NORMAL LIFE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 191, 15 August 1933, Page 7

NORMAL LIFE.

QUIET IN DUBLIN.

SUNDAY'S FIASCO.

"Government Looked Foolish" Under Show of Force.

IS AN ELECTION PENDING? ("Times" Cables.) (Received 11 a.m.) DUBLIN, August 14. The city is now quiet and has Tesumed normal life. The National Guard faithfully obeyed General O'Duffy's orders, making Mr. de Valera's display of . force seem ridiculous. The only result has been to make the Government look foolish.

Mr. de Valera is afraid of the political rather than the military strength, of the Blue Shirts, and wants an election because it would catch General O'Duffy before he is able to perfect his organisation. This would also out-manoeuvre the Senate, which has delayed important measures, and embarrass the extreme Republicans whose last excuse for refusing to recognise the Dail, namely, the oath of allegiance, has been removed. Nobody would be surprised if the Dail was dissolved before it reassembles in September. Possibility of Snap Vote. The special Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that the executive of the National Guard met simultaneously for th'e Cenotaph ceremony and to consider the possibility of the President, Mr. de Valera, rushing to the country for an early with the formation of a republic as a straight issue.

Increasing economic distress may cause Mr. de Valera to to consolidate his position by a snap vote. Meanwhile he is still seeking to restart direct negotiations with Britain through General Smuts, and Mr. N. C. Havenga, the South Africans. * Both have failed to bring the Governments together.

The "Daily Mail" says that General O'Duffy's wisdom prevented another "bloody Sunday." Mr. de Valera won the first round, but more will be heard of the National Guard, whose aims appeal to those who are feeling the pinch of the suicidal economic war against Britain. The National Guard has won the support of the almost ruined farmers and the sympathy of Mr. W. T. Cosgrave, Leader of the Opposition, the police and the Church. Mr. de Valera may well feel uneasy.