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Show ISEnJftTE clears way FOR rat DEBATE Chokes Discussion by Tabling Proposal that Great Britain Proclaim Ireland Free WASHINGTON, March 17. Hason-iflS Hason-iflS to clear the vay for final actfon pn the peace treaty, the senate today choked off a St, Patrick's Day debate on ihe Irish question by tabling 5-t to 2T a. proposal to declare by reservation reserva-tion that Great Britain should proclaim pro-claim Ireland free. ' The motion to table -was made by Senator Kellogg, Republican, Minnesota, Minne-sota, who denouncedvthe proposal as "pclltics." Thirty Republicans and twenty-tour Democrats voted for the motion, while fourteen Democrats and seven Ite.pub-licms Ite.pub-licms opposed It. Tho Irish declaration was proposed by Senator Shields, Democrat, Tennessee, Tennes-see, as an amendment to Senator Owens' reservation declaring that the British protectorate over Egypt was to te considered a war measure only. The Yoto to table carried down the reservation itself and. all proposed amendments including that by Senator Sena-tor Thomas, Democrat, Colorado, for Korean independence and another by Senator King, Democrat, "Utah, providing provid-ing for freedom for the PhiiipDir.es, Povto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hawaii. Senator King said he offered his amendment merely to show how rillc-likus rillc-likus the euto was making iteelf. |