De Valera’s Uncertain Majority

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7068, 30 January 1933, Page 7

De Valera’s Uncertain Majority

Labour May Still Hold Balance WILL there BE A REPUBLIC? Received Sunday, 9.5 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 28. At 1 p.m. the Irish parties were: De Valera 68 Cosgrave .......... 40 Centro 10 Labour 7 Independent 7 Independent Labour .... 1 This leaves 20 seats still to come. The Irish Times, in an editorial says: “The outlook is grave. There are indications that Mr. De Valora will still he in the bondage of the Labour Party, which will exact a heavy toll for its favours and do nothing to' check Mr. De Valera’s Republican aspirations. Ministers are beginning to talk of an Independent Ireland, and the economic war with England will, continue. Mr. Da Valera, even if he lacks an independent majority, will work fast and irreparable mischief, and the Free State democracy must take the consequences.” Successful Appeal to Militant Nationalism FAILURE OF MR THOMAS’S “EIG STICK.” LONDON, Jan. 27. The Manchester Guardian’s Dublin correspondent says: “The result is a great personal triumph for De Valera and a greater political triumph for Do Valeraism. The decisive factor was De Valera’s appeal to Ireland’s militant nationalism, which proved stronger than arguments appealing to the pocket, on which Cosgrave was forced to rely. Cosgrave’s cause was damned by the feeling that he had recently been helping England against Ireland’s champion. ’> The Guardian, in a leader, says: “Tho vote shows that Mr Thomas’s policy of bluff and the big stick has not brought tho promised results. The tariff war proved practically fruitless. Britain must be prepared to reconsider her relations with the Free State and abandon the idea that Ireland can be held to the letter of old agreements.”

All Republican Ministers Returned

LONDON, Jan. 27,

All of De Valera’s Ministers havo boen re-elected. All except Mr Geohegan (Minister of Justice) headed the polls at the first preferences. Miss Pearse is tho third woman to be elected. She is a sister of Padraig Pearse, who was executed in 1916. Five Cosgraveites, two Centre, four Labour and one independent candidate forfeited their deposits. No Fianna Fail candidate forfeited. Mr Dan Breen, Fiannite, was elected for Tipperary. Ulster’s Absolute Exclusion EFFORTS AT AMALGAMATION WOULD BE FUTILE. LONDON, Jan. 27.

“Efforts to create an All Ireland Republic would be futile,” said Lord Craigavon, Premier of Northern Ireland, in addressing tho Ulster Unionist Council. “Northern Loyalists are thoroughly prepared to defeat attempts to incorporate Ulster therein. The people would rise in their wrath and contemptuously spurn every endeavour to subdue their allegiance to the Crown.” Will He Declare a Republic? DE VALERA’S DIFFICULTIES ONLY BEGINNING Received Sunday, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 28. Mr. de Valera is silent regarding his plans, but a largo section of tho community considers the election result a justification for tho immediate declaration of a republic. Another and more responsible section believes Mr. de Valera will adopt a cautious attitude and treat the idea of a republic as subservient to other interests. Mr. Denis Cogan, president of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, told tho Daily Telegraph that the Free State’s trade with Britain had decreased by £11,000,000 in the four months ended November 3. Tho Free State was also committed to an expensive policy of export bounties. Sir Lingard Goulding, Governor of the Bank of Ireland, told the proprietors that the Freo State Government’s bills were now £2,000,000 compared with £600,000 in 1931. Government and other cseurities had ineroased by £8,500,000. Unemployment and destitution were so formidable that ho earnestly hoped public and private efforts for their alleviation would be adequate. Referring to the demand that the link between tho Free State pound and the sterling should bo severed, Sir Lingard Goulding said it would be difficult to contomplato a stop fraught with greater possibilities of disaster for the pooplo of the Freo State. The Daily Telegraph says: “The British and Ulster Governments will await Mr. de Valera’s declaration of policy with patience. Neither will be overawed by tho victory for both can appraise its true value. Unquestionably it makes a difference but it does not lighten tho difficulties which will soon crowd upon the de Valera Government. If it seeks to change the existing Anglo-Free State economic and politi-

cal relations Britain will demand to have her say and' can say it with power. ’ ’ French. Press Comment Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. PARIS, Jan. 28. ' The French Press is surprised at Mr. de Valera’s success and the possibility of tho establishment of a republic. Lc Temps hopes that for tho wellbeing of Western Europe Mr. de Valera will realise he can best serve the interests of tho Irish nation by prudence and moderation calculated to safeguard the principle of British unity along with the free existence of Ireland. “Definitely Determined” DE VALERA’S BRIEF MESSAGE Received Sunday, 9.15 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 28. Mr. de Valera, in a message, says: “Our national policy is now definitely determined.” He asks all citizens for their goodwill “to eo-operate in restoring their country to its former greatness and a happy and worthy home of all our people. The whole world will wish us well.”

London Unperturbed

Received Sunday, Midnight. LONDON, Jan. 29. Mr. de Valera’s victory has not disturbed the stock market. Apart from Guinness some Irish industrials have actually improved.