We must now give a brief summary of the Constitution.
It is provided in the preamble that if any provision of the Constitution or any amendment to it is in any respect repugnant to the Treaty, such provision or amendment shall be absolutely void. There can be, therefore, no controversy as to whether the Constitution does or does not square with the Treaty. The one is to be interpreted in the light of the other. The Con- stitution is divided into five main sections—Fundamental Rights, the Legislature, the Executive, the Judiciary, and Transitory Provisions. Parliament is to consist of the King and two Houses—the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. All members are to take the oath of allegiance as prescribed in the Treaty. It may be mentioned here that wherever the name of an Irish institution is mentioned in English, the equiva- lent Irish name is given. For example, the Irish Free State is always described as " Irish Free State /Saorstat Eireann," the Senate as " Senate /Seanad Eireann," the Parliament as " Parliament/Oireachtas," and so on. The Irish language is, no doubt, an attractive subject for study, but to pretend that the use of it will be either a convenience or an important national fact is really ridiculous.
