OPERATING UNDER DURESS
ENGLAND’S TREATY WITH IRELAND. FORCED UPON COUNTRY. United Freaa Association—By Electric TeltigrapO Copyright). Received 1.15 p.m to-dav. LONDON, March 22. Mr S. McEntee referring to the Anglo-Irish Treaty in the Dail, said: “Even if we are momentarily operating within the treaty and constitution, we are doing so under duress, because they forced it. upon us. The Opposition advances from the tricolour to the Union Jack, declaring they will adopt British Commonwealth symbols, namely the crown and Protestant succession, for which Ireland, as a Catholic nation, is accepting a penal law.” “Bunk,” interjected Mr F. MacDermott amid Opposition applause. Mr McEn'tee insisted that duress remained because Mr De Valera failed to induce Britain to declare her attitude towa'ndjs Ireland’s freedom to 3ecede, without incurring economic and military penalties.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 23 March 1935, Page 5
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