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Show I IRISH RESUME BITTER DEBATE OVER TREATY I i VOTE LIKELY I . BY FRIDAY IS II DUBLIN BELIEF j Irish People Declared I Wholeheartedly for Free J State Agreement I COUNTESS IS BITTER I Declares She Will Never Wtw Swear Allegiance to jt King George II DUBLIN Jan. 8. (By the Associat- 9 od Press.) Michael rolling securing permission of the Dail Eireann this' m afternoon to make a suggestion fOPj X .'voiding division among the Pall mem- ; mWt " hers ovpr the Anglo-Irish treaty, pro j posed In substance that its opponents ill allow the treaty to be approved ami 'M the Irish Free State established, after l which his opponents could continue I; the fight for a republic r DUBLIN, Jn 'i. (By tne is ft atcd Press.) The Dail Blreann lost. Ml t no tlmo after reconvening today fol- hf ' lowing its holiday recess in plunging I';' gain into eharp debate on the Anglo- j BP 1 .-kh treat It has open before 1 once more an order of the day calling BV for consideration of both Arthur Grit-' fith's ratification meeting and Eamonn, de Valera's alternative proposals It was not generally thought the debate , V would run many days longer, many I BJ members anticipating Thursday night or Fridaj Hf An opponent of the treaty. Art PK O'Connor of South Kildare. Dail min- 9 ier of agriculture, opened the day s debate with an argument that the HT 'reaty was a step backward, and a Hj declaration of belief that the real Hi heart of the Irish people had not 1.', hanged, despite the numerous reso- Hfs! lutions by various bodies In favor of BfJL I the pact A O'Connor asserted the organization since the Dail's adjournment had in Bi reality hurt the treaty. jm O'Connor was Interrupted il KL times during his notably bj H Michael Collins who resented his ai- HHB tltude on resolutions favoring the KNfl treaty passed by meetings of farmers HI and other public bodies Collins CSJ1- KH ed attention to the suffering of the RB rural population, whose houses had PBH been burned on all Sides. a, SPEAKS l'OIt TREATY. H Pierce Bealey of County Kerry, YH followed with a strong speech in fa- B or of the treaty. lie said he had HBH waited vainly for some signs from the HPJHj opponents' of the treaty of sympathy HHflJ lop the poor, prostrate Irish nation. HE9J What the treaty's opponents palled HBW principles were merely political for- HH mulae and high pitched rhetoric, h HBJ declared. The lues of the Irish peo-l HSK Ple( he declared, were being gambled Kfl Countess Marklewicz. the next Kefl speaker, vigorously denounced the HoH HsH Countess Marklewlcs in opposing Kj9J tho trouly. condemned clauses XVII H9J and XVIII of the do ument, dealing H5B with arrangements for a provisional) Hl government ami tho method of ratify- 1 K1 ,nS 1,10 pact She also said sin did nol understand Arthur Grlfl Bp- m promise t.. th Southern Union! ts. HgV "They arc getting something special BE. m -'.ml whj "' sh exclaimed Thej BB England's garrison. and stand for BH grinding capitalism and against tnc BJ wdrkert of Ireland, ruining the small SH fafmers and driving them across h- flH Atlantic PH ' She branded ih Southern L'nlon- JP istS as the worst enemies of Ireland 1 calling them traitors, and opprcc 0 BB "f ,h lrlSh W0,'klnK '-"laises i l.-: uss- HJ inK tho oath, she said: JjBJ I, being an honorable women ' H would sooner dl- than make a decla- H ration of allegiance to King George." m 1 itj?ti 1 ok i ki. . QBJ A review of the attitude taken bj J the Irish people at large would seem IHH to indicate overw helming sentiment in U9BJ favor of ratification of the compact. i s!inco announcement was made that i tho treaty had been signed In London, If' 1 public bodies liave adopted reso- BB lutions In favor of the treaty. BB Five more county councils Llmer- " Ickt North Tlpperary, Tiron, liouth and fc Wexford yesterdaj added their voices 1 . 'to tJie chorus approving the treat; The unanimity 01 uo farmers on the I I question is a notable feature of the1 !; dwnund for ratification I I HAJTjL IS HKIZED. I ri BELFAST, Jan 3--ilij The A fl elated Press). The Hibernian hall at BB Lskra. Country Tyron was seized to- ; ;l lJ ' by -'l party of Sinn Fein..r.-. One : (' section of the party held a Sinn Fein court at the old school house, and FH1 others visited homes of Catholics and $ m ilemanded their rifles and shotguns ' - Ml In thc name of the Republican army t' l Many refused to complv with this de- (P mnd, whareupon the Sinn Feiners lefi mm With threats that those declining I . would be shot. fx li Cardinal Logue, the Primate of Ire- B I I land, addr.'s-slng tho eonsr.-gati,,n In Jt- J ,, Lhe Armagh Cathedral, asked It to VJEfl i'ray "lhal it might please the Al- ' mighty God to save thr-m from BUCh I - I nilsfortune" as the rejection of the 12 R Anglo-Irish treaty which held forth j j 1 ;he onl' hnP' of peace and tranaull- 11 ty to Ireland I J The treaty seemed to give substan- HB tlally all that was ners.rv lor th.. 1 r welfare and progress (.1 the countn fl), ht ealcL |