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Show VALEPiA WOULD AMEND Pm Irish President Proposes Merely Treaty of Amity as Substitute. i DUBLIN, Jan. 4.- (By the Assor elated press i on Che reassembling of the Dall Elrennn today the new version Of Knmonn De Valera s amendment amend-ment was distributed t.o the members. It proposes a treaty of amity and as- sociation between Ireland and the gov-! ernment.s of Great Brl.aln and of the other states of the British Common-J wea It li Tin- amendment provides "That inasmuch as the articles of! agreement for a treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, sighed at London December G. 1921. do not reconcile Irish national aspirations and the association as-sociation ol Ireland with the community communi-ty of nations known as the British Commonwealth and cannot be the basis1 of an enduring peace between the Irish und the British peoples, "The DaiJ EJxeann, in the name of: the sovereign Irish mu'lon, makes to the government of Great Britain. to the governments oj other States in thsj HrltLsh Commonwealth, and to (he peo- pl s of Great Britain and of th' eral stats thi following proposals for a treaty of amity and association hlch the Da'iJ Etreann Is ronvinced could be entered Into by the Irish people with ho sincerity of good will " I In- coniib-te text of the proppsali it was announred. would b put in a the b:.nds of the delegates before tht motion was moved Mr Do Valera, after sharp exchanges with Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins Col-lins over the much mooted "do utm-ni number 2" announced that he would' move his alternative proposals tomor-1 row as an amendment to the Griffith' motion for ratification of the lreat 1 The question was raised whether I Mr De valera, under the rules of j the debate, would bo permitted to1 make another speech. The first speaker at today's session was Donald Buckley of Kildaro, who' oppbsed the treaty. The people of this country have' been stampeded Into acceptance of the; treaty by the rotten press of Ireland,"! he said. T shall vote against It." Alexander Mac Cabe of Pligo foilow-! ed with a plea for acceptance "While he WPS picturing the disappointment1 ho said millions of Irish women anil Children would feel if the treaty were rejected Miss sfarj Mac Swlney Interrupted Inter-rupted him. saying tho women were not In favor of tho treaty. To this' Mac Cab retorted: I know what the women of Ireland want as well as you." Mrs. Pearse. mother of Patrick II. Pearse the first president of the Irlah republic who was executed after the Dublin rising in 1918. spoke against the treuU. She declared she knew her son, if he were alive, would vote for rejection. |