Foreign News: Mental Reservations

Eamon De Valera, whose very name is to Irishmen a clarion of revolt, pronounced and swore upon the Holy .Bible at Dublin last week an oath: "I, Eamon De Valera, do solemnly swear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the Irish Free State as by law established and that I will be faithful to His Majesty, King George V, his heirs and successors by law, in virtue of the common citizenship of Ireland with Great Britain and her adherence to and membership of the group of...

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