The regular session of Dail Eireann opened -in Dublin on
Wednesday. Mr. De Valera repeated his strange operation of Tuesday, and strongly. advocated the rejection of the proposed terms even before the Dail had begun to discuss the matter. But• his language was much stronger than on Tuesday. " We cannot and we will not," he said, " on behalf of this nation accept these terms. The Irish people are not going to be fooled this time. . . . We intend to strengthen ourselves to be able to resist to the utmost of our power. If we have to give way to force, we will do it boldly and will not seek to save our faces." Dealing with North-East Ulster, Mr. De Valera said that he would go a long way with the people of the North and their sentiments if he could get them to come in. " We are ready to make sacrifices for them which we would never think of making for Great Britain."
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