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Show I SOUTH IRELAND GROUP RATIFIES; Southern Parliament Gives Unanimous Vote to New Treaty DUBLIN Jan. 14 (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) The AnKlo-Ivli-li ircnfv creating the Irlh FrS State was unanimously un-animously ratified todny by the southern south-ern Ireland parliament. Kamonn Do Valera sind his supporters, support-ers, who r.pencd the treaty In the Dall lOlreann were absent. A provisional govt-rnmrnt was constituted, con-stituted, comprising Mlrhael Collins, William Oongrove, J Dtlffgan, P. J H.-gan. Finlnn Lynch. Joseph McGrath, Professor John MacNeill and Kevin O'HIggins. IN MANSION HOI BE The parliament mot under clause IT and 18 of the Anglo-Irish treaty which made tho members of the southern south-ern Irish parliament elected under the government of Ireland act of 1920 tho body which should ratify he treaty and take measures for constituting con-stituting ft provisional government. The merlins was held In the oak room of the Mansion Iiouhc The en-lire en-lire list of 128 members, including the four I nloninrs elected for Trinity college, col-lege, had been summoned but only those who favored tho treaty attended. attend-ed. I i ADKRS RETAINED The agenda contained a resolution . tiling foi ratification of the treat and further resolutions appointing eight ministers to comprise the provisional pro-visional governing body The lit. which was duly ratified by the imi-inpr. imi-inpr. Is identical with the 1st of the ministers of .he lall Elreann with the addition of Professor John M o -Neil), speaker of the Dall, and Finlnn Lynch, who was one of the secretaries of the London delegation. GRIFFITH OMTCT ED The list of ministers does not include Arthur Griffith, p resident of the Dall. nor George Gavin Duffy, tlie Dall' minister of foreign affairs, tiresumnbly because foreign affairs, although they will be within the cop"etence of tho Free State when constituted will not be formally handled by the provisional government. PRIEST R i l 1SED LONDON Jan 14. ( Hy the ASBJO-ciatcd ASBJO-ciatcd Press.) Father Dominic, who was spiritual advisor to the late Terence Ter-ence MacSwiney, lord mayor of cork, was among the thirty Sinn Fein prisoners pris-oners released from Park hurst prison, pris-on, on tho Isle of Wight, toda.3 PRISON . n I S OPEN BELFAST. Jan. 1-1. t Hy the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Ninety-sis Sinn Fein prisoners were released here today The streets surrounding th prison II were strongly guarded by soldlero and police, but there was no public demonstration, |