Dublin, June 7.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Eamon de Valera, in an exclusive statement to the United Press today, said that Eire was determined to resist with all the means at her power any attempt to invade her neural territory.
"Ireland today finds herself with war very near her shores, the Prime Minister said.
"In the conflict which is now raging—in which powerful belligerents are locked in deadly combat—the fights of small people count for little. The small countries have but one course to follow and that is to build up their own strength and rely on their own spirit to repel invasion."
Mr. de Valera's statement today followed the introduction into Par ment yesterday of the National Defence Forces Bill, which calls for the mobilization of Ejre's armed forces and world enable the Government to declare a state of emergency should events warrant such moves.
The bill has yet to receive Parliament's approval, although it has already passed the second reading and, in the opinion of political observ will "undoubtedly" be approve United Press
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