River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-01-12
Dali Eireann Accepts the Irish
Peace Treaty by a Vote OF
ga to 81.
DE VALERA WON'T SUBMIT
He and His Followers Determined to
Continue the Republic-compiete
Program Almost Ready for the
Armament conference-Partiai
Moratorium for Germany.
BY EDWARD w. PickARD

by EDWAnO w. rbSNS1nD
T>HE war in Ireland is ended-may-
i be.
Dali Eireann, after hectic week or
debate, accepted the treaty of London
by which the Irish Free State is es-
tablished as part of the British en-
pire. But, although there was no
doubt that a vast majority of the
people of Ireland favored this settle
ment of the immortal struggle, 81
members of the dali voted against the
pact. The vote for ratification was
81. De Valera, assisted by other
irreconcilables, fought in vain against
the acceptance of the treaty, and when
he saw his cause was lost he holly
resigned as president of the Irish re-
public. Then he withdrew the resig-
nation, at least temporarily and after
the dali had acted he and his follow
ers declared they would not be bound
by the decision. Next day De Valera
asserted that the ratification was not
a legal act, and could not go into eff
feet until the Irish republic is dis
established by the will of the Irish peo-
pie who created it. He said he would
continue the organization of the re-
public, and that he was still its chief.
AT q secret meeting of the De Valera
faction 1t was declared that the repub-
lie should be maintained, but there
was a difference of opinion as to the
methods TO be used, whether a mere
assertion of its existence or active
steps to run government in opposition
to the Free State. In many cases 1t
appears certain that the irreconcil-
ables intend TO prolong the struggle,
probably to actual hostilities.
The strength of the opposition TO
the peace treaty in the Dali Eireann
when it reassembled after the holidays
was unexpected. De Valera, Countess
Markiewicz and many others denounced
the pact bitterly and were not at all
abashed by the arguments of its sup
porters. On Wednesday De Valera
issued proclamation to the People
of Ireland" and also circulated copies
of the Document No. 2" shorn of
several of its clauses. This latter
was De Yalera's proposed alternative
pact, and fierce debate at once arose
over whether it should be considered
as an amendment TO the treaty and
voted on first, as De Valera wished,
or whether vote should first be taken
on the treaty and, IL it were unfavor-
able, then on the alternative. In the
course of the row De Valera shouted
that he was ''going to move this amerd-
ment at my own time and in my cwn
way" and when reminded this WIS a
matter for the chair TO decide he
here and I am going to make my own
rules of procedure in my own way
and at my own time"
MYTH its work almost completed,
w so far as it can be, the arma-
ment conference at Washington is
about ready TO accept the pro-
gram for naval reduction and iimita-
ton as completed by the naval COM
mittee and it's corps of experts. The
treaty for a ten-year naval holiday to
be entered into by the five principal
powers of the world is completed,
together with the technical details
for carrying it out.
As finally decided upon, the agree
ment is not so drastic in its plan for
reductions as was proposed by the
American delegation, but the fact re-
mains that it puts an end. for dec
ade, to the navy building race that
to swamp the taxpayers Of
several nations, and it is admittedly
a great step toward world peace.
of the original nlan re-