ANGLO-IRISH CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 29, 28 October 1932, Page 11

ANGLO-IRISH CRISIS

Mr. De Valera’s Viewpoint BRITISH REJECTION Use of Annuities Money FREE STATE PURPOSES By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Rec. October 27, 9.5 p.m.) London, Oct. 27. The “Daily Telegraph’s” special Dublin correspondent understands that Mr. E. de Valera is convinced that there is not the slightest chance of his viewpoint being accepted by Britain, and has decided to devote the accumulated annuities payments, now totalling over £2 million, to the purposes of the Free State, including the strengthening of the position of his own political party. WARM WORDS IN DAIL Pensions Bill Amendments (Rec. October 27, 5.5 p.m.) Dublin, Oct. 26. “God knows that I don’t want to revive hatred and bitterness,” said General Mulcahy in the Dail Eireann when tabling amendments to the Pensions Bill withholding pensions from persons who shot members of the provisional Government and other officials. The Defence Minister, Mr. F. Aiken, retorted that if General Mulcahy wanted trouble he- would get all he wanted. Recalling his service under General Mulcahy he said: — “I burned sixteen trains at Mulcahy’s orders, using whisky, not petrol, and was praised for it. Nlulcaliy showed himself a bully, and behaved brutally when a victor. We want pensions for tlie dependents of men he executed.”