IRISH OATH BILL
DEBATE IN THE SENATE. LABOURITES DIVIDED. BRAVADO NOT BRAVERY. (Official Wireless.) (Received June 3, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June 2. On the second reading debate on the Removal of the Oath Bill in the Irish Free State Senate, divergent views were expressed by two Labour senators. Senator Johnston warmly supported the Bill, which he declared did_ not violate the treaty with Britain either in letter or in spirit. He criticised Mr De Valera, however, for not first approachng the Senate in regard to the Bill for an expression of their views. Senator Farrell said he believed the Bill would be the death of the treaty. A satisfactory agreement could, he believed, have been reached through negotiations, and the failure to enter upon which such negotiations was a sign of weakness —and was not bravery, but bravado.
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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18653, 3 June 1932, Page 7
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