WHAT IRISH PAPERS SAY
ENTHUSIASM AND CAUTION.
(Received June 17, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, 16th June. The Belfast Newsletter says : "The constitution has apparently been improved in consequence of the conversations at Downing Street; but all depends upon 'how it is interpreted in practice, and what effort the Free State Government make to protect the Protestants from persecution, and spoliation."
The Northern Whig says the Constitution embodies advanced democratic principles, and the latest and most ingenious devices have been adopted to make the people sovereign. _ The Irieh Times regards the Constitution as "a magnificent charter of liberty." It stretches the principles of domestic government within the Empire to the furthest point. If the oath is taken sincerely by the Parliamentarians, the new Ireland will stand on the threshold of a splendid career.
Tha Freeman's Journal is cautious, and points out that ths Constitution is still only a draft. Its appearance has furnished the final argument for tho election of the best men.
The_ Irish Independent considers the provision in regard to the composition and election of the Senate elaborate and ingenious, but says tho method of election is unwieldy.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 141, 17 June 1922, Page 5
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