IRELAND AND THE KING.
The apprehension expressed that Mr. de Yalera would use the occasion of the proclamation of the new King to seter completely the association of the Free State with the . British Commonwealth was apparently unjustified. Already, as he undertook, he has severed almost all the links, but the last is to be retained. That, he said in the Bail, is the policy of his Government, and —he usually means what he says. The comment made recently, that his five years of office have resulted in giving him a national and constructive rather than a partisan spirit, appears justified. The abolition of the Governor-Generalship, it should be noted, was foreshadowed by Mr. de Valcra, himself last June. The present position appears to be that the Free State recognises the King as "the symbol of the Empire," but apart from that j vague recognition it would be difficult to point J to any unmistakable sign ,of the Free .State's I Imembership of the British Commonwealth. |
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 296, 14 December 1936, Page 6
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166IRELAND AND THE KING. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 296, 14 December 1936, Page 6
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