Thousands Cheer As Zero Hour Passes

Chronicle (Levin), 19 April 1949, Page 5

Thousands Cheer As Zero Hour Passes

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Reeeived Monday, 7.50 p.m. ; LONDON, April 18." - TumtiftodS ciieeririg ro'se from thousands of sp'feetators fen O^Cpnnfell Bridge in -the hedrt fef Dublin; when a 21-gun salute' at one minute past midnight, brotight the new. State- of the RepubliC of Irelan'd ihfo "i5eingl. ' T?hOusan'ds- alsd gathered round the City Hall at; Cork for a midnight cferfemdny.The -ploliefe wfifned „50d- •ydtthg, . men who had assembled ■ yesterday ajfc the Northfern Ireland- village of Carrickmore* iri Gofinty , Tyrone, for a football match, that they could not marcii in p'rfeeeSs'iOn: The police dispersed the. fuen with a bat.ori>' charge and injured several of them as,.they were hoisting thfe.Republican flag in a field. His Majesty the King sent the following message to PreSident O'Kelly: "I send my sincere good wishes. Being well k^'are of the neighbourly links which hold the. people of the Republic of Ireland in close assoeiation with my subjeets of the United Kingdom,- I hold in the toost grateful memory the ser viCes and sacrifices of the ] nien arid rt'Oinen qf your country who rfertdfeted gallafit assistance to our cause in the recent war, and Who iftade a notabie eontribtitio'n to Our victories. ' ' I pray that e'vfery bicssing may be with you today and in the,future." Mr. Truman, in a message to Mr: O'Kelly sent on behalf of the people of the- United States, said: "Sincere good wishes for the cbntitfued v^elfare and prosperity of your country." The message from Mr. Attlee said: |"On this signifieaht occasion I send greetings from the British Government and' Ihe people to the Republic, and all good wishes for its progress and prosperity. We have many ties of kinship and eommon interests, >and I look forward with eomplete confidence to the maintenance of a close ' and cordial friendship between our two eouiitries. " The South African Prime Minister (Dr. Malhn), in a message to Eire's Premier (Mr. Costello) welcoming the new Republic, praised British and Irish state'smahShip fo'r ' ' Strengthening the ties of friendship." The message added : " South Afr'ica is gfatified .that the relations of the Republic of Ireland with South Africa, as with other member States of the Commonwealth, will contiriue to be cha.facterised b'y specia'l ties of understanding, friendship and good will, which cannot but prove inutually beneficial. " Many London Irishmen gathered in Trafalgar Square to protest against the partition. In Liverpool all available police patrolled the feoufse of two colourful processiqns , which had • been re-routed to prevbht any trouble between anti-partitiqnists-' and Orangemen. '•! >v Daily Telegraph 's Dubliii correspondent says t^elprincipal shops in Ireland erected crusb- barriers and jewellers cleared displays of valuables, in cass the windows were 'broken in the crush. His Maje§ty has now eeased td haVe any /unction in assoeiation with Eire. fjreviously he,aeted. for it. in Diplomatic Consular matters.' . .. The. .Church of ^reland has announeed that certain prayers will be altered, presumably those?: referring to His Majesty and the Royal Family.