IRISH FREE STATE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 295, 14 December 1936, Page 7

IRISH FREE STATE

OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ABOLITION MEASURE USE OF KING’S NAME DELETION INTERNALLY Uy Telegraph—Prei-s Association—Copyright] LONDON, Dec. 11. The President of the Irish Free St..te (Mr. E. de Valera) has introduced a Bill providing for the abolition of the GovernorGeneral and the deletion of the King’s name from all interna! activities. KING RECOGNISED LIMITED FUNCTIONS. DIPLOMATIC ORDINANCES. LONDON, Dec. 11. The Free State Bill provides for Ihe recognition of the new King but Ihe functions he will henceforth 2xerci.se in the administration are limited. It is declared that as long as the Free State is associated with Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and South Africa, and Lhe King is recognised by them for the appointment of diplomatic and Consular representatives, and for the conclusion of international agreement, the King will be authorised to act similarly on behalf of the Free State. The Speaker in the Dail in future will carry out the Governor-General’s duties regarding the signing of Bills dissolving Parliament. It is stated that Mr. de Valera, as President, will exercise the GovernorGeneral’s remaining functions. CROWN AS A LINK FREE STATE VIEW. LITTLE DOMESTIC USE. LONDON, Dec. 11. The Press Association's Dublin corlespondenl says that Mr. de Valera has disagreed with the procedure adopted by Britain and the Dominions. As the Statute of Westminster has no part in the Irish Free State law, lhe Free State would”deal with the position in its own way. It will not take the Free State from the Commonwealth. The Free State will utilise the Crown as a link for external affairs, but, so far as domestic purpose is concerned, the Crown will be less utilised, if not entirely eliminated. MONARCHY SUFFERS LOYALISTS DUMBFOUNDED. ANGLO-IRISH RELATIONS. LONDON, Dec. 11. The Dublin correspondent of The Times says that in spite of all evidence to the contrary, there was a general belief until the. very last moment that the King would sacrifice his personal feelings for the sake of the Empire. Irish loyalists were dumbfounded, feeling as if the bottom had fallen out of their universe. “Whatever happens in the immediate future one thing is certain, and that is that the British Monarchy can never again command the respect in Ireland it has commanded throughout the past hundred years. From the viewpoint of Irish Imperialists, and they include thousands of Roman Catholics, it is too soon to predict the repercussions on Anglo-Irish relations, but it is safe to say that enormous harm has been done.” IRISH REPUBLIC TIME FOR DECLARATION NOT APPROPRIATE Received Dec. 13, 6.5 p.m. DUBLIN, Dec. 12. Despite much opposition necessitating the application of the closure, the Dail passed the Bills changing the constitution. Mr. de Valera said it was not an appropriate time to declare a republic, which the Irish people were always free to do whenever they wished. Bills enabling the abdication and accession are being introduced to-day. CHRISTMAS BROADCAST NEW KING MAY FOLLOW FATHER'S EXAMPLE Received Dec. 13, 6.5 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 13. The Daily Telegraph says that th Broadcasting Corporation is under stood to be preparing for the possibil ity that the new King will follow hi father’s example and broadcast to th Empire on Christmas Day. The sug gestion that. Princess Elizabeth shouli broadcast, frequently made durini King George the Fifth's reign, also 1 likely to be levived.