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stitution. He is expected to refuse the oath, thus leaving the constituency un- represented. Cathal Oshannon, editor of the Voice of Labour and noted for his advanced views, was one of those sworn in. The Labour party authorized its lead- er to make a statement explaining its acceptance of the oath. The statement said the Labourites were merely following the tractics of the political parties of the workers in all countries, whether mon- archial or republican. The oath they looked as implying no obligation other than the obligation resting upon any per- son in accepting the principle of citizen- ship. The party would work to dethrone capitalists and substitute a regime of labour and service. They accepted the treacy, said the Igbour represent- ative, under protest,*sbecause it had been Imposed by a superior force and if ever thz Irish people de- cided to repudiate the treaty, or denounce the constitution, the fact of their having taken the oath of allegi- ance would not prevent the party f{rom preserving full frzedom of action. Pa- trick Mallie was elected Deputy Speaker. William Cosgrave, in acknowledging his election as President, received an ovation, He kegan his address with an expres- sion of regret that 12 months, which might have been spent in securing the fruits of Ireland’s struggle had been wasted ip resisting what he termed the mad efforts of those who had called upon the people to throw aside those fruits and reenter battle. Mr. Cosgrave paid warm tribute to the British who, he said, on:e the treaty was signed never had tried to whittle it down ong iota but had stood by the letter and spirit of their bargain with secrupulous and undeviating good faith. He then read the following tele- gram from Mr. Bonar Law. ““On the inauguration of the Irish Free State i desire on behalf of my colleagues and myself to convey to youa message of greetings and goodwill, You may be assured that we on our side will do all that lies in our power to further the com- mon interests that we both have in peace and prosperity to Ireland and last- ing concord between the two coun- tries’’” After his address Mr. Cos- grave nominated the following six Ministers constituting with him an executive council: Kevin ()’Higgins, Richard Muleahy, Professor John Mec Neill, Ernest Blythe, Joseph McGrath and Desmond Fitzgerald. His .nomina- tions were accepted. The council as formed is made up resp=ctively of the Ministers of Hbme Affairs, Defence, ‘Rdueation, Local Government, Industry, Commerce, Labour and Foreign Aftairs. D,rliament has the duty of nominating all the Mipisters not members of the Executive Council and will do so through committee representation by all sections of the Chamber. The Ministers not in the Cabinet will b> Agri- culture, Fisheries and Post Office. In ad- ST URO:1 X AV S dition there will be an assistant Minister of Labour and Industries Commissioner and one liasson officer between the Low- er House and the Senate. Mr. Cosgrave later announced his list of thirty nomina- “tions. The more prominet of these named by him were the Earl of Granard, the Earl of Wicklow, the Earl of Kerry, the Marquis of Headfort, Baron Glenavy, the Earl of Mayo, the Earl of Dunraven, General Sir Bryan Mahon, Sir Horace Plankett, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Martin Fitzgerald, of the Freeman’s Journal, Henry Guinness, a Governor of the Bank of Ireland, Dr. George Sigerson, Profes- sor of Biology, University of Dubiin, and Wm. Butler Yeats, the Poet. 'The Presi- dent included in his nominations the Dowager Countess of Desart and Mr. Power. f.ondon, Dee. Bth.—The Irish republi- cans, says a despatch to the Evening Standard from Dublin, have issued a manifesto ‘deseribing Timothy Healy, _the Governor-General, as a life-long ene- “my of the nation. The manifesto adds, “the fight will go on as long as there is a man 1n Ireland. It is war to the death.”’ ' Dublin, Dec. Bth.—Tae startling swift- ness with which the Free State Govern- ment acted in consequence of the assassi- nation of Deputy Hales, caused z great sensation among Dublinites, used as-they are to sensationdl happeniogs. Through today’s executions the Irregulars lost two of their pricipal leaders, and two other important, although less known men. All four surrendered after the destruction of the Four Courts, in the seizurz of which O’Connor and Mz:l- lowes took a leading part. The prison- ers were tried by a military court mar- tial during the pight and found guiity and sentenced tn death. The death sentences were’ cariied out at .9.20 o’elock this morning. ‘'l'hree priests were present. The prisoners blindfolded were marched to the place of execution. O’ Connor had to'be acssisted to the scaffold. Lausanne, Dee. Bth.—Turkey present- ed to the Near 'East conference today counter suggestions, concerning control of the Straits, of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. Ihe Turks ask first. Guar- antees against surprise attacks from land and sea, threatening the security of the Straits of Constantinople or of the Sea of Marmora. Second. Limitation of naval forces bound for the Black Sea, so they w:ll not constitute a danger to the zone extending between the two Straits to the Biack Sea. 'lurkey expresses the view that these forces might be composed of light warships, employed for the protec- tion of internationai commerce. Third. Interdiction upon the maintenance of warships in the Black Sea. Fourth. Liberty of passage for merchantmen in time of peace and of war. Ismet Pasha contended that in order to defend the shore: of the Sea of Marmora by a fleet, ‘‘'ursey would have to keep arsenals and other naval equipment in Constantinople and the Straits. H=2 thought also that the limits of the demilitarized zones were too great and contended that the four islands in the Straits should be recogniz- ed as under Turkish sovereignty. After hearing Ismet Pasha’s address the con- ference took a recess until afteinoon. One of the European delegates expressed the opinion that the point raised by the Turks should not make a final accord difficult. During the session M Techit- cherin, of Russia, again insisted that the Straits should be closed to all except Turkish warships. He believed, he said, that the setting up of buffer states like Turkey would prevent future clashes in the East. M. Tchitcherin warned Ruma- nia against accepting the Allied plans, sayine Roumania would meet the sarme fate as Greece. Rumania, Serbia, Greece and Bulearia announced their adhesion to the Allied proposition. London, Dee. B:h.—A ¢ vee earth- quake at Kiushiu, southe most of the principal islands of Japan, is reported in a [okio despateh to the Central News. Many persons are said to have been killed or injured aad hundreds of houses were destroyed. London, Deec. Bth.—New Zealand has given a big vote against prohibition in a referendum taken eoncurrently with the Parliam :ntary clec.ons, according tea despatch to the Daily Mail. London, Dee. Bth.—Premier Mussolini, of Italy, arrived late tonight for tomor- row’s conferer:ce of Allied Premiers. Black Fascisti Fezes and and diplomatice top nats were smashed and police hel- mets were lost when the crowd surged about the figure of the Fascisti leader. Minneapolis, Dec. Bth.—The largest cooperative wheat sales agency in the world which, according to United States organizers, will hondle 100,000,000 busn- els in its first year, was formed here to- day at a meeéting of six cooperative or- ganizations representing ten states. The new organization is known as the Ameri- can Wheat Growers Association and was formed at a meeting of trustees of the Northwest Wheat Growers Association representing five states and the trustees of five other cooperative bodies repre- senting five other states. The head- quarters of the nsw associatioh prcbably will be located in either Minneapolis or Kansas City. NEw York, Dec. 9th. Fiour, (Blended Clears, St. Lawrence Brand) duty paid pr. brl. $7.50 Meal, Kilpdried per 100 pounds $2.20. New Season’s Pork per barrel $37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $29.75. Sugar—~Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $5.78. Mclasses Sugar 89° no quotation. Cotton, Middling, Upland, at Liverpool per |b. 14 30-100 d. Exchange. New York and London, 60 days’ sight $4.548