FREE STATE'S BLUFF
BRITAIN WILL NOT SURRENDER. Britain's relations with Ireland were referred to on Thursday by Lord Salvesen, P.C., formerly of the Scottish Bench, who arrived at Wellington in the Rangitane. "The position with regard to Ireland is that Britain is standing firm on the treaty," said Lord Salvesen. "I do not think there is the smallest possibility of our giving way to the Free State Government, as otherwise we would be surrendering to bluff." Lord Salvesen, who as Privy Councillor has heard many Indian and Colonial appeal cases during the past ten years, said that the attempt to abolish the right of appeal to the privy Council was just another gesture of independence on the part of the Free State. "By every other part of the Empire the Privy Council is still regarded as the court of ultimate appeal," he remarked. "It is very seldom resorted to, but there are occasions when its ruling is required."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3450, 26 November 1932, Page 5
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158FREE STATE'S BLUFF King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3450, 26 November 1932, Page 5
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