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Show DE VALERA AMONG FRIENDS IN IRELAND - "- - ( PRESIDENT OF IRISH REPUBLIC ",' REPORTED TQ HAVE LANDED ' v. N SPITE OF BLOCKADE. Declares He Will Resume Active ; Leadership of the "Irish Provisional Government" and Press Forward The Cause of insurgents. . . New York. Enmonn De Vulera, "president of the Irish republic," has arrived safely in Ireland, Harry ' Bo- land, his secretary, announced bore Friday. Boland said that De Valcru's object In returning to Ireland was to resume active . leadership of the "Irish provisional government" and "press forward the cause of the Irish Insurgents." He said De Valera had accomplished a marvelous feat In circumventing cir-cumventing the . British blockndu about Ireland. . De Valera affected his landing on Irish soil Friday morning, said Boland. He gave no other particulars. A message of farewell to America, dictated by Mr. De Valera before his departure from this country, , was made public by Mr. Boland. After his mysterious escape from prison in England, De Vulera appeared appear-ed In Paris' In Februnry, 1919, and a month later was notified of his election elec-tion as "president of the Irish republic." re-public." De Valera's whereabouts continued a mystery until June 22, 1919, when he suddenly appeared in this country and took a luxurious suite at the Waldorf-Astoria here to begin an appeal ap-peal for funds in behalf of the 'Irish republic." He also started a campaign cam-paign to bring about recognition of the "republic" by the United States. He made a nation-wide tour and was received re-ceived with high lionor In many cities. His appearance In some sections of the country was received with considerable con-siderable disfavor, however, especially especial-ly In the southern states. He was greeted with both cheers and hisses In Birmingham, Ala., and was prevented prevent-ed from speuklng In South Carolina. In Portland, Ore., his automobile was rushed by members of the American Legion and stripped of Its Irish flags. De Valera dropped out of sight several sev-eral times. He appenred in both Chicago Chi-cago and San Francisco during the Republican Re-publican and Democratic national conventions, con-ventions, but failed to obtain inclusion inclu-sion in the platforms of an Irish recognition recog-nition plank. |