The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-06

Not An Englishman Present at Admin
istration of Oath to Governor General
| No Signatory of Anglo Irish Treaty
DUBLIN, Dec ASSOCIATED Press
The final formalities marking the in
auguration of the Saorstat Eireann, or
Irish Free State, take place today. No
preparations have been made for u pub
lie demonstration and there is every in
| dication that the silence and restraint
on the part of the populace. which have
| been noticeable throughout the recent
course of events leading to the long-de-
sired autonomy viii not be broken.
The first ceremony of the day is the
administration of the oath of office to
| Timothy Healy, the new governor gen
| eral by the lord chief Justice of Ireland.
this event, but the ceremony will be
noteworthy for the complete absence of
Englishmen After taking the oath
himself. Governor General Hcaly will
swear in the speaker of the Dali, Profess
sor Hayes.
The union jack of Britain has been
furled officially throughout the Free
State, giving place to the green, orange
and white tri-colorS. The Irish banner
viii be raised today over the vice regal
| lodge in Phoenix park, which is hence
forth to be the official residence of the
governor.
The new Irish postage stamps go into
circulation today, though to a limited
extent, and British stamps surcharged
for use in Ireland viii continue to be
sold for some time.
This is the anniversary of the signing
Of the Anglo-Irish treaty, and it is re
called that not a single signatOry remains
a member of the SaOrstat government.
Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins are
dead; Robert G. Barton has joined De
Valera; George Cavan Duffy and cannon
j. Duggan have retired Erskine Child
ers has been executed. The only man
whose name was affixed to tire articles of
agreement and who still holds an official
post is John Charities. the Free State
representative in Berlin.
The newspapers editorially refer to the
| birth of the Free State in hopeful
| spirit. The Freeman's Journal, remark
| ing that the Irish Free State begins life
| today under a constitution of Irish man
| ufacture, adds:
''All intrigues to make trouble over the
new instrument of the Irish government
| fell to the ground on the realization that
| the British parliament, despite all the
| supremacy claimed for ii, could not
/ change u word or phrase in an Irish
/ made constitution without Ireland'S CON
1 sent The mueh-abused treaty has dis
/ established that domination and made
| ireland supreme in mastery of their own
| affairs. To-day begins the exercise OF
! that mastery
The Irish Independent says that the
| old and bad order completely disappears
/ with the Inauguration of the new gov
| eminent.
The vice royalty and the lord chancel-
! lorShip are abolished and the entire ma
chinery Of the administration, as well
as the sole law-makiug power. within the
| Free State is in the hands of Irishmen
| themselves"
| The Irish Times says that the Irish
| people by their own deliberate choice are
| left to their own resources to make their
: own laws and shape their progress
Their future will be what they choose
| to make it." this journal declared, land
i the honor of success or the shame of
| failure will fall upon themselves. With
| in the next couple of years-for those
must be critical years-they will con
| found or justify the prophets of evil
| The program of the day provided that
! the parliament meet at . o'clock with
! out ceremony and, after its members had
taken the oath, elected a speaker and
nominated a president. The order of the
day called for the naming of the execu-
| tive council by the president with a
| committee of the parliament nominating
the other ministers. The arrangements
| amounted simply to the confirming in
| office OF the men already there.
The presidents nomination of 80 SEN
| ators was part of the days business
! The lower house elects the remaining so
For these senatOrships there were more
than so candidates. When the senate
is constituted later in the week both
houses viii be addressed by Governor
General Healy