MR. THOMAS'S DENIAL
CONVERSATION AT OTTAWA
SETTLEMENT IN-IRELAND
United Press Association—By Electric T«ltgraph—Copyright. (Received 14th January, 2^p.m.) LONDON, 13th January. ' Mr. J. H. Thomas, speaking at"!Neii> port, denied Mr. de Valera's allegation, that Mr. Thomas had gleefully said>to him while they were at Ottawa: "We need not have any settling with you, because you will have another civiL war in Ireland within a few months." "The best evidence that I said no such thing," said Mr ; Thomas, "is that I was engaging almost daily in conversations with the Free State delegation, to discover a. basis of settlement. Unfortunately I failed." Mr. Thomas referred, to the Free State_ election speeches suggesting that Britain was not prepared to make a serious effort toward settlement because they hoped to secure' the return of another Government, and added:' "We are always ready to negotiate a 1 settlement with any Government that is prepared to observe honourable obligations." .-■-,.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 11, 14 January 1933, Page 12
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