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The essential points of the agreement are that the National

Convention is to adjourn for three months ; that in the meantime Dail Eireann will carry on SA before, but no vote in the Dail is to be regarded as a party vote requiring the resignation of the Provisional Government ; and that when a Parliamentary election is held the Constitution of the Free State shall be pre- sented to the electors simultaneously with the London Treaty. This agreement was signed by Mr. Griffith and Mr. Collins for the Treaty party and by Mr. De Valera and Mr. Austin Stack for the Republicans. Mr. De Valera explained that the arrange- ment did not prohibit propaganda during the next three months. That is why we said that the truce between the two wings of Shm Fein is only partial—it-refers only to votes in the Dail.

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