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...James M. Austin's Mr. Khayyam, at odds of 8 to 1: the Wood Memorial Stakes, with de Valera second and Head Play, Preakness winner and 1-to-3 favorite, third, seven lengths behind the winner; at Jamaica...
...British sovereignty. Such was the British flag which no longer flaps over Dublin's Government buildings. Such was the resounding oath of "allegiance" to His Majesty George V, his heirs and successors by law, required of all Irish Free State members of Parliament. Last week Eamon de Valera got rid of that too, despite a stone around his neck and a yapping pack at his heels. The stone is the Irish Seanad (Senate). Its 60 members are elected for nine-year terms by the Dail and Seanad conjointly, in batches of 20 every three years. Once an honorable company...
Were this threat made good, the seven Laborite Deputies would swing their balance of power against the de Valera Government and oust it when the Dail met. As Dublin clocks struck midnight the Cabinet hastily conferred. Reporters bunched respectfully a few paces from the locked door. At 12:45 a. m. it opened, the President announced dissolution, cried in ringing tones: "I have no doubt that my Government possesses the confidence of the country! We shall win the election and our victory will automatically abolish the Oath of Allegiance" (sworn by Free State Deputies & Senators to King George...
Postmen got their big surprise when Worthy William declared on the second day after his midnight "break" with President de Valera over salaries, that he and his Labor Party will support the Government during the campaign "because of Mr. de Valera's splendid stand on the national issue!" Laborites, continued Mr. Norton, "believe in meeting and beating external aggression, whether military or economic." They believe, that is, in President de Valera's refusal to pay land annuities to Great Britain, a refusal which has provoked drastic British trade reprisals (TIME, July...
...believer in provoking Britain is Opposition Leader William T. Cosgrave who had been Free State President for ten consecutive years when he was forced out by Mr. de Valera's close victory in the election last winter (TIME, Feb. 29). Routed out of bed at 1 a. m. by reporters who told him that the President had just dissolved the Dail, Mr. Cosgrave snorted, "I'll have nothing to say until the morning...