“ENOUGH PLAY-ACTING”
DE VALERA REFUSES TO SPEAK ENGLISH TO GAOL FOR A MONTH
(United P.A. — By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.46 a.m. LONDON, Friday.
Eamon de Valera, leader of the Irish Republicans, who was travelling to Belfast to address a meeting and was arrested on the border under an old order prohibiting his entry into Ulster, has been sentenced to, a month’s imprisonment.
De Valera replied in Irish to the questions put to him. The chairman of the court objected, saying that it may be necessary to prove that De Valera understood the proceedings. A district police inspector said that he hacl conversed with De Valera in English. The chairman then asked De Valera whether he wished to offer any evidence, or had anything to say. De Valera again replied in Irish. “Irish isn’t spoken in this court,” said the chairman heatedly. “English is the official language.” De Valera again addressed the court in Irish. “We’ve had enough of this play-act-ing-,” said the chairman. Then he passed senteneq.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 584, 9 February 1929, Page 9
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172“ENOUGH PLAY-ACTING” Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 584, 9 February 1929, Page 9
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