FREE STATE CITIZENS
NEW TITLE ASSUMED. . “BRITISH” ABOLISHED. RETENTION OF PRIVILEGES. (Received 9 a.m.) ; LONDON, November 5. The Government of the Irish Free State has issued the text of a Citizenship Bill,/ under which the title of British subjects is abolished in favour of “citizen of the Irish Free State.” Such citizens will, however, be entitled to claim the privileges of British citizenship as long as the Free State is a member of the British Commonwealth. The Bill adds that, as long as Free State citizens enjoy privileges of British citizenship outside the Friee State, the Government in Dublin will undertake to provide all Empire citizens with similar privileges in the Free State. The Dublin correspondent of the “News Chronicle” says that the Bill has created surprise in Dublin, where its implications are not yet fully understood.
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Northern Advocate, 7 November 1934, Page 5
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137FREE STATE CITIZENS Northern Advocate, 7 November 1934, Page 5
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