IRISH NEWS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 41, 18 October 1923, Page 43

IRISH NEWS

THE NEW DAIL—-WHAT WILL DE VALERA DO?—THE FREE STATE AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

The list hereunder contains the names of the Deputies returned for the various constituencies in the. Free. State and the parties to which they belong:

/Government—63: R. J. Mulcahy (Dublin North), W. Cosgrave (Carlow-Kilkenny), K. O'Higgins (Dublin County), Peter Hughes (Louth), J. Murphy (Louth), E. J. Duggan (Meath), E. Blythe (Monaghan), J. McGrath (North Mayo), Philip Cosgrave (Dublin South), Eoin Mac Neill (National University), M. Hayes (National University), W. Magennis (National University), G. M. Byrne (Wicklow), Patrick Duffy (Monaghan), D. McCarthy (Dublin South), P. S. Doyle (Dublin South), Sean McGarry (Dublin North), Margaret O'Driscoll (Dublin North), Desmond Fitzgerald (Dublin County), Sean Milroy (Cavan), J. J. Walsh (Cork), Eoin Mac Neill (Clare), A. O'Rahilly (Cork City), P. J. Hogan (Galway), P. O'Maille (Galway), J. F. Gibbons (Carlow-Kilkenny), Richard Hayes (Limerick), Michael Hayes Dublin South), M. J. Derham (Dublin County), F. Bulfin (Leix-Offaly), Francis Cahill (Dublin North), P. Egan (Leix-Ocaly), James Ledden (Limerick), Finian Lynch (Kerry), G. Wolfe ((Kildare), J. A. Bourke (Tipperary), H. Coyle (Mayo North), 0. Grattan Esmonds (Wexford), P. W. Shaw (Longford-Westmeath), M. J. Hennessy (East Cork), J. M. Curtain (Tipperary), L. J. Dalton (Tipperary), S. R. Bourke (Tipperary), J. P. Nolan (Limerick), A. McCabe (Sligo-Leitrim), J. W. Dolan (SligoLeitrim), J. Carter (Sligo-Leitrim), J. Hennegan (SligoLeitrim), G. Nicholls (Galway, J. Broderick (Galway), H. J. Finlay (Roscommon), A. Lavin (Roscommon), William Sears (South Mayo), O. Connoly (West Cork), J. Prior (West Cork), J. Mcßride (South Mayo), P. J. Ward (Donegal), E. Doherty (Donegal), P. McFadden (Donegal), P. J. McGoldrick (Donegal, M. Nally (South Mayo), Prof. o'Sullivan (Kerry), T. Crowley (Kerry).

Republicans 44: P. J. Rutledge- (North Mayo), Frank Aiken (Louth), Constance de Markievicz (Dublin South), P. McCarvill (Monaghan), P. Smith (Cavan), E. de Valera (Clare), Daniel Corkery) (North Cork), H. C. Mellowes (Galway), F. Fahy (Galway), Charles Murphy (Dublin South), Mrs. Caitlin Brugha (Waterford), Dr. Kathleen Lynn (County Dublin), Sean O'Kelly (Dublin North), E. O'Malley (Dublin North), Miss Mary MacSwiney (Cork City), J. McGuinness (Leix-Offaly), L. Brady (Leix-Offaly), M. Shelley (Carlow-Kilkenny), Austin Stack (Kerry), Sean Carroll (Limerick), R. Lambert (Wexford), J. Ryan (Wexford), Daniel Breen (Tipperary), Dr. J. Crowley (Mayo North), Dr. Byrne (Longford-Westmeath), J. J. Killeen (Longford-Westmeath), David Kent (East Cork), P. Ryan (Tipperary), James Colbert (Limerick), F. Carty (SligoLeitrim), S. O'Farrell (Sligo-Leitrim), M. McGowan (SligoLeitrim), Brian O'Higgins (Clare), J. McEllistrum (Kerry), L. E. O'Dea (Galway), Count Plunkett (Roscommon), G. Boland (Roscommon), T. Maguire (South Mayo), J. Buckley (West Cork), P. O'Donnell (Donegal), J. Doherty (Donegal), M. Kilroy (South Mayo), T. O'Donohue (Kerry), P. Cahill (Kerry).

Independents.—l 6: E. H. Alton (Dublin University), W. Thrift (Dublin University), Sir J. Craig (Dublin University), A. Byrne (Dublin North), J. J. Cole (Cavan), Myles Keogh (Dublin South), H. Beamish (Cork City), W. Hewat (Dublin North), A. O'Shaughnessy (Cork City), ' J. Good (Dublin County), Bryan Cooper (Dublin County), D. Figgis (Dublin County), Captain Redmond, D.S.O. (Waterford), J. Lyon (Longford-Westmeath), Major J. S. Myles (Donegal), J. Cosgrarve (Galway).

Farmers.l4: R. Wilson (Wicklow), P. J. Mulvaney (Meath), P. F. Baxter (Cavan), D. Gorey (Carlow-Kil-kenny), D. Vaughan (North Cork), J. Conlan (Kildare), P. R. McKenna (Longford-Westmeath), M. Doyle (Wexford), N. Wall (Waterford), P.' K. Hogan (Limerick), M. H. Heffernan (Tipperary), Conor Hogan (Clare), J. J. O'Donovan; (West -Cork), J. White (Donegal). ". " J. Everett (Wicklow), D. Hall (Meath), E. Doyle U (Carlow-Kilkenny),. H;Colohan : (Kildare), T. NagkT (North Cork), W. Davin (Leix-Offaly), T. Johnson (Dublin County), R. Corish (Wexford), 7 J. Butler (Waterford), John Davy {East Cork), P. Clancy (Limerick); r J. Lyons (1.L.) (Lrogfor4-We9tmeath), :- D. Morrissey (Tip-

perary), T. J. O'Connell (Galway), P. Hogan (Clare), T. J. Murphy (West Cork). -

Will Mr. de Valera change his tactics and declare his intention of presenting himself at the first meeting of the Dail, ready to take the Oath"under protest" and "with reservations," no doubt, but still in proper legal form? If he had only 15, 20, or 25 followers, the idea might not present itself attractively to his mind. With so meagre a force he could not hope to "embarrass the Government" very seriously. But the temptation to utilise this unexpected strength in the arena where it can be most effectively employed will probably appeal to a man of his intense devotion to dialectical warfare; if his own view is not overborne by forces beyond his control, the temptation may prove irresistible. For the moment the senior member for Clare and many of his elected supporters are prisoners in the hands of the Government some of them are "on the run." Can the Government defend defend themselves before the other Parliamentary sections if they keep, elected representatives of the people in detention —following the example set by the Northern Government in the case of a prisoner duly elected to membership of the Imperial Parliament? And if the prisoners who have been made T.D.'s by the votes of the electorate are released, can 12,000 or 13,000 others be logically or justly, held in bondage? It seems evident that Mr. de Valera can make his own release and that of all the prisoners a matter of State necessity by taking his place in the Dail Eireann as senior representative of Clare County. If—and when—he advances the proposition, vehement antagonism will be offered by the "Irreconcilables" in his own campfor there are Republican intransigeants amongst those elected, though a majority are, perhaps, : only theoretical enthusiasts for that particular form of government. But it is quite impossible to do more than indicate the possibilities of any situation when the human factors in a position to influence its development are unstable, uncertain, and, to a great extent, servants of circumstances beyond their personal control. We want at this early stage to emphasise the fact that the unexpected strength of the Republican element in the next Dail strength on which the members of the Government; least of all President Cosgrave and his companions on the journey to Geneva, did not calculate for a moment effect the future of the Free State and of the country altogether in directions wholly unforeseen a short time--ago. *

Irish-Americans are divided as to the wisdom of the Free State's claim for admission to the League of Nations. One journal, bitterly " opposed to the project, writes: "There are no benefits in sight, but many disadvantages that are quite apparent. To pay £IO,OOO a year- for the privilege of joining a body absolutely controlled by England, and which does nothing except what England wants, would be imposing a heavy and wholly unnecessary burden on a people who are now confronted by the problem of _ paying the cost of the destruction wrought by de Valera, amounting to £50,000,000. England wants the Free State' in the League for her own purposes, not for Ireland's, and the international recognition ' would be for a Partitioned Ireland, not for Ireland a Nation. The League of Nations will only recognise the Free State as part of the British Empire, whose integrity is guaranteed by Article X. of the Covenant." Ireland's influenceslight as it may be—on the trend of ; ; American opinion regarding' the League of Nations is evidently dreaded by this Irish-American paper, and by many Americans who are not Irish, but who ■ are uncompromising supporters of the principle that • their country shall hold aloof from "European entanglements." But another Irish-American organ published in Chicago takes a different view—while maintaining the American policy of isolation. -It says: "That Ireland's action in entering the League will weaken ■.lrish-American opposition to it is equally groundless, for they are first and before all else concerned with America and her ~. interests, and no action on the part of the Free State would weaken this opposition. That Ireland; as a member of the League may.be. ' come / a ; potential enemy of America is a mere assertion* She will never go back on America^; She. owes ) her tod much,"