IRELAND IN DANGER

Southland Times, Issue 24162, 26 June 1940, Page 5

IRELAND IN DANGER

NAZI PLANS FOR CONQUEST ACTION BY BRITAIN URGED LANDING OF TROOPS IN ULSTER SUGGESTED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received June 25, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 25. The News Chronicle, in a leading article, says it is certain that German plans for the conquest of Ireland from the outside and inside are perfected to the last detail. Britain should act immediately to forestall an invasion by having sufficient troops of the right type in Northern Ireland. The argument that this would offend Mr Eamonn de Valera, Prime Minister of Eire, has been used in connection with neutral states whose fate is already known.

“This is not the moment for squeamishness,” says The News Chronicle. “Our troops need not enter Eire until they are invited, but they must be ready at a

convenient point to go into action at a moment’s notice. The most convenient point is Ulster. It is bad enough that Britain had to explain why Germany got to Norway before us. It would tax ingenuity to breaking point and the patience of the people, too, if the Government had to explain why the Germans reached Ireland first. “Political difficulties might be smoothed if Britain told Ulster that she must join a united Ireland and make the necessary concessions to that end. Ulster has always protested its loyalty. Now is the chance to prove its patriotism.”