DESIRE FOR PEACE

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 96, 17 January 1933, Page 9

DESIRE FOR PEACE

De Valera’s Assertion UNITED IRELAND Relationship With Britain (By Telegraph.—Frees Assn.—Copyright.) London, Jan. 15. “We want peace as much as England, but peace can only be obtained when the Irish people are free to determine the terms of their relationship with Britain,” said Mr. E. de Valera in Galway, replying to the Dominions Secretary, Mr? J. H. Thomas. “Mr. Thomas will never get peace while he insists on the division and partition of Ireland, because the aim of every true Irishman is to end the partition. “We have seen no indication of Britain’s readiness to discuss a real settlement. I am interested to know the meaning of Mr. Thomas’s reference to honourable obligations. There never was a body so determined to observe honourable obligations as the present Free State Government.” Mr. Thomas, in a speech at Newport, said: “We are always ready to negotiate a settlement with any Government that is prepared to observe honourable obligations.” DECOROUS MEETING Big Crowd Hears Cosgrave London, Jan. 15. In accordance with Mr. de Valera’s instructions, Civil Guards rigorously maintained order at Mr. W. T. Cosgrave’s Dublin meeting, which, despite an attendance of 40,000, was the most decorous within living memory. The police used their batons subsequently in dispersing the crowds. Mr. Cosgrave announced his intention of negotiating with Britain to terminate the war of tariffs mutually imposed. MRS SHEEHY-SKEFFINGTON ’Forbidden to Enter Ulster London, Jan. 15. Mrs. Sheehy-Skefflngton, whose husband was shot by soldiers in the street during the Irish rebellion, has been forbidden to enter Northern Ireland. She was arrested near Newry when about to attend a meeting in connection with political prisoners.