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IRISH FREE STATE
INDEPENDENT SOON •
SAYS LOYALIST CRITIC
LONDON, Wednesday: "Within
a -few months de Valera will be
able to declare the Irish Free
State an independent republic. ,
"l. an informed that Germann steam
ers are secretly unloading cargoes at
Irish ports. I leave you to guess their
contents," declaired a well-known con
s?tltutional auntlhority, Brigiad ler-Gener
al John Ilartman Milorgan, adlressing
the Irish Loyalists' ,Federatlon to.
day. .
"The British Government is.danger
ously reticent," he said. I :"The Domain
lons Secretary,: Mr. Thomas, repeats
that the dlooris still open despite de
Valera having repeatedly slammed the
door in his fatice.
"De,Valera can and.l will slam the
door, finaly making the Free State
a republic i law andt fact. . Tihe Free
Stt legisate ture laes aabolishled four
of lthe-most important clauses in tile
slatate of .WVstintster, lwhich safe
iuarded ,Imperiall connection.'.
Am Ai essage froom Lord i Carsol, which
as .read at the mieeting of the federa
lnt lrn:ferred. to: tlie Britishl Goverin'
ment's cowardlly inaction regarding.
South Ir!lanid loyalists.:' ; .: i
"Thei Free. State.. Governmen t,' jhe.
wrote.lo "lis.:now .. degrading ' : Trishmleno
claining Free State citizenshlip, and.
declarlne tlhat ,they are no longer sub
jecls of the King"
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