Evening star., 1922-03-31
By q e Associated Press.

| By q e Associated Press.
LONDON, March 31.-The terms of
| the Irish agreement, as announced in
the house Of commons last night by
Winston Spencer Churchill, the i'm
perial secretary for the colonies, are
as follows:
First. Peace Is today declared.
Second. From today the two gov
| ernments undertake to cooperate in
every way in their power with a view
| to the restoration of peaceful con-
| ditions in the unsettled areas.
! Third. The police in Belfast are to
| be organized in general in accordance
| with the following conditions:
l. Special police in mixed districts
! to be composed half of Catholics ard
! half of Protestants. All specials not
drawn 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.
g.. All police on duty except tho
| usual secret service mon to be uni
formed and officially numbered.
Arms and Ammunition Rules.
4. All arms and ammunition is-
| sued to the police to be deposited in
| barracks in charge of a military or
| other competent officer when police
| men are not on duty. and an official
| record must be kept of all arms is
! sued and ammunition used.
F.; D. Any search Tor arms is to be
| carried out by a police force, COM
! posed half OF Catholics and half of
! Protestants. the military rendering
! any necessary assistance.
1,@
/ tuted for the trial without jury of
| persons charged with serious crimes.
the court to consist Of the lord chief
f, justice and one of the lords Justices
| of appeal in northern Ireland. Any
! person committed for trial for a Sc
| court (a) if he SO requests, or (b) il
i the attorney for northern Ireland SO
| directs. Serious crimes are those
| punishable by death. penal servitude
| or. imprisonment exceeding six
months. The government of north
ern Ireland will take steps to pass
necessary legislation to give effect
! to this article. -
Fifth. A committee Is to be es-
I tablished in Belfast, with equal num-
| bers of Catholics and Protestants,
and with an Independent chairman,
preferably a Catholic or Protestant
| alternately in successive weeks. to
| hear and investigate complaints OF
! intimidation, outrageS, etc, such
| committee having access to the heads
l of the government
| The local press is to be approached
with a view to inserting only such re-
/ ports of disturbances. ETC., as shall
have been considered and compared
by this committee.
| Sixth. Irish republican army activi-
ties are to cease in the six counties.
and thereupon 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 immedi-
ately following the passing into law OF
a bill confirming the constitution OF the
Free State, being the month within
which the northern parliament is to
| exercise its option, and before any ad-
dress In accordance with article XII OF
| the treaty is presented, there shall be
a further meeting between the sigma
| tories of the agreement with a view
to ascertaining (A) whether means can
4 be devised to secure unity in Ireland
! or, (R) falling this, whether an agree
ment can be arrived at on the boundrs
question otherwise than by recourse in
the boundry commission under the
| treaty.
Eight. The return to their homes Of
persons expelled is to be secured by
| the respective governments, and the ad-
vice of the committee mentioned in ar
| ticle is to be sought in cases OF
difficulty.
Ninth. In view of the special con-
ditions consequent on the political
situation in Belfast and neighbor-
hood. the British government will
submit to parliament. a vote. not ex-
tceeding 100000, for the ministry OF
labor in northern Ireland. to be ex-