IRISH REPUBLIC

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 November 1934, Page 7

IRISH REPUBLIC

DEAL WITH GERMANY ? BASE AGAINST BRITAIN •[by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, November 14. In his speech here to the Irish Loyalists Federation, Mr J. Hartman Morgan said: Germany would be the first to recognise the Irish Republic. We may find the Free State placed at Germany’s disposal as an air base against England. Recognition by a foreign Power is the only requirement to complete the Free State’s independence. Britain could not interpret it as an unfriendly act, owing to our continued silence.

Lord Carson sent a message referring to the British Government’s “cowardly inaction” regarding South of Ireland loyalists. He said 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 anxiety of loyal Irish throughout the Empire as a result of the Citizenship Bill. Correction.: —In his speech Mr Morgan said that the four most important clauses which the Free State Legislature had abolished were those of the Irish Treaty—not those of the Statute of Westminster.

OFFICIAL DENIALS. DUBLIN, November 15. Mr De Valera has refused to comment on Mr Morgan’s London statement until he has studied the full text of it. Mr De Valera added that he would be very glad to learn-from Mr Morgan where the mysterious German cargoes were being landed. Mr Maguire, the Free State Attor-ney-General, and Mr J. Ruttledge, the Minister of Justice, declared that they have no knowledge of any such landings of German cargo. COMMERCIAL BENEFITS (Recd. Nov. 16, 8 a.m.). LONDON, November 15. The “Daily Telegraph,” commenting, 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. Their force is not weakened by any use the Irish Parliament may make of provisions of the Statute of Westminster.