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The Caledonian Record
Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont
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In Dublin's Dail Eireann on Dec. 20, Arthur Griffith moved to approve the Anglo-Irish treaty, while Eamonn de Valera moved to disapprove it. Debate included speeches, an exchange between leaders, and views from five members (two for, three against).
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DUBLIN. Dec. 20-It was announced this morning that Arthur Griffith, head of the Sinn Fein delegation, which signed the Anglo-Irish treaty would move in the Dail Eireann today for a vote on the question of approving the treaty and that Eamonn de Valera the Republican president, would move its disapproval. Today's session of the Dail opened at 11.30 o'clock with Brien O. Higgins in the chair replacing John MacNeal,
Mr. de Valera, addressing the Dail claimed there could be no question of the ratification of the treaty by the Dail which he declared could not ratify the pact in the sense of making it a legal instrument. All the Dail could do was to approve or disapprove it, he asserted.
Just before adjournment an angry exchange took place between Eamonn de Valera and Arthur Griffith over the Dail holding a brief session at the afternoon meeting to hear a statement by the minister of defense.
Griffith asked if the people were to be "fooled by more private proceedings". The president responded that it was unworthy of Mr. Griffith to suggest that the Dail desired privacy.
Five more members of the Dail including the first woman to be heard, Mrs. Kate O'Callaghan, widow of the assassinated last mayor of Limerick, presented their views on the treaty. Two of them spoke in favor of the pact and three against it.
Griffith Warns Dail Not To Be "Fooled By More Private Proceedings"
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Dublin
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Dec. 20
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five members presented views on the treaty, with two in favor and three against; motions to approve and disapprove the treaty were to be moved.
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Arthur Griffith, head of the Sinn Fein delegation, would move for a vote to approve the Anglo-Irish treaty in the Dail Eireann. Eamonn de Valera, the Republican president, would move its disapproval. The session opened at 11.30 o'clock with Brien O. Higgins in the chair replacing John MacNeal. De Valera claimed the Dail could only approve or disapprove the treaty, not ratify it legally. An angry exchange occurred between de Valera and Griffith over a brief afternoon session for a statement by the minister of defense. Griffith warned against being 'fooled by more private proceedings.' De Valera responded it was unworthy to suggest the Dail desired privacy. Five members, including Mrs. Kate O'Callaghan, presented views: two in favor, three against.