OATH BILL NULLIFIED

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 June 1932, Page 6

OATH BILL NULLIFIED

Action by Senate ALL DANGEROUS CLAUSES DELETED DUBLIN, June 8. The Senate by 30 votes to 22 defeated section 2 of the .Oath Bill, which repeals section 2 of the Constitution Act, whereby the Treaty'is made superior to the Constitution, and any legislation repugnant to the Treaty is rendered null and void. The Senate also rejected by 31 votes to 20 section 3, -which amends aiticie 50. of, the Constitution by deleting the reference to the Treaty.

Senator Milroy’s amendment proposing that the bill should not come into force until the British and Irish Governments had reached an agreement, was carried by 33 votes to 22. The bill passed the committee stage. The Senate’s amendments amount to a technical nullification of the bill andinvolve a probable holding up the bill for IS months. What Took Place SURMISE AND RUMOUR LONDON, June 8. “The Sun” learns that nothing more tangible than a contact with the

friendliest relations has so far resulted from the Thomas-de Valera conversations. There is no foundation for either a reported deadlock or high hopes. The delegates put the ease frankly, and lengthily, but the conversations were only a preliminary. Neither side attempted to commit itself. A big gulf clearly remains to be bridged, and compromise will be very difficult. Ulster Not for Sale Received Thursday, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, June 0. ‘> jt is impossible to treat seriously do Valera’s suggestion to barter for the inclusion of Ulster,” declared Lord Carson in an interview. ‘' She is not now and never has been for sale on any terms. If any such proposal was nmuo it demonstrates the hollowness of the negotiations witli do Valera. Lord Craigavon similarly insisted that there was no change in Ulster’s determination to remain an integral part of the United Kingdom. This determination is strengthened by the passage of years. ”1 cannot conceive Ulster changing her view' at any time."