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THE
'lE.Tvoi. ’ "tiff
.AN DAIL.
The I')ebate on the Oath.
THA'f Clause, both of the Trcutv mid of tha
Constitution, > w l(lI hu e ‘
discussion iiiiioilgst ulllililtlll‘ pohticii
parties, rtnd which constitute-.:4 the main murcl:
of diiicrcncc between tho tn-o grunt purtics in the
state, has ptlssed through An Dilil swiitly, rluti
with oompurutii-sly insignii-l-unt criiicisin. This
is just as well: for rliscuss-ion of :1 Cliuxse which
is no integriil pint ol the Trcrity whicli nll incur
hsrs sic plcdgsd to support, is slicer WllN'!e or
time; and no niclnllvzr sllnulil lulve UH(lt‘I";2Il(A‘ll
the task u. ho was not prepared to go to Downing
Street illltl try to impose his lIli.E'l"llIIi.iVk‘ there.
.ls to thr nrsuinciits iii-tiiiillr nllrlluletl, they
were, to a large extent pucrilc. To no “gt.-
iicciistniiiril to rcgnrrl nioniirchs ss i e V
<‘rl1rlms-mill nppcnrlngcs to thc systciiis by wllicl!
their mi ulllnbem oi " subjects ' govrin thsin
selxes, ilciiicrcriltic thundoriiigs iigiiinst regnl
tyranny seem evcii iiiorc mil-iii-diitc lhnu th-
i-oysl irsppings tliuiiisclrss; iniil to go out or
one‘ way to ciist ii.<pei-sion upon ii iiioiirirclrs
iincoritry (like Mr. Jollnson), or to cull him inilgn:
names (like r. O'Shl2nnon), seenis to us to
nccord hiin fa gr iitrr iinportnncc in their minds
in ' l'
r
than is allowed ii in us rribheil, clibincd. an]
nns ltu .
The . b o 2 Government who contri-
buted to the discussion uttered their views with
CleRl‘D9S2s.flYl'!]]1FSS, rm mmtl - ' ’ '
p 'ltnl))lC to’Dcpn
Many oi iill('x(! (our l'emEITI-
hers in purticuhtr M '
o hri on
iuclinsd to t it all on tho ponplc ' I don't
like this oath, hut those who elected HIE l1llV3
ecided . . w s h" ( .. snci Rn
ittituiio is grossly un'nir rind 4'nlvIplII'nl)lP even
l<.v that of Mr. Burton when he signml tlm Tl'&:lh'
hscnuss he WES afrliid the [H-ilplv we not us
wis. The pcoplc on growing tired
of hsing lectured in iinrl npr.logriswl for, and
members who indulge in too inniiy o thrsc iin.
pertinence; will LIVE to ‘onk to their scnts.
‘l 011 ‘
"lung in uni
..
cf the people on the mutter; ilnd thl-ir attitude
sgainshiircd r the people, is not merely the
cnly hollournblu one, but is more independent
no more inuiily thnn thc snarling ncquicscenco
which seems to be rulvocuted by the critics. The
Irish Government. lH’l(l the Irish sople lItlY“
made it UlP2ll‘. both to themselves untl to n’I t.h:-
they no pledged to no allhmce u i ll
oonnnnnnity of xntions of ii the ritish
King is the titular head it nil times the
iintionnl allegiance com s iir.’ t. d is innliens
ltble; hut fidelity to the King is ontlitional on
his iidclity to us, null its nsturc inost change with
changing circlinlsmnt-es. A
it
c
uholish it altogether. Bnef an
discussion wa., it sr-sins to llrive hrought rhcsr
reslitics home to the n ‘ii
pieces of ilniiightsmsnsliin that it is with ieslings
95 the dcepPEQ regret we regard t eir almost
inovitnhie consigninsnt to
9-paper-h.-lske .
1>,irlinmsntsr;i
Ifis ulllaidlncu‘ to A'titll‘,
' miistcrly cssnv
gr iittcnipt to foist on
2
I‘
av
r-i
, i .- i- Figgls
thinking or when ihs midnight oil run law’ Mr
Blvthe ' " r “,9 . s
. . iggins and the olu-r
speakers made no such iiticinpl to shift the
'l'lu>ii- iccling iihont the
truth is prohnlily much tho nnnic us the feeling
‘ g. , - .. sen I to
]0ln its predecessors. but pciluips Mi Figgis will
sllve it from ohlii-=wn by puh‘l' ring . in v0 urn-.
form.
DUBLIN. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1922.
Jam Hiems Trans iit.
What We ldust Settle Down To.
’I‘Hl:l uintcr of uur yuliticul disconteuts which
his liiio so lwlwll) on us during the long, sud
ucury inoiitlis ni 1ir22 uould iippenr to have been
hrohoii hy liriul spoils during the past few weeks.
The meat of tin‘ Diiil,‘the courageous stand
nt tho luiiiist.-rs, tlli: prowess or our Army, the
dirstirdt-!r(‘d rout of the Irrogulnrs, and the rele-
gutioii to its strgiiiii CHVC of thiit clilld of Cim-
meriuu d " . “ um-cgulrited conscience-
all cumulntii-cly suggi-st thut the slip of hops
begins to circulntc in the politicnl orgninsm, tlint
soon pcrcliiinco tlic lawltsx ruins nniy cease and
tho iioicc oi pmlee prcvuil tlwoiigliout the hind.
unit the xuwcr iuny go forth to snw l 'v seed.
Nair the im ortiuit question a ses what seed
shrill thc sows-r siniq’ Having implemented the
Trcuty, what shall be the policy in the governing
body of the Irish Free State?
Renewing the Onward March.
I s sllggestcd thin the poll ed
should Vl<lIlIli<(3 the full cence of Irish
Xutiollulity. N r i.'o for dwarfed.
truni-nti-ll or lup-.-illle(l lirin should for n moment.
l ' l
i to be adopt
he thought oi, hilt Cu‘ poll. to is adopted
shoul lis su<ll ilx nill hurmonisc with ED Erin
soil-rsigri .nid nhsolutely Ire or hould it
are in uiir niuy lnimpi-ring the development oi
hitiirc gl‘nvrlltions'. Trcniics are static; nations
dv . , . .
irc inic. icrc is no%ln the nature of
thing i uro cannot btefiniility in Treaties. If
lrruntios worn it be forvvel binding, hunisnity
'oul iidcinncd to 5- incl status quo
E
E
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2
r
deeuy of lilltiwls will in the future, as they have
(limo in tho piist, nnihc short work of the chitin:
inn. mt us iln wlnt wo mny are and now.
(L-aster-it] will look nit.-r itse .
The Meaning 0! Fnedorn.
Having pllssvd their measure of universill
aulfrilge, let not the sewers imagine that they
h:lV(‘ tllcnally Sk‘(‘.lll‘(‘d liberty for their fellow-
Politii-lll liberty-tlie votewvrithout
unnnomic lilmrtv is it sluldow without the sub-
stilnce. I;il')Pl't'V is in-odnm of choice,-tlle
N O T E S .
On Irregular Propaganda in Munster.‘
A Well-known Corli men said to me the otha‘
d>w--"Moe-t of the fighting taking plscr M
I9 past never) works, in Carl
BD4l tho ndlniuillg coiintiss, n
hsgun wsis it nrit im the in-tion oi t
Examiner." He pointed out to me that from the
28th June to the 10th of Allgllstvt-lie Cork’
Esominri was prscticnlly tlic sols newspaper
read in Munster. During these six weeks the
worthless, the silly, the dislmm-st and the idiotic
slcnisnt, who siihscquciitly iloolrcil to the stan-
dards of the Il’l'9,‘Ztll1ll‘S, was slimrn how safe and
easy B thing it wss to he nu lrrcgiilnr; every-
where the National Troops wt-re surrendering,
somctiniss otter severe losscs, and tho Inegular
propagandists were able to tell tli-rut that Dull-
side Cathal Brugha and Ilurry Roland, their
losses had been practically ml. ,
I here liilrcn the trouhlo to look up the file,
of the Eranliner from the 28th July lust until
the 10th August, and here are it [NV oi the facts’
which suhstmtiate the assertion iiuldc nhove. I
might say that Vary early in the cuinpnign the E::--
mnincr started off with a letter from it “ Cntllolic
Clel-,r;yman," In which the Bi-iliopa are viciously
sttnclicd. This lctter, there wus every reason to
believe, was not written by D. priest at all, but
there was nothing in the Ezaiiiincr to suggest
any doubt as to its uutlicnticity until a few days
liter when Mr. George cnnhic, under pressure
from some other quarter, protested ugninst his
halizlg been forced tn publish this letter.
on 1st July tllv ('IlYl: hsniiihirr puhlisliod it
staterllerit ilom llr. liinm Lynch, who described
liixnxelf as “ Chief of still? of tile Army," nicoti-
ing, or coiirsc, rhs smilll section tlint hall broken
zllray rain it service to the Ddil rind to 91.9
mi This stnlcincnt purported to set iorth
. 3 position, and went on to say -“ r
this evening we hope to hsi-c made ripiil progress
townnls complete control of west and Southern
lrslniirl for tho Ilspuhlic. Latest reports from
Diillin show that the Duulin Brlgtl-ls have con-
tru oi the situation. and rrinioiic.-iiisnts nnil
sullplies liuis been dispstchcil to their sssist.
ante " us was written within two duvs oi
Ly-nclrs leming Duhlin, lluvlnfv hlrfworil
or honour to the .-lrrny iiuthoiinss there that he
would not tslro up arms against the lriui people.
At the time it nppsiircd in the Etzalnlincr Ilorv
O'Connor Elltl most of his so-csllsd Dubliil
Brigade were in safe keeping in .uountj sving
ignoininiously sui-rsndcrod to says their lives st
4 o'clock on the previous day, 30th June.
The same paper contains columns of pro-
pegmlil atter from the Irregulars. All this
tried to cloud. the issue by representing to their
dupes that the light, which they were putting
up against the overwhelming bulk of their
countrymen, was the same light as the whola
" country had put up against the Black an Tans.
One of the items purports to be written Ly
“ One of the most eminent lawyers in lreliind,"
rmd endeavoured to prove that the Treaty was
not even rt stop to the Piepublic. This was
actually written by n man who Worked lor the
British Government in Ireland during the Black
and Tan days
There was absolutely nothing in the Ezanliiler
to indicate to 6 e ' unsophisticated
reader that these were not the deliberate Views
of the conductors of the Ezlzminsr, which had,
that the change of front was occasioned by the
defects in the draft of the Constitution of the
Irish Free State.
In the next issue, that of Monday. July Strl,
thsrs Me colunlns oi lm Rssionel .o ppcn
lug to the youth of Ireland to rise in arms against
the l'im'ermllent t-lui-ted by the free will of the
PL-urse, Mitchel, hlcswincy, Clarke,
Mal):-rlllixlu, ull- even Hater. Brim) Bonl
hurl Tell, are all hrautzht in to testify to the
high putiiotisin oi Childers and cle Vnlcrn, bud
to duinii oynrylioly who supports the Irish Free
State.
Thu Constitution oi tlic Free State is lmalysed,
mill the Yelnlrer is giicn ii litany of the things
that the 'l'l'enn' iluos not give to Ireland. . n
" lrixll L'uthol iflcruvnlun " bins, in the same
issur, in Rrtlrlle nhii.l roi-cs conclusively that
not only nm the supporters of the Treaty bad
Iritzllmt-ii, hut bull Catholics.
The sill-rizndcr by lior) O'Connor and his
niutiuccnz of the Four l'ourts is not, so far, even
lnentinneil ii n sin-rle pnrsgrnpli oi the oiiicisl
ililislu-,d. ' ‘
(lay.
isport..- pi llicrc run into seven or elg
columns 3
July 4th. Nearly the whole of this issue is
devoted to ioporis oi the successes b s 11'-
rcgiilnrs iroiii Dollegul to the Mizen Heed.
Fant-m=tii- accollnts iiic priuicd of whni took lime
in Loiiilnn lntwocii Uollins and aiiiiitli and the
British unhiiict.
croiiiiiotiintinl stories urc told of how the
Britisll troops co-(>pel’:LteLl with the Free State
troops tliroiighoiit tho lighting in Dublin. The
Free shits uovnrnincnt is generously invited to
deny the truth of these reports “ it it can.”
Needltws to say, when later on lhsss things were.
found to bu riliaolutcly devoid of foundation, not
a vvortl of (l(-llllll found its way into the Cork
E.z:l1.nlinm'.
July SUI. This nlrntllins ll proclamation from
the iH'V'lI(‘4l junta in Dublin w 0 had mutinii:
against tho plsipl.-‘s Uovernlnent, "
fsntl A Sirl'Ii28In()X1i4.4“ At the Qlictation of Jul‘
-horctlitiiry cncriiiss our iiglittul cause is using
treachcrously Bsiillleti hy recrelmt Iriahmen.
The Sacred spirits oi the lllustrimls dead are with
us in this grant struggle." This precious docu-
ment is signnd by, nlnongst Others, Liam
lllellnweti. " Cmmmlt. Gun," Joseph Mcxelx
‘er,
mdt. Gen." liviliinson, and " Commdt."
‘rd
[PRICE TWOPENCE.
capacity or shying “ No." If the innioiity ot the
iiilisbitunts or E country are iievr-r one week lroiii
stiirvstiun, shsolutcly dependent upon others lol-
food, clothing, and shelter, Whllit nvuils it that
they have universal au5rnge‘) '- t is iypocrisi-.
conscious or uiicoiisoious, to discuss freedom or
any kind which does not scours to the individual
that, in return for eiiort cirorciscd is is right, not
as E conosssinii, un adequate economic equivalent
shrill be forthcoming." ,
w are we to secure such cconornir, liberty to
s dstcrmi rig innjority oi the Irish people‘?
Not by listening to the careeriste oi thc Luhour
Pnrty, the npologisu oi the 0.B.U., the um-
communists with their circle unrxinii gnvzpvl.
The Marxian gospel, it is mic. is dmld us
Queen Anne, hut the ncncnniiriiiiiists. thoiigli
negligible in mIml)ers, cunt:-mptlbltt from the-
cthic, philosopliic or economic standpoint, nrs
nevertlleless diingcroiis in unit tliry nrr (‘nl‘.<(‘lhlI<
wrcclrcrs knowing their own mind
(To be continuod )
BEN EDAIR.
" The Home.
HE home is not wllut it used to be. The home
is what the melnlwrs of the family rnuke it
The members of the home are what UlT(‘IllllS(lllu'e‘<
hsnsncinlly sssocintcd 55 formerly. No our on
be astunishedw-under present conditinns’tllat
the oldiushioncd home is guns. or going.
Itispecessary nrst of on to rccognisc the nltcruvl '
situation in home life which hns been ltroughti
about by modern conditions. lllsiiy tliings in
niodcr , home life tend to disrupt it. Family tics
are hecoining weaker under the ussnults of niiiusc.
merit, business, sport, etc. Against all these this
guardians of the home must provide a ilefruize.
If we but realise that we are on this earth to live
hem for a certain time and not as we please, tlu-n,
we have solved the riddle of life, and also found
the key to hours weltnro. Knowing this we should
respect authority and we will enjoy our good
fortune with measure and gratitude.
If we do not respect authority in the home, we
can hardly respect the authority of the hind, and,
the re t is we nm ‘e ci izens.
II we would save the home. therefore, we play
the biggest part in putting our country on It sure
H m
o is now but
p . Home, which for them should
be the most attractive spot on earth. becumt-s
again to weary thsinselves in the wily that gii-cs
neither refreshment nor peruse.
ome is going to be just vlhat we make it.
we cannot erect .1; 00d structure on a had founda-
tion. It is on the home that the future of Ireland
depends.
M S, )1.
T. Barry. At the time three oi the XIll0VE'
were prisoners in Mountjoy, hut t e ET(ll7IlvlL’Y‘
readers were not told a word about thlxt. In
this issue there are in all over eight columns nf
propngsndu matter recapitulatiug the “ iuic
(585365 " of the mutineers,
I need not weary the reader with extruct-1 [min
nil the other issues of the Esoiinncr rig it up to
the 10th August, when ntional troops
hmtled in Cork. Each issue was more viriilmt
in its attacks on the National forces khan the
issue of the receding day. Owing to the stain
lie country, the people of southci-u
Munster received little information beyond what
they road in the Examiner." The’ thing Wm;
done so u t scarcely ,9. Word was
allowed reach the people as to the true facts of
the situation in all the rest of Ireland. Even
rirco suits su rs ' ouxag .
The criminal icowal-dice of the conductors ol
the Ffza-miller is Is. thing that it would be Well
the peopls of Ireland would beat in mind. VVllen
the Ibregulals esin lished B. censnrsltipvovar that
pnncr, tie ‘ the
ill: the i-ilv. There was no pretence mnde that
be Bills to luring out it newspaper in corh.
if the Esciiiiiirr =liui down the lirrgulm Wwlili