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Dublin, Jan. 30.
In the committee stage to-day. the Senate, without division, agreed to the Trish Free State Citizenship Bill.
Mr. Eamon de Valera, President lof the Executive Council of the Trish Free State, informed the Senate that an Aliens' BIll would come into. operation about the same time as the Citizenship Bill would.
'A Government amendment to the Citizenship BIN, providing for the establishment of special registers for foreign births in Northern Ireland. was agreed upon.
Mr. de Valera explained that [had decided to remove the obliga-'Hons of residents in Northern Ireland to register in the foreign births register if they wished to become Free State citizens.
Of this number, only 2679 have "28, Cittenship BUll is a complex been allowed to enter Frarce, leaving 3,605 behind.
The refugees decided to leave the country when the recent plebiscite determined that the Saar should ro-vert to Germany, which will assume control of the territory on March measure conferring on Irishmen Free State citizenship which, it is hoped. well be legally. valid throughout the
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