SECOND EDITION THE IRISH TREATY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3108, 29 December 1921, Page 6

SECOND EDITION THE IRISH TREATY.

Received December 29. 2.30 p.m. LONDON, Dee. 28. ()pt ini ism in Dublin is increasing, ami political circles now fee! assured that ratification ol the treaty is almost ; certainty. The adjournment lias scrvoi I .he useful purpose of bringing t lie memIn rs ol Daii Eireann in closer eontai I v, it Ii i heir eon - til mmi s, i lie overwhelming majority m « Imm lavrnir ratification realising that the treaty gives a measnn ol freedom unexampled in (he country’ l history, 'Fite only alternative is endless and Cm il less warluro. Later resolnlunis demanding ratifies Hon conic from South York Sum Fcie executive at Longford and (.he Kilkenny ('ounty Yavan and ' urban emmeils. A member ot Ihe last pointed out Iha 1 the people has listened lo the Dai Eireann snceches. and Dai! Eireann might now to listen lo the people. The latest resolutions suggest that the mi'inhcrs m [)ad Eireann, object mg to the oath ought, to abstain IT voling or consult their emmtii uents. If is reported imm Dublin tlial He '■hie! ratiliers and reject ionists at a secret meet ing reached a compmmis! '.vlierenpmi iatiHealion will be i arried. - -A. and Xcable.