THE IRISH CRISIS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 74, 29 March 1932, Page 8

THE IRISH CRISIS

DE VALERA AND BRITAIN

REPLY TO NOTE DRAFTED

BEPUBLICANS ACTIVE

United Press Association—]Jy Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received 29th March, 2 p.m.) LONDON, 28th March. Mr. de Valera, President of the Dail, has completed the draft of his reply to Britain, and will submit it to his Cabinet to-morrow. It is believed that it sets out at length his argument that the Oath contained, ia the Constitution has nothing to do with the Treaty. The reply will reach" Downing % Street probably on Thursday. It is understood that the papers will not be issued to the Press until the whole correspondence is completed. The "Daily Telegraph's" Dublin correspondent states that the Republicans at present hold the Irish stage. They are straining every nerve' to" work'up anti-British feeling in readiness for a diplomatic deadlock, and the Republican Army, taking advantage of the present wave of Republicanism, to-^ay began a great campaign to attract recruits, approaching young unemployed youths in the streets. v Many are sure to be sworn in in the next two or three weeks. The cessation of emigration to America is . helping the revolutionaries. Mr. Cosgrave and all his party organisations are maintaining silence, till the Dail reassembles three weeks hence. Mr. Cosgrave's home is continuously guarded by detectives and ' Civic Guards.