IRISH FREE STATE

Evening Star, Issue 21879, 16 November 1934, Page 11

IRISH FREE STATE

REPUBLIC AIMED AT BRIGADIER-GENERAL MORGAN'S DECLARATION Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 14. Addressing the Irish Loyalists’ Federation Brigadier-General Morgan said that Germany would the first to recognise an Irish republic. “We may find .the Free State placed at Germany’s disposal as an air base against Enigland. Recognition by a foreign Power is the only requirement to complete Free State independence. Britain could not interpret it as an unfriendly act owing to her own continued silence.” Lord Carson sent a message referring to the British Government’s “ cowardly inaction ” regarding south of Ireland loyalists. He said that the Free State was now degrading Irishmen by declaring that they were no longer subjects of the King. The meeting passed a resolution drawing the attention of the Government to the anxity of the loyal Irish throughout the Empire as the result of the Citizenship Bill.

MYSTERIOUS GERMAN CARGOES DUBLIN, November 15. Mr De Valera refused to comment on Brigadier-General Morgan’s London statement until he had studied the full text. He added that he would be very glad to learn from Brigadier-General Morgan where the mysterious German cargoes were being landedMr C. A. Maguire (Attorney-Gen-eral) and Mr P. J. Ruttledge (Minister of Justice) declared that they had no knowledge of any such landings. [Earlier in the same speech Briga-dier-General Morgan declared: “I am informed that German steamers are secretly unloading cargoes in Irish ports. I leave you to guess their contents.”] PRESS COMMENT LONDON, November 15. The ‘ Daily Telegraph,’’ commenting on Brigadier-General Morgan’s speech, says: “The material benefits of the Imperial connection are a real obstacle to the declaration of Irish independence.’ They are’ keeping the Free State within the Empire and their force will not be weakened by any use that the Irish Parliament may make of the provisions of the Statute of Westminster.”