FREE STATE AND BRITAIN

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 497, 20 July 1932, Page 2

FREE STATE AND BRITAIN

EMERGENCY DUTIES BILL SECOND READING IN SENATE Presy Association. —Copyright. DUBLIN, Tuesday.—Senator J. Conoily, Minister of Post and Telegraph, moving in the Senate the second reading of the Emergency Duties Bill, which provides for a tariff against Britain, said it would enable reprisals against Britain, but it would be care, fully ,«*nd prudently exercised, T 9 f! Senator Milroy, who escaped from liincolpQ gaol with Mr. jde Valera during the rebellion, declared that the BflFshould be accompanied by a nedical certificate on the mental state of the Executive Council. One wifrntfgrteft*"whether it was the work of criminal lunatics or those too consumed With the mania of neurotic ego to regard matters normally. It -was hldjfaus to think that it would plunge Ireland intjoi misery and destitution. The Government in a few months had hr mght the country to the direst and xr ost. appalling > position) ever confroi ting it, declared Senator Milroy. Ci binet’s policy was destructive to eve ything built up since the treaty. Mr. de Valera wanted to return 1 1 the conditions of 1921 and have s aether round with England, j Senator Brown said no such powers as those in the Bill had been fought in the history of Parliament. Sena or Douglas said voters would demand that the Government next election should declare for a republic, pre ducing another economic war, which was more than Ireland could stand. Replj ing to the debate. Mr. de Valera sa d the powers taken in the measur! were not aimed ‘at hurting the pe( pie of Britain, nor were they directei in an aggressive spirit. It was d< sired to avoid, suffering on both siles. It was nonsense to say Irish h rmers had entered a contract with tl e bondholders for the payment c: annuities) Mr. c s Valera admitted it would he better to 'settle the dispute within the fan ily!, but arbitration he was opposed to the restrict on of the personnel of the arbitral ion ! court to a geographical area. Arbitration was the only way out, bi t the tribunal must not he restrict id. He had gone out of his way to meet the British and had done e- erything possible except surrender the- Irish people’s rights. Ire. land hai been driven to seek alternative rmrkets. People who had been hungry would hunger no longer. The Bill was read a second time without a division. LIVESTOCK UNSALEABLE Pr iss Association. —Copyright. DUB jIN, Tuesday .—The prices of agticul ural produce in Ireland have shown sensational falls. Eggs are 5d ♦ /a »&£ ■ '