The New York herald., 1922-03-16

Speciol Coble TO THE NEW YORK HEsAlD.
Copyright, 1929. by THE New YonK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Dublin. March 10.
The Republican members OF the Dali
Eireann. in a manifesto issues to-day.
formed themselves into a new Irish
the Free State treaty. will endeavor to
uphold the Republic IDEAL secure inter-
rational support and maintain the Dali
az the sovereign authority of Ireland.
and will establish direct consular repre-
sentation abroad. The most obvious i'm
plication of the manifesto seems to be
that the members of the new organiza-
tion will ignore any Government that
may be instituted under the treaty or
that fails to provide that the Dali shall
continue as the supreme Itsh council.
The. new organization has adopted the
name "Cumann ma Poblachta," meaning
the organization of the Republic. The
number of Dali members subscribing to
the movement was not stated, but the
manifesto is signed by Eamon de Valera
1t is thought that most of the fifty
seven who opposed the treaty when the
Dali voted on IL are members.
The preamble of the manifesto states
that convinced that the union OF ma
tional forces necessary for national sue
cess can be secured only on the basis OF
the existing republic. and determined
that that republic shall not die. the Re-
publican members of the Dali Eireann
have decided TO found and hereby
launch the Cumann ma Poblachta."
The manifesto then states these six
aims:
/. TO support the republic and to Sc
cure international recognition therefor.
Q To preserve national unity and ter
ritorial integrity. and to remove every
vestige OF foreign authority" and TO
maintain the principle that the author
ity OF Ireland is derived solely from the
people Accordingly to maintain the
Dali Eireann in its sovereign authority.
3. To restore the Irish language Tor
the fostering of Irish culture.
4. To make Ireland, so far as possible,
economically self-sufflcient.
5. To maintain direct diplomatic con-
sular representation OF Ireland in for
eign States. and to work for peace and
harmony among nations on the OASIS
Of right. justice and liberty
6. To maintain in respect to political
pledges the probity and honor of Irish
public life, and TO repudiate the proposed
agreement with Great Britain as humili-
ating to the nation and destructive to its
status and rightfrl claims.
The principal significance Of the
manifesto seems to lie in its omissions
The word election" does not appear.
Any money subscribed apparently is to
be expended upon all six of the stated
objects of the organization, only one or
which is the repudiation OF the Free
State treaty. 1t Is to be inferred from
the sixth point that the members OF this
organization consider that those who
voted for the treaty dishonored their
political pledges. rendering their votes
worthless.
In the sessions OF the Dali the Repub-
licans have declared repeatedly that
they could net sanction the meeting by
their presence unless the majority
acknowledged that the Dali was su-
preme. They may take part in the
elections. but IL the issue is the dis
Establishment" as they call 1t, of the
republic, they cannot sanction such an
election by participating in IT, That
This is their policy Is not clear as yet,
out evidently they are preparing the
cround so that IL the election seems to
be going adversely the Republicans can
continue functioning as separate or
ganization under the Free State, as the
Dali Eireann functioned separately un-
der British rule.