IRISH TREATY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18447, 7 January 1922, Page 7

IRISH TREATY.

PESSIMISM IN DUBLIN m DE VALERA'S NEW PROPOSAL. PREVIOUSLY REJECTED BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT. AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC. IRISH LEADER’S ACTION CONDEMNED. f Press Association —By Telegraph—Oopyrigh t. LONDON, January 5. There is a note of pessimism in Dublin in regard to the fate of the treaty. While it is conceded that Mr de Valera’s proposals had very little influence, yet there has" been a change in the last 24 hours that has led optimists to feel that_ the treaty is in jeopardy. Mr- Walsh believes that it trill be rejected by two votes. There are a number of wobblers, whose final decision cannot be guessed at. Dail Eireann has adjourned. It will meet privately to-morrow. A committee is seeking a way out of the impasse. The following is the addendum to document No. 2: “ While t refusing the right to any part of Ireland to be excluded from its authority, the Irish Parliament agrees not to coerce Ulster. It agree® that the safeguards shall not be less substantial than the treaty.” A high authority in London points |out that Mr de Valera’s, amendment is not new. Its details were thoroughly thrashed out during the negotiations, and were finally rejected. The British Government would not accept them. Freeman’s Journal says that the Irish people will not find in Mr de Valera’s proclamation any justification for his attempt to divide the nation in the crisis regarding its fate. Hi 6 alleged alternative is not an alternative. Apparently Mr de Valera cannot forgive the Irishmen ;who made the treaty for their success. For this he is ready to sacrifice the country. He has, not the instincts of an Irishman in his lllood. It is a curse to Ireland that its unity should be broken by such a man acting under the advice of on Englishman who has achieved fame in the British Intelligence Service. . The document is largely the work of Mr Erskine Childers.' The Irish people must stand up and begin their freedom by giving their fate'into the hands of their own countrymen.—A. and N.Z. Cable. \

BAIL EIEJBANN IMPASSE. PARTY LEADERS CONFER. . i.n- v , SUBSTANTIAL AGREEMENT ALREADY REACHED. LONDON, January 5. (Received Jan. 6, at 8.5 p.m.) The excitement was intense when the Bail Eireann assembled this morning. Mr Fitzgerald attempted to raise the question of the kidnapping of Mr Kay, but the Speaker ruled him out of order and accepted a motion- for immediate adjournment until the afternoon which both parties agreed upon. . In order to curtail the debate, during the interval the party leaders conferred, seeking to find a way to escape from the impasse. The ratificationists admitted that the rejectkmists had gained ground since Tuesday, confirming Mr Walsh’s pessimistic forecast. The Bail Eireann reassembled m_the afternoon, but only sat for an hour before it adjourned again. By Party, agreement a committee was appointed to try, to compose the differences and it will report to a private meeting to-morrow. The negotiating oommitteo'bonsists of four ratificationists and five oppositionists. Commandant o‘Duffy, one of the negotiators, informed the Bail Eireann that a substantial agreement had already, been reached on a number of vital points. He added that he thought it would be possible to retain Mr Be Valera’s services, but c scheme had not '■been agreed on by the leaders themselves. Mr Muloahy then moved that the Bail Eireann should meet in private. During the meeting to-day there wore lively protests against the article In J)teoman’s Journal. - A motion to exclude its reporters from the Bail Eireann was withdrawn after discussion. Mr Drohan has resigned on the ground that his constituents in East Tipperary demand ratification of the treaty. He said he could not. vote for the Treaty. It is expected that four or five other deputies will adopt the same course. —A. and N.Z. Cablet

OUTRAGE IN DUBLIN. TIMES CORRESPONDENT KIDNAPPED. CAPTURED BY ARMED MEN. LONDON, January/ 5. Armed men yesterday captured Mr Kay, the Dublin doSrespondent of the London Times, in Leeson street,, and drove him away in a motor car. The kidnappers warned the journalists who accompanied him not to raise the alarm. They declared that he would not be hurt. He was wanted to refute a statement.—A. and N.Z. Cable. * A DISGRACEFUL OCCURRENCE. ME COLLINS ENEACm AN INQUIRY PROMISED. LONDON, Jannary 5. (Received Jan. 6, at 8.5 p.m.) The capture of Mr Kay was first Announced in the Dail Eiroann to-day by Mr Fitzgerald, who described it as a disgraceful occurrence. It created a sensation in Dublin to-day. Mr Collins, who was enraged by the outrage, saw a press deputation and expressed the_ greatest regret at the unauthorised action by some Cork men and promised that an inquiry would be held. He ordered Mr Kay’s immediate release.—A. and N.Z. Cable. BELFAST DISTURBANCES. MILITARY DISPERSE RIOTERS. LONDON, January 5. (Received Jan. 6, at 8.5 p.m.) Shooting occurred in Belfast on 'lhursday night. The military dispersed the rioters. —A. and N.Z. Cable. MR KAY RELEASED. DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT. LONDON, January 5. Mr Kay has been released. As special correspondent of The Times he travelled tho country gathering impressions of popular opinion on the treaty. Apparently liis reports angered ' the' extremists. The statement is made that ioumalists were present at the kidnapping. They were hawing dinner &b a grocer’s