IRISH CELEBRATION

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 155, 28 March 1932, Page 9

IRISH CELEBRATION

Anniversary of Rebellion PEACEFUL ASSURANCE , No Arms for Republicans “TIME IS NOT YET RIPE” (By Telegraph.—Frees Assn.—Copyright.) (Rec. March 27, 5.5 p.ra.) London, March 26. A high Irish Republican Army official told the “Daily Sketch’s” Dublin correspondent that orders have been issued to all ranks not to cary arms at Sunday’s celebrations. “Infringement of this regulation will be followed by stem disciplinary measures,”. he said. “The time is not ripe for trouble, and there will be none on Sunday.” On Friday posters reproducing _ the proclamation issued In Easter Week of 1916 announcing the constitution of an Irish Republic, and also calling on the people of Ireland to unite in a supreme effort to break the connection with the British Empire and establish a free sovereign Republic were affixed profusely to walls in Dublin in preparation for the celebration of the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Week rebellion. The Irish Republican Army, the Cutnann Na Mban, the women’s republican organisation, and kindred bodies, which the Cosgrave Administration banned, were most active throughout the Free State. A procession will take place to Glasnevin Cemetery, where an oration will be delivered over the graves of Republicans. The leaders of the parade include Mr. George Gilmore, recently released after imprisonment, under the Public Safety Act. Miss Mary McSwiney, sister of the late Mr. Terence. McSwiney, Mayor of Cork, who died as a result of a hunger strike in the Sinn Fein troubles after the war. will head a similar demonstration in Cork. DISPUTE OVER OATH Free State Cabinet’s Reply Dublin, March 25. Mr. de Valera presided over a meeting of the Cabinet, which discussed Britain’s Note. It is understood that Cabinet’s reply will asse»t that the Oath as contained in the Treaty has not been referred to by Mr. de Valera, who maintains that he is only dealing with the Oath in the Constitution, which Mr. W. T. Cosgrave framed. . Cabinet will stress the fact that Northern Ireland has been allowed to retain her land annuities, and therefore the Free State is also entitled t ■ retain its portion. IMMEDIATE TARIFF Preference Given to Britain Dublin, March 25. The Free State Government has Imposed an immediate 33 1-3 per cent, tariff on all foreign-made agricultural machinery not mechanically propelled, with a 25 per cent, duty on similar British and Dominion-made goods.