Show St St. Patrick Patricks s 's Day Has New Meaning By ARTHUR GRIFFITH President Dail Copyright 1922 by the United Press In the United States and Canada DUBLIN DUBLIN- March farch 16 The Tho Tho treaty signed between Ireland and Great Britain gives Ireland the substance of ot freedom on this tho the evo eve of ot St. St Patrick's Patricks Pat Pat- Pat I ricks rick's day I The reality of this Is already apparent ent The provisional government of oti the Irish free tree state Is taking control of t all all' departments bf Irish government government govern govern- govern j ment and and an n Irish army occupies bar bar- lr- lr tl lr racks and strongholds hitherto held only by tho the English In a few months an election win will will take talie place when the Irish people will elect parliament of the Irish Irish- free tree state Irish people eOple henceforth will vill govern I their own country and the Irish na nation nation na- na I tion takes Its place among the nations of ot the world Ireland is free from a foreign government government gov gov- that brought her nothing but I ruin and no now concentrates' concentrates upon upon building up up her natural natura st strength and I I securing the welfare of all her people A year ago today Ireland was Inthe in inthe inthe the grip of ot a terror That is now ended On this eve of our national feast day we are happy to express to the American people our appreciation tion of the great support which they have at all times given us and which was s so largely instrumental in brIngIng bringing bringing bring brIng- ing us the success we gained The sincere friendship which has existed between our two tWo countries will continue In Ia the future as In the past J t |