it. This dis
cussion gave Desmond Fitzgerald,
minister of propaganda, the oppor-
tunity which in the morning he had
sought in vain, to call attention to
the kidnapping of the Times cores
pendent. which he described as an
act Of some criminals.
Mr.. De Valera himself entirely ig-
nored the attack on him by the Free
mans Journal but did complain of
the suggestion in that paper that be
had acted as an autocrat in declaring
his intention to follow his own pro-
cedure. He appealed to the memory
of his colleagues for testimony that
in all his dealings he had never act
ed automatically, and explained that
his decision to follow his own proceed
ure had resulted only from his failure
tn secure an agreement with the
other side regarding the course Of the
proceedings.