The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-09

WIllIn m cosRrnve minister OF lochI gov
ornmsnt, who by universal comment In
an administrator OF rnro ability. mos
nkillod In tho dution OF government man
any or his COllsnEuon
For tho past year CohErhVe mas con
trollrd tho great majority or mo iI'n"
local representative bodioH. which Tor
moTIy oboyod tho orders or Hlr hohry
kobinnon. tho crown representative OF
local government In Ireland
Great Difficulty.
II will DO IL moo problem Tor tho min
ih,orn Of tho now provisional govern
mont 10 determine how far ,hny Will use
tho SIintinE machinery or tho briilHh
Hovorninont officials In ireland. ana no"
far ihoy win bo nblo To rely upon '"'
90 operation OF tho machine ~h'oh '"oF
huyo rnnrirurisd FOR thamHolVnH IN con
Mot with thena officials uhhof any
uIroumslnnoon tho irRnuiiiUn period
which must Intervene before tho Fr"o
u,nlo government and ita eneOtiveH oHh
DO legally constituted will 10 one "'
great difficulty. The difficulty VIII ""
enormously Increased if tho now n'p'A-
try In obligod at tho same Tim" I" ''
nlni nm attack from tho surviving r"-
public ministry
ronoluiIon In general terms propoH"h ny
gncnkor MacNslll, affirming lrolandn
aovcrcIEn status and tho complete hu'
ihority Of tho Irish paopl". II IN no
framed that mont OF tho national lrish-
man md all tho members or tho Dan
Elrrnnn could accept m unuuoHtonaDIs'
According To tho contention OF 10
VnIora and his supporters. acceptance
OF tho treaty In nbroRntion or that pr'n-
Ciplo. and IN tho debate they hTo OK
pcctod TO say no.
De valsr1s Attitude.
Mr. Do Vnlera'H attitude win fns"Iu
% tho republic and the Dali In thut ooth
must continue In being until dIneh'"p-
llnhod by tho Irinh people VINO no.
them up. Normally the irhnhicrnhco VI
the majority from uno hido to mo otho'
would involve IL change In tho mInlb'y.
and eventually. ir tho ,ronty IL h"l'a
upon, tho F'reo Htnto parliament hInct'o
| bv tho Irish people would naturally r"-
place tho Dali
nut meanwhile ~ In conHihoroh w
trrmoiy improbable that tho Dali VIII
dlunolvo Itaolr Tho majority 'or tho
| treaty included many who oxproHnoh dih-
liko for II. md only accepted IL M an
alternative TO war Practically NIL tho
mcmborn, Including Michael Collins r'-
pudiated any nnnli,y In IN" troniy'
Remarkable situation.
ON any motion framed on purely r"-
publican principlcH II iH not doubted thht
DO Valera would still command ma
| jorIty In tho Dali. Though II was M
| mittod on all sidoa during the course
| OF tho debate that tho great majority Oh
| Irish people favored accepting th' treaty
N..NA n r
| trIaL. thore is technically no machinery
whereby tho Dali could for the present
he replaced by nm election. Tho Dali
| owe, a., existence to election by tho
| peopl, under tho terms Of tho BritlSh
ne, or parIiamsnt which defined itn con
| uItuoncion, allotted their numbers and
| rrancribed proportional representation
an tho method OF election.
| The intention of tho net. or courho
| war that tho msmharH no oloCtad should
| constitute tho parliament or houthorI
| ireland under tho huho Tulo act or lps"
| n that 10 rlihmont had over been ""ii
| plttutsd u could hnid an eieoil"n any
tI,uo Ia non"rdauoo with tho prhvlhlnnr
| ~ tho statute nut oil The hlnh T'In
! mnmbors refuse 10 attend tho pnrI'a
Inaut a preliminary condition or "h"ne
r.ls,onoe WINS On oath Of Allegiance "a
tho king. and formed tho Dali Glrannn
| inrioad
! There 10 thus mona OF mo customary
| machinery for holding regular elections
ny tho terms or tho tr"nty itH rauhch'
| ton can only bo effected. not 49, the
Dali. hut by meeting or tho members
| elected TO tho southern parliament
whether they accepted that ohico OF
not. Thoro Ia ono member OF tho Dali
| Tee nd nn
rti,uency, and four members for Trinity
| COLLAGE