DE VALERA’S LEAD

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1933, Page 5

DE VALERA’S LEAD

CLEAR MAJORITY GOVT. GAINS EVERYWHERE. (United Press Association—By Electric 'ieiegidpli—Copyright; LONDON, January 27. The Dublin correspondent or "ihe Times” says :-*-'!liougn not entirely surprised constitutionalists feel disappointment and concern at the election results. Tile de Valeraites have nearly everywhere headed'the pohs, and they have increased their hrst preference votes m almost all of the preferenceo. Unly Air Cosgrave among his own party headed the first preie, ences. The resu.ts thus far suggest farmers are relying on Air de Valera, and ins extravagant promises regarding the annuities and costly bounties oh cattle, wheat, eggs and butter. Tne Due De fctaepool, a prominent fanner in County Meath,'Was defeated. Mr Alten (de Vaieraite) headed his poll on the first preferences.

Longford lias returned Mr Sean Alcjs Eoin (.nicknamed “the Blacksmith ot x Ballingarry”). Roscommon has elected Mr G. Boland (Secretary to Mr de Valera). In this electorate the leader of the Centre I'armer Party,. Mr McDermott, lias not secured election at the first prefer*ences.

The Cosgraveites have so far lost six seats, the Government gaining three of them, the Centre Party,'two and the Independents one. Mrs O’Driscoll, CqSgravite . . exmember for North Dublin, and sister of the late Michael Collins, was defeated.

Ala - McDermott, Leader (of the Centre (Farmers’) Party has been elected.

THE STATE OF THE PARTIES.

■~y LONDON, January 27. At 3.15 a.in. the state of the Irish parties was as follows: De Valerites 50 Cosgraveites 35 Independents ... ... ... 7 Centre '. ... 6 Labour ... 55 Independent Labour ... , : 1 Total elected 104 Remaining seats 46

COMMENT IN PRESS.

,f LONDON, January 27. The de Valerite Party’s organ, “The Irish Press,” in an exultant editorial, says; “Tilie Irish people have given Fianna Fail a clear majority over all of the .other parties, This , must be bitter achievement for Mr J J. H. Thomas and for Downing Street. England is ignorant, as she has ahvays been, of public opinion in thjg jjafaon struggling to be free, and contomptu* ous of its idealism.” •; > The “Daily Mail’” says it is convinced that the Irish people will come to regret the fact that they have deliberately endorsed Mr de Valera’s policy, which, it says, means increasing fric■S"' tion with Britain. Though it cannot : seriously harm' Britain, it must be deeply prejudicial to the true interests in Ireland.

HOW THE ELECTORATES FAB ED

LONDON, January 26

Two de Valeraites apiece were elected for C’avan and Meath. Monaghan returned a de Valerait e and a Cosgrave•ite, and a de Valeraite was elected in Kildare.

Moent-ee and Lemaes have largely in-creased their majorities. Messr® O’Kclly and t*Tik e n headed the polls on the first preference.

In Monaghan Mr Haslett (Independent) wag defeated by Mr Blythe, (a Cosgi’aveite e x-Minister).

For Wexford Me&si's Osmond, Esmond mud Keating (Cosgraveites) were elected. Esmond was expelled from Australia iti 109,1.. and revisited the Commonwealth > with th e Irish delgationi in 1927. In Wicklow, Mr Everett (Labourite), was elected. Mr de Valera’s Ministers, Messrs ZRuttledge and Ryan were elected, the former heading the fibst preferences; in (North Mayo. -

Mr Wall (Centra Party] was elected for Waterford, also Mrs Redmond (a C’osgraveite), widow of William Redmond, and two de Valeraites. M l ' O’Higgins, a Cosgraveite, wag returned for Leikoff-aly.

CAN HAVE HIS DAMN REPUBLIC

MR THOMAS’ ALTEC ED REMARK. LONDON, January 26. Air H. R. Norris, speaking at Holy-, head disclosed that during the recent deputation to Mr J. H. Thomas regarding the disitess prevailing there owing to the' Anglo-Irish dispute, Air Thomas, thumping the table declared: “I told Mr de Valera that he could have lir.-j ‘damn republic’ but hewould have to .take the consequences.” Mr Thomas interviewed thereon refused to comment.

SELF SUPPORTING IRELAND. DUBLIN. January 26. Mr Scan o’Kelly, speaking at Dublin to-night, said the result of. the election was going to have a tremendous effect on the future of Ireland and make it self-supporting and selfsufficing, with an industrial as well fi,3 an agricultural arm.

“An Phyoblacht,” the chief Republican newspaper boldlv claims: “Let’s hear no more of bargains with England. Instead the rallying cry must be ‘On to a Republic.’ ”

BUSINESS MEN AGHAST.

DUBLIN, January 26

Businessmen in Dublin are aghast at the result which they regard as a calamity, hut admit it is useless to disguise the fact that the de Vaieraite aggregate poll is greatly in excess of that of the last election, and may easily finish independent of all the other parties. The trend of the elec tion is reflected on the Dublin stock exchange, where there was heavy selling of local securities, such as Guinness ordinary, and Bank of Ireland stock, which is seven points lower at 290. Guinness shares on the London Stock Exchange similarly fell >BS/- to 78/9.'

A PERSONAL TRIUMPH FOR DE VALE&A.

(Received this day at 9.45 a.m.) I LONDON, January 27. The state of the parties is now : De Valera 57 Cosgrave

Centre 1 Labour 1 Independent 7 Independent Labour 1 Th e “Manchester Guardian's” Dublin correspondent .?ays that the result is n great personal triumph for de Valera, nnd <a greater political triumph for de Valeraism. A decisive factor wDs de Valera’s appeal to Ireland’s militant nationalism, which'proved stronger than arguments to the pocket, on wMch AR Cosgrave was forced to re’.y. Ccisgrave's cause was damned by a feeling that he had recently be t; n helping Rng:a:>... against Ireland’s champion. The “Guardian,” in a leader, rtoys the vote shows AD' Thomas’ policy of bton and the “big stick,” has not brought the promised ~es»lfcs: The tariff war proved practically fruitless. Britain must b o prepared to reconsider her relations with the Fre e State, and abandon the idea that Ireland can he held to the letter of old agreements.

ALL MINISTERS ELECTED.\ (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, January 27. All de Valera’s Ministers have be e n re-elected. AH except Air Ge-ohegan, headed the poll at the first preferences. Miss Pears* is the third woman elect, ed* She is a sister of Padi-aig Reai-se who was executed in 1916. Five CO'Sgi-aveiteS, two Centre, foil 1 Labour and one Independent forfeited their deposit. No Fiannaitp torhited. Dan Breen, a Fiannaite -war, elected for Tipperary.”

LOYAL ULSTER. (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON, January 27. Efforts to create an 'All Ireland Republic will be .futile” gajd Lord Crnigavon, addressing Ulste, r Unionist C°imeil. '“Northern loyalists are thoroughly prepared to defeat attempts'to incorporate Ulster therein. The people would rise in their wrath and contemu teoivd'spurn every endeavour to subdue then allegiance to the Crown.