OPINION OF THE PEOPLE
SO PER CENT. THE TREATY
DAIL NOT A TRUE REFLEX. United Service. ' LONDON, Jan. 8. While much is beii'g made of certain demonstrations of joy at the acceptance of the Irish Treaty thoughtful observers hardly see. in the wrangling acceptance of the charter a cause for immediate rejoicing, bnt only the strongest grounds for the hdr)e that Ireland will work out her own salvation and demonstrate to the world that the future of this strange, wayward, incalculable race will be something better than the black fulfilment of a tragic destiny. AH observers, .including man/ who long have had an ardent sympathy for Binn Fein aspirations, agree that the division taken in the Dail Eireann does not reflect the opinion of the people. Those who have visited Ireland since the igreement was signed, Irish and non-Irish alike, declare unanimously that 80 to 90 per cent, of the people will vote for the acceptance if a plebiscite be taken. If that prove indeed to be the ruling spirit the whole unhappy effects of the long wrangle may fade and leave no evergreen wound. Mr. de Valera is summoning his supporters to-night to discuss the position.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17985, 10 January 1922, Page 5
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