IRISH FREE STATE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 68, 16 February 1935, Page 2

IRISH FREE STATE

ItELATIONS WITH BRITAIN. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received February 15. 1.55 p.m. DUBLIN, Feb. 14. In tlie Dnil, Mr Alacdermott ,( United Ireland Party) condenmcd the' Aliens Bill, declaring that it labelled kith and kin in various parts of the British Commonwealth ns aliens. Air Costello, formerly the AttorneyGeneral, said that under the Bill Archbishop Maunix and Air Bernard Shaw could be aliens. Air De Valera said that nothing could prevent them remaining Irish citizens; if born in the Free State they were entitled under tho Nationality Bill to be regarded as citizens. The Bill passed the second reading by 53 votes to 37. Air De Valera, in an interview, said that Air Thomas’s statement brought back tlie position to 1932 “I agree that it is no use blinking facts, and accordingly bring to Air Thomas’s notice the most vital fact that history for 750 years lias proved—the Irish will not for any consideration abandon the right to determine their own destiny, choose the political institutions they desire, and judge the extent lo which they associate and co-operate with other nations.