OATH REMOVAL
UNITED IRELAND DE VALERA IN THE DAIL. (United Press Association. —By Electrn Telegraph.-—Copyright.) DUBLIN, April 30. .Speaking in the Bail Kireann, President De Valera, replying to the speeches in the Oath 10 1 debate, said : “My- word—our word— is as good as the word td Mr J. 11. 9 homas (British : Secretary for 4he Dominions). £ am not afraid of negotiation with Britain, but, when we negotiate, it will be about a United Ireland, and not bafory! No negotiation is needed about this Oath Bill. We propose to get the last letter of our political rights.” j deferring to the equality of the nations under the British Commonwealth, Mr De Valera said: “We are going to put .it to the test whether that is a descriptive phrase, or has solid substance behind it.”
OATH REMOVAL BILL.
read A SECOND TIME
DUBLIN, April 30. 1 The bill for tho removal of the Oath of Allegiance was further debated In the Irish Free .State DniL Despite vigorous opposition, the motion proposed by Mr De ViV era for the suspension of the Standing Orders, permitting the Bail to sit continuously until midnight to-morrow, to conclude the second reading stage, was carried by 78' votes to 72. The Opposition Leader (Mr Cdsgrave) declared that in exhibiting unwarranted haste, Mr lie V aiera was trifling With the Dail. The abolition of the Oath Bill was read a second time in the Dail Eh'/m n n
NO HOSTILITY IN BELL.
OATH A HUMILIATING STRAIN.
(Received thi“ dav at 9.‘Jo a.ml LONDON, May 1. “Nothing i's> further from the truth than the suggestion that Hostility to Britain is behind the Oath Removal Bill,” said the President, Mr De Valera, when interviewed. “We are simply ending a humiliating sham, hitherto an obstacle to peace and the ordered progress of the Free State. We have not entered into, negotiations with Britain because the matter concerns the Tights and' interests of the Free State People alone. If the Senate rejects the Bill, we will at some stage appeal to the people against the Senate.” ' Asked if he, wanted the Free State to stay in the Commonwealth, he replied: “That matter is not at present at issue.”\
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