Dublin, Apr. 28, Mr. Eamon de Valera was warmly applauded in the Dail when he asked for "approval of the - Agreement reached! in London yesterday.
Eire. he said, fully realized her obligations in the matter of defence and would modernize the port defensive system, Eire would never permit her terrltory to be used as a base for an attack against. Britain, Irish unity would, he considered, bbe secured ina short time, because hho had reason to believe the British Government realized that Trish unity was more important than disunity, The Agreement would have been Impossible, he concluded, except for Mr. Neville Chamberlain's broad view. and his policy of coneitiation and appeasement in these critical times.
Mr. William Coxgrave welcomed the agreement on behalf of the Opposition. "Te said his parly would vote for it—Reuter.
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