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Long-necked Eamon de Yalera. President of the Irish Free State's Executive Council, wants an Irish Republic without bloodshed.* Until he can get it he rankles under "symbols" of British sovereignty. Such was the British flag which no longer flaps over Dublin's Government buildings. Such was the resounding oath of "allegiance" to His Majesty George V, his heirs and successors by law, required of all Irish Free State members of Parliament. Last week Eamon de Valera got rid of that too, despite a stone around his neck and a yapping pack at his...
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