FREE STATE OATH
(British Official Wireless)
labour senators divided in attitude to measure BRAVADO, NOT BRAVERY
RUGBY, Thursday. On the second reading debate on the Removal of the Oath Bill in the Irish Free Stqte Senate, divergent views were expressed by two Labour senators. Senator Johnston warmly supported the Bill, which he declared did not violate the treaty with Britain either in letter or in spirit. He criticised Mr de Valera, however, for not first approaching the Senate in regard to the Bill for an expression of their views. Senator Farrell said he believed the 2ill would he the death of the AngloIrish treaty. A satisfactory agreements could, he believed, have been reached throtfgh negotiations, and the failure to enter upon such negotiations was a sign of weakness — and was not bravery, but bravado.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 243, 4 June 1932, Page 5
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134FREE STATE OATH Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 243, 4 June 1932, Page 5
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