Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-29
To fish To
 Cease Civil Warfare
Issued by P. w. Kenney,
 Chairman of Waterford
 City Council.

Dublin, Aug. (ByAthe A P.)-An appeal to sstae opponents of the Anglo- Irish treaty to cease hostih-ies and give. EE.the treaty -trial% was, issued today by P. ". Kennedy, widely known as chairS man of the Waterford county council. q
 Kenney announced that Tn a conyer-i sation he had with Michlel Collins sey-s eral months ago, Collins exprsssed very emphatic views regarding t,ie treaty and. possibilities which it presented for the development and prograss n Ireland, but was still more tnphA.ic or Ireland s right tos absolute indepenc3 and his de- termination to attain that. end by every rational means
 "The prospect of civil war in-Ireland," said the appeal, seemed 70 cause Collins grave anxiety. He described it. as the crowning misfortune of any country but particularly of a fighting ra.a. He sad he would exhaust every possible channel of concession and Compromise 10 avert such dire catastrophe and I feel con-
 yinced today that if he .Jul1 nave .spok- len as intimately anu with the same ardor to his opponents and given D them virh equal eandor his well-reasore.l corciu- ,, sions, no man amongst them would do ] him injury.
 | T ama further of the opinion that, the {, lives of many other good Irishnen may i still be saved if the !, leaders ton both
 sides or the present conflict arrange 8 truce in order that the position to which 1.-the country is drifting be calmly reviewed. i and some agreement reached by wh.ch a l stop be put to further sacrifice of vaiu- I able lives and the useless destruction pf property. ss 'I take it that at the outset 1t would bA 1 found that there. was no difference be- 1 tween the supporters of the tr4lty and their. opponents in their determination to | ultimately achieve the assoiu-a freedom l of their country.and that the very worst
 way of attaining this end was by shoot l ing down the cream of our ,pnysicAa .i,, 1 intellectual manhood as wa ar4 now do- | ing: The question would th=sI uaturaliy
 rise as to better way without .entailing 1 the sacrifice of the principles on either side.
 Tt is objected that the treaty between England and Ireland leaves us still with l in the empire. That is so, but we hays shifted out position from the hub to the rim of. the empire wheel, under the Treaty, is no longer portion of the so- called united kingdom It objected that
 there is a pledge of fidelity to King George. That is so. but there is. fist an
 oath of allegiance to the Irish consIitu- ! that oath, does his full duty to his coun- try. there will be little left by way of 3 1 second preference for. King George or i Lloyd George. Under the trestsy,s Kins
 George can no longsr pose as the king oi Ireland
 T attach no importance to the reser- lvation inserted in the treaty by English
 ministers With the object of saying. tIieif
 faces. Reservations are S;'f a0 stratesit or. other advantage to Ensla1ti, as we could render them ineffectual at any time l within o4 hours. The main considera.
 tion is that the treaty gives us immediate facilities for making our nation Strong and prosperous and puts no restrictions
 on our future action.
 T would suggest that tne opponents O
 the treaty, having given abundant proc
 of their political faith, might now, w1th
 out any sacrifice of principle, gro1nt arms and let the trea.y have, gay, fv' years trial when cert lin of its pruvi
 sions automatically will come up fo
 review under article six, So thas l,eac
 and employment might be restored to in people and security gwen for capital <
 develop our industries. In the intnrva those opposed to the treaty would. O course, be perfectly entitled to propagat thoir principles consr1tutionaliy as 2
 distinct political party Government i at it's best when strongly opposed.