THE NEW IRELAND.
No Actual Severance of Free State from Empire.
NOT READY FOR REPUBLIC. DUBLIN, December 13. Mr. de Valera's new legislation abolishing the Governor-Generalship and deleting the King's name from internal affairs, involving a change in the Constitution, was passed. Mr. de Valera said it was not an appropriate time to declare a republic, which the Irish people were always free to do whenever they wished. In moving the second reading of the bill acknowledging George VI. as head of the Commonwealth, Mr. de Valera said that as long as the King was the symbol of the Empire, he would be so recognised by the Irish Free State. The Government would offer advice to the King in future, when called for, as in the past. The bill passed the second reading by 93 votes to 6 and passed the final stage by 81 votes to 5. It-is the first bill to be passed by any Empire Parliament without the Royal Assent. Questioned whether the policy of the Executive was to sever connection with the Empire, Mr. de Valera .categorically said, "No."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 296, 14 December 1936, Page 7
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