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...there was hope among the enemies of Adolf Hitler last week, it was a hope aimed audibly and obviously across the Atlantic. Most eloquent appeal to the U. S. was that of Eire's Prime Minister Eamon de Valera. Though Eire still preferred hunger or war to giving Britain bases from which to strengthen food convoys to Britain (and Eire),* though there was little chance that the U. S. could answer the appeal, it nevertheless summed up the disruptions even to neutral nations in a world at war: "Many Irish men and women reside in Britain, and the deaths...
...Neville Chamberlain and young Dominions Secretary Malcolm MacDonald relinquished Britain's rights in these bases, even for wartime, Winston Churchill spoke hotly and prophetically. "The dark forces of the Irish underworld," he barked, "already tried to stab Britain in the back during the World War and [Prime Minister Eamon] de Valera would not be able to control them if he assumed a friendly attitude toward Britain...
...though his conscience were speaking, for Minister of Information Alfred Duff Cooper had long ago officially denied the charge, Eamon de Valera blurted: "It is a lie to say that German submarines are being supplied with fuel or provisions on our coasts. ... It is known to be a falsehood by the British Government itself...
DUBLIN--Prime Minister Eamon De Valera tonight bluntly rejected British demands for Irish naval bases and said that any attempt to seize the ports would lead "only to bloodshed...
Lord Craigavon, plain-spoken Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, announced that he and Prime Minister Eamon de Valera of independent Eire had been unable to agree on a united defense program for Britain's western back door. Mr. de Valera feared touching off a civil war if, before the Germans came, he let in British soldiers or let the Royal Navy reoccupy its old bases at Berehaven, Lough Swilly and Cobh. The British Army massed troops to rush across the Irish Sea when the hour struck, and R. N. calmly announced new minefields from Scotland to Iceland to Greenland...