IRISH ELECTIONS.
PRESENT STATE OF PARTIES. Received Februarv 23. 2.5 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 22. The present State of the parties in the Irish Free State election is as follows: Government ... ... ... 50 Republicans 66 Independent Farmers ... 15 Labour and Independent Labour 9 All the members of tlie Cabinet have been returned. 3lr D© Valera has written as follow's to the British United Press: “Regarding separation, our ultimate object is unity and sovereign independence. At the election we sought only a partial and we mean to keep within it. The oath of allegiance,' which is.made obligatory by Article 17 of the Constitution,* is not made obligatory by the treatv with Britain. We propose an. article imposing the oath, and have the constitutional right to do so.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 71, 23 February 1932, Page 8
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124IRISH ELECTIONS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 71, 23 February 1932, Page 8
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