The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-20

Garry on. and the best OF luck,
in an unbroken chorus OF welcome,
is the message of the American
press to the Irish Free State and its
governor general, Timothy M. Healy,
when, at the expiration Of just one
year. the provisional government
passes out. the Union Jack comes
down. giving place to the green, or
anee and white tri-ColOr Of the Irish
Free State" to quote the Raleigh
News and Observer, and, as the Ne"
York Herald puts it, Kathleen ma
HouIihan enters the house OF whicn
she is the mistress at last
If anything further than the atu-
tude Of the British government toward
the Irish treaty and its treatment OF
that treaty had been necessary 10
attest the sincerity OF the mother
country. it has been furnished, Amer
lean editors feel. by the appointment
Of that veteran Parnellite, land leag-
uer and general fireater, the Fonora-
bic Timothy Michael Healy to
reprezent the British crown IN Ire
and. Under such an arrangement
nothing is IMPOSSIBLE" as one writer
oypregses it. in the development Of
government Of the Irish, by the irish,
for the Irish.
Great Britain has kept her word.
declares the Philadelphia Public Lea
ger, and has emphasized anew the
BROOKLYN Faye thinks, her desire 10
make it clear TO the world that II the
experiment with Ireland fails II VIII
not be the fault OF the British GOV
eriment." The romance that seems
an insoparable part of Irish politics
is not lacking in the appointment OF
her first governor general under 40
mjnion government. Neither ana
da. nor Australia has ever had q
the New York Fost points out ana Al
naming as the first governor OIL
land an Irish commoner, and AN aug
one. it would seem to the ma Itt"'u
Times that the old cry of God SaE I
ireland. is answered. Not ONLY
lIealv the first national to serve III
such A capacity, but, the SFFac
Herald notes. he is the hrsC UNI
pe~son'" to he chosen to represent lhs
crown in the donlnions, Gen'o
cratic precedent in favor OF lrel0l.o
which the paner interprcts as teho'I's
to embassies her virtual detacHHeH''
in all matters vital 10 self-ueterln =,
ton, from, the BRUSH oNtLSlSi
Certainlv'' if there is any lrlsl f''' II
deserving OF the confidence and re-
spcct Of the Irish people it IS Inc Inc
INV Healy. as the New York NoI ~
sees il. He has had large eAPsI'
once il public affairs, he is man %
fine legal ability and deep learning O.
proved courage and personal mae
nendcnce. As governor general OF the
frish Free state he will stand not as
tna representative OF alien authority
~ Ireland, but as LOYAL IriShman ne
vyjI serve as a bond of counclhatloh
and good will" AS to his loyalty
the Newark News finds him more
+han Trishman. more than national
is+ indeed, "he is the daddy of thcm
ali" For more than third OF CEN
t,rv. the News relates. he has
worked for the Irish cause. His pc
Rod of service comDrehends the whole
struggle from Gladstone'S first home
ruI. bill down to the treaty by which
Ireland finally gained its freedom,
II the position belonged 8" anr
one OF right. it was Tim Hesly. and
bv hts qualities of mind and char3c-
ter he is fitted to give it distinction"
II is eloquent OF the progress that the
Irish nationalist movement has made
in 10 years. as many writer's point
out. that such an appointment could