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After a long and bloody running fight of guerilla warfare, dynamiting, burning and wrecking, Eamon de Valera has at last thrown his cards upon the Free State table. How this man, often reported captured or wounded, has eluded the government's grasp so long and fought on against ever increasing odds passes comprehension. Whether his object was dictated by mere selfish ambition or by fanatical zeal, even those who have no liking for him must pay some respect to his stubborn courage. But he has now withdrawn his foreign ambassadors, proclaimed a cessation of hostilities, and produced his conditions...
...twelve members of de Valera's Council of State only five are free, and three of these are abroad...
...House of Commons, he cast the only vote against a resolution expressing the thanks of Great Britain to the United States for entering the war. He was ejected from Parliament in 1917 after accusing the government of a bomb plot against his life. He joined with De Valera, and lately has represented the "Irish Republic " in South America and the United States...
...Eamon de Valera, President of the " Republic," narrowly escaped arrest at the hands of Free State soldiers. It is stated that so close was he to being taken that he left several important documents behind...
...Eamon de Valera is a well educated man, holding the degree of B.A. from the Royal University of Ireland, and for some time a professor in Dublin University. He was born in New York in 1883. His mother was an Irish woman and his father a Spaniard...