IRISH FREE STATE
RELATIONS TO BRITAIN. REJOINDER BY DE VALERA. THE VITAL FACT OF HISTORY. (United Press Association—Copyright). DUBLIN, February 14. De Valera, interviewed, said: “The statement by. Mr J. H. Thomas brings bade the position to 1932. I agree it is no use being blind to facts, and accordingly bring to the notice of Mr Thomas the most vital fact that history for 750 years has proved that the Irish will nit for any consideration abandon the right to determine their own destiny and chose the political institutions t-hey desire and judge the extent to which they associate and cooperate with other nations.”
THE ALIENS BILL.
CONDEMNATION AND REPLY. DUBLIN, February 14. In the Dail, Mr MacDermott (United Ireland Party) condemned the Aliens Bill, declaring that it labelled kith and kin in various parts of. the British Commonwealth as aliens. Mr Costello (formerly Attorney-Gen-eral) said that under the Bill, Archbishop Mannix and Mr Bernard Shaw could be aliens. . *Mr de Valera said that nothing could prevent them remaining Irish citizens; If they were born in the Free gtate they were entitled under the i «i----tionality Bill to be regarded' as citizens. _ ~ The Bill passed the second reading by 53 votes to 37.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 108, 16 February 1935, Page 6
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