REPUBLICAN COUNCIL
A MENACE (0 LIBERTY
PUBLIC SAFETY BILL
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, 26th July.
Speaking in the Dail Eireann during the second reading of the Public Safety Bill, Mr. Cosgrave, President of the Executive, said that while it was assumed that the so-called Army Coun-
cil of Kepublicans as a whole did not murder Mr. O'Higgius, there was little doubt that a section of the Council did. He disclosed a number of documents which the secret service had seized, adding that the Government had a copy of the constitution
and names of the governing body. During a meeting to discuss the question of De Valera's party entering the Dail, a suggestion was made that any Kepublicaii taking the oath should be shot as a traitcr.
Mr. Cosgrave added: "This organisation is a menace to the liberty of the people, and must be broken up. Mr. O'Higgins's assassination was the work of a remnant of the armed organisation which was responsible for the civil war. It will carry out further deeds of violence if special steps are not taken to show there is no chance of escape."
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 24, 28 July 1927, Page 11
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