LACK OF LOGIC

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23516, 2 June 1938, Page 11

LACK OF LOGIC

IRISH ELECTION CAMPAIGN INCREDIBLE TURN OF POLITICAL WHEEL LONDON, May 31. The Dublin correspondent of The Times says the complete lack of logic which is seemingly governing Irish politics is aptly illustrated in the situation leading up to the elections. It seems at the moment that those wishing to retain Eire’s connection with the Empire will have to vote for Mr de Valera, who was formerly regarded as the incorruptible champion of Republicanism, and against Mr Cosgrave, who during his term of office achieved a high reputation as a Commonwealth statesman. Although Mr de Valera is clearly modernising the defence ports solely in the interests of Eire, the Cosgrave supporters are attacking Mr de Valera on the ground that he is making Eire a British outpost. This incredible turn of the political wheel has resulted in Mr de Valera facing the electorate as an involuntary champion of the British.