IRISH PROBLEM
CLAIM BY McKEOWN. “MY ACT WAS AN ACT OF WAR.”
ALL REBELS SHOULD BE RELEASED.
(United Press Association — Copyright.) (Received August 9, 5 p.m.) 1 < LONDON, August 8. MeKeown sayct: — * “It is now clear my release by tlie English government is ail admission that I was not only the representative of the people but an officer of the Irish Republican Army. My release is an acceptance that my act was an act of war. Therefore it is clear my release is a final abandonment of any Claim by the enemy that the Irish war is murder. It is clear that all fellow soldiers in gaols and camps must be similarly recognised. —A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6153, 10 August 1921, Page 5
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116IRISH PROBLEM Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6153, 10 August 1921, Page 5
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