A NEW MENACE
DEVELOPING IN IRELAND PLANS FOR CITIZEN ARMY. press Association Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received Monday, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, Sunday. The “Sunday Times” Dublin correspondent says that a new menace is developing in plans to re-establish the Irish Citizen Army, which will be affiliated with Labour. It fought against the British in 1916, its leader, James Connolly, being wounded and subsequently executed. The army was formed in 1913 to assist in the formation of a workers ’ republic. The aims of the Citizen Army are to re-establish order, combat Fascism and secure a Socialist Republic. The rules permit the use of arms to realise the desired goal.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 September 1934, Page 5
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106A NEW MENACE Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 September 1934, Page 5
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