DE VALERA'S ATTITUDE.
PERSISTS IN SEPARATION DEMAND. A PLEA FOE CIVIL WAR. LONDON, March 19 Mr De Valera continues his endeavor to widen tho breach between the treaty supporters and tho Republicans. Speak ing at Killarnev, he forecasted and pleaded for civil war. "Those who want complete freedom, such as the armed men before me, must meet not merely foreign soldiers, but the forces of their own countrvmen who support the Free State Government. If the treaty is ratified you who are desirous of achieving freedom must march over the dead bodies of your own brothers, You must wade through Irish blood."—A. and N.Z. Cable. [This message appeared in part of our issue of yesterday.] PRISONERS HUNGER-STRIKING. LONDON, March 20. (Received March 21, at 1.5 a.m.) Twenty-five Republicans in Deny Prison who are" undergoing long terms of penal servitude in connection with the recent border raids and kidnapping have commenced a hunger strike as a protest against the denial of treatment hitherto accorded to political prisoners.—Reuter.
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Evening Star, Issue 17924, 21 March 1922, Page 4
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166DE VALERA'S ATTITUDE. Evening Star, Issue 17924, 21 March 1922, Page 4
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