De Valera on I.R.A. Terrorism
(Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON. February 18. Mr de Valera, addressing the Cavan Convention, on a motion urging the release of political prisoners, denied the imprisoning of people. He said they had gaoled themselves by attacking national institutions. The Government would do its duty. Some Irishmen wanted to see Ireland at war. They could not end partition when they themselves were disunited. He had been about to deal with that, he said, on the same lines as with the return of ports when these people “butted in.” The motion was lost in favour of an amendment appealing to youth to support the Government. Soldiers trained Bren machine-guns on a hotel in Parnell Square, Dublin, and removed six men.
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Northern Advocate, 19 February 1940, Page 6
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