27 SEPTEMBER 1924, Page 2

* * * * The only way to face the

Republican menace is to tell the Republicans that we have no intention of keeping the Free State in the Empire against its will. It is a great and high privilege to be part of the British Empire, and the Free State Republicans have forfeited the right to that privilege. Therefore, we shall be as glad as they when they leave the Empire. All we should insist upon is that any Southern Protestants and Loyalists who desire to remain British citizens shall have the right to leave Ireland, and that proper compensation shall be given them by the Free State for the land, houses and business interests which they cannot take with them. * * * *