SIR ROGER CASEMENT.
BODY NOT TO BE REMOVED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 12.10 a.m. LONDON, March 4. Mr Eamon de Valera announced in the Dail Eireanu that the British Government, refuses the removal of tho body of Sir Roger Casement to Dublin from Pentonville Prison, on the ground that the custom was not to interfere with graves. Mr Norton interjected: I hope you will make a suitable protest against tho spirit of vengeance toward the dead. Sir Roger Casement •• wai executed during the .war for treasonable transactions with the enemy. concerned in the Irish rebellion of 1916.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 122, 5 March 1936, Page 5
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