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Show If AURA'S NEXT I MOVE WAITED I WITH ANXIETY I Irish Ex-President and I Friends to Continue I- Factional Trouble f SOME FEARS FELT Control of Irish Army in t Hands of Bitter Foe of j Treaty I DUBLIN. Jan. T. By the Asso- ciated Press.) The treaty creating tha fc Irish free state was ratified tonight la by the Dall Elreann By a majority of Is seven. 64 to 57. it gave ltn approval g . to the document signed by its dele- K gages at London. B, Colncldentally, Eamonn DeValera ft announced his resignation from the B presidency of the Irish ropublie. I" The news was received with the I greatest enthusiasm and tho patient crowds which had waited for hours B outside in anticipation of a decision R- bur.: into cheering even before the. H official figures were announced. K SITUATION CHAOTIC The situation at the adjournment f appeared to remain chaotic. The Dall will meet Monday and there Is no dis- ' position revealed by DeValera and hln p followers to abandon the factional y struggle. C Future control of the Irish republic- If. ran army Is tonight the subject of anxious speculation, as Charles Bur- f. gess. who strongly opposed the treaty r Is minister of defense. fi' f r- c flirt , , V, 1 I I a rnnrarnH ' Dublin seems delighted over ratification ratifica-tion Arthur Griffith and his colleagues col-leagues on leaving parliament wcr wildly cheered and the cltv tonight is in jubilant spirits. INTENSE FXCTTFTMENT Ratification came after a day of ln ' Tense excitement nnd heated conlro versy Although the result, was as had been expected the majority was greater great-er than had been counted on almost up to the last minute. A tense, strained silence prevailed while the vote wa? being taken and a gasp of relief went up from the supporters sup-porters Of the treaty when the result was announi ed A dramatic scene ensued en-sued when DaValera stood up nd ir broken voice which vibrated with emotion emo-tion declared that tho republic" must be carried on V.VLKRA BREAKS DOWN i Eventually he broke down so com- i pletely that he was unable to proceed. The Dall with on accord, applauded and cheered him. On the announcement of the fig- i ures. Mr DeValera declared the Irish people had estableshed a republic and until the Irish people in a regular manner man-ner dis-establshed the republic It constitutionals con-stitutionals went on. This would be a sovereign body In the nation, to which tho nation looked for supreme government It was the executive un- i til the people dls-cstablished It Nobody was disposed to challenge this proposition for the genera opinion op-inion had been that during the transi tion period Ireland must keep hor representative rep-resentative assembly until tho treaty was converted In, an uct ' parliament parlia-ment and the Irish would have an op-port op-port unity to elect a legislature to replace re-place the Dall. COLLINS SPEAKS Michael Oolllns followed DeValera. TTe said he did not regard the result in any spirit of triumph. He clalmen thai the men representing the Dall who would be responsible for taking over from the Hntish government control con-trol of the Irish administration, should get a fair chance. In every country what mattered most was public order and h(. appealed to ihe other side to appoii- a (oint committee to carry on tha government -Mr. Collins declared President DeValera held the samo place In his-heart as ever. Then followed a violent speech by Mary MacSwinry denouncing the result re-sult as worse than thf betrayal of Ireland Ire-land in the days of Castlerea (Viscount Castlerearh, marquis of Londonber-rv. Londonber-rv. who was chief secretary for Ireland Ire-land in 1798. was Instrumental In carrying car-rying the union in 1S00.'1 Mr. DeValera rose again, supposedly to reply to Mr Collins" overture. However, How-ever, he took no notice of it and merely mere-ly appealed to all his supporters to meet him at the Mansion House tomorrow. to-morrow. This evidently hurt Mr Cv-1 Cv-1 1 ns very mi'ch, but he nuiet'.y said: PUBLIC BEWILDERED "If the visible presence of myself and colleagues Is so distasteful, there might at any rate be some accommodation accommo-dation between the parties for tho pui-po.s, pui-po.s, of public order." Minister Burgess immodlatoly re- , torted: . ,. 1 will take care that the discipline of the army la preserved." Xne assembly men m'i""" meet Monday morning. No agenda is Indicated ond the only notice of a motion mo-tion Is one by the speaker, professor MncNelll, affirming in general terms Ireland's Independence and sovereign statu, for which all sections of Jlw Drl might unanimously vote. The public is bewildered regarding. j DeValera'a Intention- |