SCENES IN THE DAIL.
BITTER DEBATE ON OATH BILL. MEMBER GIVES ANOTHER THE LIE. MR. COSGRAVE AS PEACEMAKER. (Received Friday, 7.0 p.m.) DUBLIN, April 29. The debate on the Oath Removal Bill was marked by plain speaking. Mr. Dan Breen declared that he went to kill Lord French during the 1914 trouble in order to sever the link with Britain. He would do the same again if the occasion arose. An amazing scene followed a statement by a Cosgrave supporter, Mr. O’Connor, that members of the Irish Party in the House of Commons cheered an announcement of the executions of Irishmen in 1916. “It is a damned lie!” shouted Mr. John Dillon, Independent member for Coburn, who rushed at Mr. O’Connor and, snatching his coat lapels, cried: “If you were younger, I’d kill you where you stand.” The hubbub ot voices and clanging bells was stilled when Mr. Cosgrave, in a quiet voice, appealed to Mr. O’Connor and Mr. Dillon to withdraw. Both complied. (Another message reporting the debate on the Oath Bill appears on page 8).
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Wairarapa Age, 30 April 1932, Page 5
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177SCENES IN THE DAIL. Wairarapa Age, 30 April 1932, Page 5
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