Free State was announced by President of the Executive Council, Mr. Eamon de Valera, in a speech here this: evening when he declared: regret to say that our relations with England have not improved. This not my fault nor that of the Irish people, I" refuse to recognize the Treaty of 1921 since I cannot regard as affording a basis for a lasting Peace:
Mr. de. Valera went on to declare that the new Constitution would shaped in accordance with the wishes
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