IRISH FREE STATE.
REPLY TO BRITAIN BEING REDRAFTED.
London, March 31
A message from Dublin says it is officially stated that the delay over the Irish Free Stale Government’s reply to the British Government’s Note regarding the oath of allegiance and land annuities is due to the redrafting of the reply. It is understood that at least two members of the Free State Cabinet opposed the uncompromising nature of the original drafts and suggested that the reply be couched in a more friendly tone. To this Mr de Valera agreed.
The British Government will answer Mr de Valera’s Note and then the documents will be published simultaneously in Dublin and London. Mr de Valera’s party organ argues that the non-mandatory nature of the oath is proved by its different wording from the oaths used in Canada and South Africa. The paper insists that the Irish Treaty was signed by the Irish delegates under outrageous threats and that therefore it was not a free contract.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10832, 2 April 1932, Page 3
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