Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-17
London. Feb. 17.--In. moving 1.-The
second reading of the Irish Free State

second reading of the Irish Free State
bill in the house OF commons yester-
day Winston Spencer GHufchtfI. eec-
rotary for the Colonies. IaEtsssAtress to
the treaty. BY clothing thu eprovistpHal
government. as the treaty provided,
with lawful powers and enabling 1t TO
hold an election at the eAflisst mo-
meit. 4s : = ~ so ~
ut is the view Of the Irish sigma
Irish republic had been Set up ~ the
Irish people at the. elections and that
the republic could only Be converted
into d free state by the decision lDf the
r psaRkts;; .dsn,t r s;sq1l9 q rs Isl
reg qhe 'os a ! a 81 tie %i'l proposed 81, cleo.
ton, added the secretary, swefe tos Sc
cure am adequate CONSTITUENT assem-
bly,, and "a fresh; normal, rand,fif I
may say SO, sensible parliament in
Ireland" ~ Il 4. "a. fsA&
Ofthe present Irish parliament, Mr..
Churchill declared that it, wis not
chosen" because of the fitness, of sfts
members to govern, but because they
were thought; to be. most obnoxious to
England most. The success: Of De-
Valera at the election he Characterize
cd as IAN ugly .hypothesis..% fa~@ l27
- 1T is perfectly. clear that the re-
pudiation OF the, treaty ~ ireland
would free ali parties from. their en-
gagements." the secretary continued,
and the position Of Britain, Standing
% nn, dthsi treaty aPS ready to Da saEry i sut
Irish nation to do their part, would
beHa position OF great moral asys' well
as undoubtsd material ssssrength.. ~
Position Of weakness
THE position OF southern ireland,
on the other hand, would be One 81
absolutely isolated from the sympathy
Of the world and bitterly divided In
herself. The position Of northern Ire
land would be quite unaffected"
led it to feel that such an assumption
as the s~success5ao Nj. 3 Ysse1efan Was
Incorrect: any cass""saddee tho
secretary, lit would be- pity for Us
to gonthreatepihg. and blustering at
try irish psepie were being made 10
vote under HduressSor atnfthe point Of
the bayonct." y a. ~
AIuding to the report Of a coup
d'etat' to overturn the provisional gov.
eminent, Mr.. Churchill safd::3'"There
are those WIG. think the present Irish
soysrnment may BE oyerthhfifooi1,1 .lgy i
SOHH UaSlat, dHQ.A Ae0 SOVIET govern
msnt set up The British isS55iyeFnnient
does. not think That at Iii! lkely. Sui
II IT were, it is quite clear that a
Soviet republic would ruin the Irish
cause Q q ahundred years, while not
in any respect impainng the fohnda-
tiortof the British empire Or the Sc
Gurlty Of Ulster: Nc people really are
-Es : n DsHl ~ l.. c-~-'-f M~
2 Amid laughter, he paid tribute to
their. 'fstronE sense OF personal. pos
session, Il also, after the Jfaukhfer
had subsidized. to Irish respect fdff Wo-
men nhat,e and re !'E1o and d declared sn,
I'm a peculiar sense they are the
most sure and %unyielding opponents
e e The withsrthF and levelhns doctrines
EIe.theuEht the bill would be pass
ed within tn next month, that Irish
elections would be held in March or
April. and that the free state parlia-
nent would assemble and formulate a
constitution probably in May or June,
and then final confirmation-in The
imperial parliament in June Or July.
He admitted there was some doubt
on the strict wording of the treaty.
whether the period of option allowing
Ulster to come into the treaty begins
with the passage Of the present bill
or dates from the final confirmatory
act OF h imperial parliament. ~