Transcription: "FATE BOUND UP WITH BRITAIN" FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT DUBLIN, Thursday. The Dail to-day heard Mr. James Dillon, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, urge that Britain and America should be given the use of the Irish ports and air bases. Mr. de Valera, Prime Minister, replied that 90 per cent. of the people believed in neutrality. Mr. Dillon said that they should  ascertain from the British people and the Americans what assistance they required to resist the Nazis, and then co-operate to the limit of the Irish resources. He believed that the policy of neutrality was the policy of the majority of the people, yet he believed it was not the correct course of conduct. "Naval and aerial bases," Mr. Dillon continued, "are required by the United States and Great Britain to prevent the Nazis cutting the life- line between Britain and America. At present, we are playing the part of Pontius Pilate, washing our hands and asking What is truth?" "I say that on the side of the Anglo-American alliance is right and justice." FEAR OF "BLITZ" Mr. Dillon said that the reason they did not offer facilities to Britain was fear of the "blitz." It was a terrible danger, but they should face up to the realities of the situation and choose the lesser evil. If Germany were to win, the future for Ireland would be certain. The Germans would come as conquerors, and would set out to Nazify the people or exterminate them. The Irishmen who might die in that fight would be a monument to the statesmen who refused to face the danger of war while they still had friends to fight beside them. If Great Britain could not be guaranteed supplies from the United States she might be defeated, and if Great Britain fell, Ireland would fall too. In reply, Mr. de Valera said: "If anybody attacks us, then every one of us can die, if necessary, fighting for what we are certain is a just cause. And say that no matter from which side we are attacked, that is the position we are taking up, and it is not a cowardly position. "If we are attacked at all we will be attacked by one of the big nations of the world. We have to face that, we are prepared to face it. We are determined to live our own life. "We have been asked to throw ourselves into the flames. That is what it amounts to. Prudence is not cowardice. "I have never been in slightest bit impressed or affected, or even hurt, by suggestions that Ireland in this war is not playing its part. Ireland is doing its duty to its people." Mr. Cosgrave, Leader of of the Opposition, said that Mr. Dillon's speech surprised him.

Transcription: P1/10 (14) Mr. James DILLON, T.D., Leinster House, DUBLIN

Transcription: P1/10 (14) "La Pelouse" Geneva, August 5th, 1941. Dear Mr. Dillon, I do not remember of having had the pleasure of meeting you as I have been more or less absent from Ireland for about twelve years, but I always read your major speeches with interest. I had by the way an opportunity once to meet your father. I was an ardent Sinn Feiner and a Member of the I.R.B. which did not predispose me to his political views, but I still retain very strongly the impression of a great gentleman of forceful personality and of a distinction which would have made him a worthy Statesman in any European country. I am following a sudden impulse to send you a personal note. For twelve years I have been an observer and a minor participant in European affairs and my anxieties for the future of Ireland have in recent years been very great. The war and the course it has followed have not reduced or minimised that fear. So far we have been amazingly fortunate due without the slightest doubt to nothing but our geographical position. I hesitate to have any strong opinion on the policy which has been pursued, although when called upon I have defended that policy in my personal relations with foreigners. I think that we may still have a fifty-per-cent chance of avoiding some of the horrors of invasion, but I have been uneasy and anxious as to whether even with the events of the past twelve months that possibility was sufficiently realized. If our people do not face all the consequences, take all the responsibilities of nationhood, then the dreams and work for independence of generation after generation will have proved to be a waste and a deception. I do know however how difficult it is for many of our people to see the World or Europe otherwise than as a vague and distant thing of which the only reality is our neighbour. That however is not realistic. The point in my mind, which no doubt has occurred to you, is not the question of the sufficiently imminent and great danger during the period of the war, but the possible consequences to us even on the assumption that we have not been directly involved. If I were German and if my country had won this war and if I wanted to assure myself that Great Britain would remain a third class Power held with a stranglehold, I would advocate the occupation or control of the thinly populated island laying on the Atlantic side of Britain, as Britain lies across the sea route of Europe. This is the lesson I learned from Sir Roger Casement, who no doubt had learned it Mr. James DILLON, T.D., Leinster House, DUBLIN

Transcription: GENEVA, August 8th 1941 Dear Frank, Of course I knew how long your diplomatic bag is en route; and you knew I knew. So I presume it is some doubt as to the propriety. Will you therefore please ask for permission for me to send an occasional letter addressed to (1) a Cabinet Minister or official; or (2) a Member of the Dail or Senate? Without any difficulty I am allowed to send letters with the diplomatic correspondence of half a dozen Governments (and some very important neutral Governments) and that not only to official people. I shall be surprised if it is forbidden for me to send a letter to one of the leading members of the Dail. If you have already instructions on the matter please say so. Yours sincerely, His Excellency F. T. CREMINS, Irish Legation, 24, Beatusstrasse, BERNE

Description: Family papers of teacher Sándor Frits (27 June 1907 - ?), Putnok. School paper from the Teacher Training College. || Frits Sándor (1907. június 27. - ?) putnoki tanító családi iratanyaga. Tanítóképző - intézeti dolgozat. || || Frits Sándor (1907. június 27. - ?) putnoki tanító családi iratanyaga. Tanítóképző - intézeti dolgozat. || Family papers of teacher Sándor Frits (27 June 1907 - ?), Putnok. School paper from the Teacher Training College.

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