THE DAIL EIRANN

Waikato Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2491, 7 January 1922, Page 5

THE DAIL EIRANN

NEW. DEVELOPMENTS • i!i____" ■ * • / AN ADJOUKNMENT MADE / •■; ~~ ""•''.■'■' . '•-■ !■■ :-';> By Cable-Press Association-Copyright. LONDON, Jan. 5. The Dail Eirann has adjourned, and will meet privately to-morrow,;the committee merfiwhilo seeking a way out of an impasse which has arisen,/the nature ,of which is not yet explained.

An addendum to Mr de Valera's document, while refusing the right of any part of Ireland to be -excluded from the authority of the Irish Parliament, agrees not to coerse Ulster, and agrees on safeguards not less substantial than the treaty. 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 have had very little influence, yet there has been a change in the last 24 hours that led optimists to feel that s the treaty was in jeopardy Mr J. G. Walsh believes' that it will be rejected by two votes. There is a number of wobblers, whose final decision cannot be guessed. A high authority in London points out that Mr de Valera's amendment is not new. Its details were thoroughly thrasjhod out during the negotiations and finally rejected. The British Government, wnuld not accept them.

It has just been revealed) that armed men yesterday captured Mr Kay, Dublin correspondent of the London Times, in Leeson Street, and drove him away in a motor car. The kidnappers warned the journalists accompanying Mr Kay not to raise the alarm, and declared aat he would not be hurt, but was wanted to refute a statement. Tho Dail Eirann discusses the matter to-day.

DE VALERA RESIGNS PRESI-

DENCY

BUT WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION By Cable-Press Association-Copyright (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 6, De Valera has resigned the Presidency, and.a new jnijirstry is being formed. '■...' De Valera later withdrew his resignation on, an agreement being arrived at that a vote on the Treaty be taken on Saturday. '-'., LATER NEWS DE VALERA'S STATEMENT ' By Cable-Press Association-Copyright (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 6. De Valera announced: "I am resigning the Presidency. With-it goes the Ministry. Dail Eirann will have' constitutionally to elect a Chief Executive Officer. I intend to offer myself for reelection on the principles enunciated in 19.16. I shall seek a Cabinet who will think with me, and I shall demand that all resources be handed over to defend the Republic."

.Fiifally De Valera withdrew his resignation on a mutual agreement to take a straightout vote on ratification on Saturday.