NOVEL SUGGESTION IN FREE STATE
Anglo-Celtic Commonwealth POSSIBLE INCLUSION OF AMERICA ( By Telegraph. Press Assn. —Copyright. (“Times” Cable.) (Received January 2, 7.35 p.m.) London, January 2. The Dublin correspondent of “The Times” says that the “Irish Times” gives prominence to an article believed to have been written by a prominent republican offering a novel solution of the Irish problem, based on Mr. de Valera’s reference to the British Commonwealth as a smaller League of Nations.
The article proposed the formation of an Anglo-Celtic commonwealth which might include America, . with Ireland forming a bridge between the Empire and the United States, where a strong Irish minority has prevepted an Anglo-American understanding. It suggests that the Free State and Ulster should federate, each retaining sovereign rights and recognising the King, but that the Free State should be a republic in everything but in name.
“CORDIAL FRIENDSHIP”
Britain and Free State
HOPES OF MR. DE VALERA
London, January 1. “I am hoping for the establishment of a cordial Anglo-Irish friendship and am glad to heai- that Englishmen nope likewise,” said Mr. E. de Valera, President of the Free State Executive Council in a letter tb Captain Popkess, Chief Constable at Nottingham, who forwarded a letter written by a Sinn Feiner executed in Dublin in 1916. Captain Popkess added: “I hope this action will improve Anglo-Irish feeling.” ' (
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 84, 3 January 1935, Page 7
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223NOVEL SUGGESTION IN FREE STATE Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 84, 3 January 1935, Page 7
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