THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1922, Page 3

THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOC IATJ 0

LONDON, Feb. 24. A serious impression was made in the Commons by tbe announcement that consideration of the Irish Bill had been placed in abeyance. The “Daily Mail” in a leader considers the settlement under the treaty is left suspended in mid-air, exposed to considerable danger. • It is impossible to understand Collins’s purpose in agreeing to a postponement, but it discloses the remarkable fact that the British Government does not seem to have stipulated a period for ratification of the treaty. The “Times” Dublin correspondent

points out that the postponement cheats the peoples right to vote for or against the plain issue of the treaty. It is believed, the mass want tbe treaty. It would seem that Pe Valera lias parted Griffiths and Collins from their great source of strength. Tbe treaty will he submitted along with the constitution of the Free State. The people must accept both or neither. SIR ERIC GEDDES. LONDON, Feb. 23. Sir Erie Geddes has resigned from th<* House *of Commons. <He states that ha not desirous of a- political career.