Strong Criticisms Broadcast by Mr. Eamon de Valera Dublin, Mar. 17.
Delivering a St. Patrick's Day radio broadcast address here to-day, Mr. Eamon de Valera, President of the Irish Free State, declared that Great Britain had no right to wrest part of Ireland from the remainder "to suit her own interests."
Mr. do Valera said that he had recently been urged to "restrain the Irish from further political endeavours, to make them content with their present status as a Free State, and with relations between the Free State and Great Britain' and the British Commonwealth. But "the nations of the Commonwealth seem fo have greater dimeully in understanding Ireland's aims than the People "of other countries." he de-
"This is an ancient nation, separate from Great Britain. No relationship which failed to account for that could be satisfactory. We have no imperial ambitions. We want neither to exploit, to dominate nor to injure any other people. We simply claim the right to choose our own governmental institutions to sult our~ selves, free from outside dictation or "The first step in_ really cordial relations between Britain and Ire-Tand must be a frank recognition of the liberty. of the whole Irish nation. The new Constitution will secure the liberty of 20 counties, but only when the other six are joined under the same terms will good relations with Great Britain be possible," he said, referring to the Free State and Ulster:—United Press. sympathy."—United Press,
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