The sun., 1919-06-27
VALERA SEES TRICK
IN DOMINION RULE
Ireland Is Entitled to Full
Rights and Wants Moth
ing Else, He Says.
GOTH ESCORT OFFERED
Erin Leader Will Visit Hylan
To-day-New Demand Sent
to Peace Conferees.

The dominion form OF government Of
tered TO Ireland by Great Britain 10 not
acceptable, said Eamon de Valera, pres
ident OF the Irish Republic" In an In
,aryiew yesterday In his suite at the
waldorf Astoria.
81 hope the American people won't
be deceived by any such pretences. Co
lonial government that would givetus
our own army and our own navy and
the right to regulate our own customs
and other branches of the Government
would be giving us our Just rights. But
England will never do this. II Lloyd
George would favor It the British Par
lament would ind some way Of cut
ting down the privileges. or organize
another rebellion in Ulster.
Ireland is entitled to full rights, and
those are the only things she will be
satisfied with. The OFFER of the British
Government is only to gain time. Eng
land has no right to measure the amount
Of justice she will give us.
at Is strangely amusing" and his
eyes twinkled with amusement. that our
demands are even more moderate than
dominion form OF government. Seer II
Ia like a partnership. One member of
The partnership. ireland, could demand
A certain status in the firm; but she
doesn't-she goes about her own busi-
ness Surely that Is more moderate
than asking a share in the partnership.
isn't II?
understand I don't want to discuss
home rule. No Irishman does. Irish
people never will be really satisfied un,
III the national debt of honor Ia paid,
and that means recognition Of the Irish
republic by the nations Of the earth"
Mr. de Valera says he has no fear
L. -
ireland after his mission in America
IT have done nothing reasonable" he
declared yesterday. "As a matter Of
fact all the other prisoners who were
nterned with me were released after
escaped"
Laughs at Atoms Action.
The leader Of the Irish people laughed
heartily when his attention was called
TO the election Of Sir Charles Carrick
Allom. the British yachtsman. from the
St. Regis Wednesday for denouncing q
couple Of girls who were collecting sub
scriptions to the Irish victory fund.
You know Sir Charles does not rep
resent the Individual Britisher." sx-
planned De Valera. But his action yes
terday is typical of the system that has
been choking ireland these many years
Sir Charles. It SO happened. wrote
an article to a New York paper on
the day he landed on the sidewalk of
the st. Regis, in which he intimated
that German, money was behind the Sim
Fem movement in Ireland. and deplored
The connection OF the Catholic priests
with the fight for Irish freedom.
There is not a penny OF German
gold nor Russian gold In Ireland" re-
piled de Valera to this statement
Never since have been in the move
ment have ! seen any German money.
Il would seem to me that charges of
that character should be investigated
ard some evidence found before max
ing II.
why shouldn't the Catholic priests
be associated in the movement? They
are all nationalists and why shouldn't
they be with us? Our opponents try
to make a religious issue out OF our
cause. Nothing 10 farther from the
truth. Not once in all my campaign
have I even thought of Irish freedom In
terms OF religion. much less expressed
IL"
The bonds bought by friends Of Ire.
land in America during the rebellion
OF 1865 will be assumed by the new
Irish republic, said de Valera, as deb
Of honor. The total amount Of bond,
then issued by the Fenian Brotherhood
did not exceed 100000
The Irish leader will probably see
Mayor Hylan to-day. His secretary
communicated with the Mayor yester'
DAY and it is likely the two men will
meet before De Valera goes to Boston
on Saturday.
sixty-ninth Omcers Call.
officers OF the Sixty-ninth Regimen
called upon De Valera yesterday at ths
Waldorf and offered to act as ofiicia
escort in his visit to Mayor Hyian.
communication was presented to hin
which was signed by Major Michael A
Kelly. Major Martin II. Meaney an
other officers.
Among the sixty callers at the "presi
DIED