IRISH TREATY MAY BE IN JEOPARDY

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume L, Issue 7891, 6 January 1922, Page 3

IRISH TREATY MAY BE IN JEOPARDY

NUMBER OF • WOBBLERS IN BAIL El RE ANN A*y- t'fl'.h ■ fresh aswctrUod—PoDTrJg&t Av Atm-JiAn KHc? V.Z, C&b*e A39oci»iioa Rec Jan 6, 915 am. London, Jan 5 A high authority in points out that De Valera’s amendment is not new. Its details were thoroughly thrashed out during the negotiations and were finally rejected, as the British Government would not accept them. There is a note of pessimism in Dublin in regard to the fate of the treaty. While it is conceded that De Valera’s proposals have had very little influence yet, there I has been a change in the last twenty-four hours that has led optimists to feel that the treaty is in jeopardy. Mr Walsh believes the treaty will be rejected by two votes. There are a number of wobblers whose final decision cannot be guessed at. It has just been revealed that armed men yesterday captured Mr Kay, the Dublin correspondent of the London Times, in Leeson Sreet, and drove him away in a motorcar. The kidnapperswarned the journalists accompanying Mr Kay not to raise the alarm and declared he would be unhurt. He was wanted to refute a statement that the Bail Eire n i will discuss a certain matter. The Bail Eireann adjourned and meets privately to morrowThe committee is seeking a way out of the impasse. The following is the addendum to De Valera’s document No. 2 While refusing the right to any part of Ireland to be excluded from authority, the Irish Parliament agrees nut to coerce Ulster, and agrees to safeguards not less substantial than those of the treaty.

FREEMAN’S JOURNAL STRONGLY ASSAILS DE VALERA Rec Jan 6 9.35 a.m London, Jan 5 The Freeman’s Journal says: “ The Irish people will not find in De Valera’s publication any justification for his attempt to divide the nation in the crisis of its fate. His alleged alternative is no alternative. Apparently De Valera cannot forgive the Irishmen who made the treaty, tor their success, and for this he is ready to sacrifice the country. He hasn’t the instincts of an Irishman in his blood. It is a curse to Ireland that its unity should be broken by such a man. acting under the advice of an Englishman, who achieved fame

in the British intelligence service. The document is largely the work of Erskine Childers. The Irish people must stand up and begin their freedom by giving their fate into the hands of their own countrymen.”