TO LEAVE EMPIRE.
IRISH INTENTIONS. De Yalera Policy Definitely Stated. TUESDAY'S ELECTION ISSUE. ("Times" Cables.) LONDON', January 19. The Dublin correspondent of "The Times" says that for the first time in the election campaign Mr. de Valera has declared his policy on the issue of separation from the British Empire. Speaking at Cahir the President of the Free State announced that he was determined to ask for Ireland's complete independence—politically and economically.
Mr. Frank Aiken, Minister of Defence, was even more explicit. It is reported that he remarked to the Dublin correspondent of the Paris newspaper "Le Petit Journal": "Ireland will be an independent ' republic when you come here again. That is the will of the Irish people which will be expressed at the election on January 24."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 16, 20 January 1933, Page 7
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128TO LEAVE EMPIRE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 16, 20 January 1933, Page 7
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