LEADERS DIFFER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 209, 4 September 1934, Page 5

LEADERS DIFFER

s rl O’DUFFY’S FASCISM. r MR. COSGRAVE’B OBJECTION, t LONDON, Aug. 23. s A dispute has arisen between Mr. e Cosgrave and General O’Duffy, says the r Dublin correspondent of the NewsII Chronicle, owing to the latter’s desire t to establish a Fascist State on the e Italian model. g Mr. Cosgrave opposes the idea, as y it wmuld split the forces opposing Mr. V de Valera, who is reported to be holdy ing up a declaration that the Blue I Shirts organisation is illegal until the - rift is complete. The Blue Shirts at their congress dist cussed the possibility of severing their r connection with Mr. Cosgrave, and p forming a new and more aggressive party under General O’Duffy. DISPUTE WITH ENGLAND WILD RUMOURS RIFE. POSITION STILL UNCHANGED. LONDON, Aug. 24. Owing to the absence of newspapers in Dublin on account of the strike, wild rumours arc in circulation regarding negotiations for a settlement of the dispute with England. It was reported that the Dominions’ Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, had visited Ireland to confer with Mr. de Valera, but the former to-day denied that he had done so. He added that the position between the two countries remained unchanged. It is understood that the British Government is willing to resume negotiations when Mr. de Valera is prepared to acknowledge the Free State’s financial obligations. Emissaries from Dublin with suggestions for overcoming the deadlock have not satisfied the British Government with respect to their credentials.