SEVEN-EIGHTHS LOYAL
jWAK 'MINISTER'STmEVIEW. '''■" . ■■'.■■ LONDON, 29th June, \ 1 Sir'L. Wortihington. Evans, Minister of iWar,.speaking at Colchester,: said that, .seven' out/of eight of the people' in iSouthern Ireland were loyal..' .Tne.disloyalistfi were; the desperate murderers iwho were now gunning. They were as much opposed to the; true . interests of Ireland as they were.. to the. United (Kingdiom. lie was certain that Mr. Colilins and.Mi\ Griffith intended: {o carry out the terms of the..Treaty'and over-' throw: the Republicans. "But' do not dmagine we are, going to. have, an easy time. It is likely, to. be. long before:the irebels . are completely put down.: It is isatisfactory. that there is a'loyal bit- of Ireland, prepared as part of the Empire to fight against the rebels in their own' country.,. Hitherto the'dirty work has Ibeen lelVfa the British Army. f Now the Icleanings-irp is left to the Irish Goyern;'ment." ' •; •-. :.' -. .;. .■ .
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 7
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