The Archive · 1940

Ireland Now in Range Of War

Dublin, May 26 'The Prime Minister, Mr. Eamon de Valera, told an audience at Galway yesterday that long' range modern Deroplanes brought Ireland well within the war zone, Eire, he said, does not want war, but warned "if any military. power considered an advantage could won by brushing aside the rights of the Irish people or their neutrality would not hesitate to do it Ireland has been endangered partiularly during the last few days, he said. There is but one safeguard, "namely to be prepared to defend our liberty and to fight anyone who might try to invade Ireland" declared.

Unfortunately there is a small group who appear to be meditating treason," the Prime Minister declared.

tell them as one man that such state of affairs will not be tolerated and that, Instead of being patriots, they will be behaving as nothing but traitors, Tt took 000 years to get the British out of this country. don't want them or any others to come in here again."—United Press, King Leopold with

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