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During the week the government party of President Cosgrave sought to establish a political motive for the murder, while simultaneously Opposition leaders such as Mr. de Valera expressed the opinion that private vengeance most probably motivated the assassins...
...Valera, who certainly comes under the head of an attacker of the present State, said: "The assassination of Kevin O'Higgins is murder and inexcusable from any standard. I am confident no Republican organization is responsible for it, or would give it countenance. It is the duty of every citizen to set his face sternly against anything of the kind. It is a crime that cuts to the root of all representative government, and no one who realizes what it means could do otherwise than condemn and deplore...
...Elected. The legislators of the Irish Free State were, indeed, governing it and themselves very well last week, when they assembled in the first parliament to sit since the recent election (TIME, June 20, 27). Disorder seemed likely as the Fianna Fail ("Republican") deputies, led by famed Eamonn De Valera, appeared, and, for the first time, threatened en masse to take their seats-while persisting in their refusal to take the oath of fealty to George V without which no deputy elected to the Dail can sit therein...
...Cosgrave's purpose was to force the split factions of famed Eamonn de Valera and Miss Mary MacSwiney to join forces and enter the Dail. This they have refused to do, alleging their unwillingness to take the oath of fealty to George V, required of every deputy before he can legally take his seat. At present Mr. De Valera stands at the head of 44 Fianna Fail or "Republican" deputies; and Miss MacSwiney is one of six deputies comprising the much blighted and withered Sinn Fein party to which De Valera formerly belonged. Thus, these 50 deputies if they...
This was a flat challenge to Mr. De Valera and Miss MacSwiney. Would they accept, enter the Dail, stand together? Soon famed Eamon de Valera replied...