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Show Sovereign Ireland Proposed By De Valera in New Charter DUBLIN. Irish rrre Stole. May 1 (INS) Anxious eyes looked croaa tha Irish aca toward Britain today as President Eamon d Valrr. for two decade t too of British rule, proposed a sovereign an lees not to endow any religion." The constitution, which seeks to preserve the Institution ef lb family fam-ily and marriage, la unique among modern documents af IU kind. IU preamble stalss : . "In tha name ef tha Moat Holy Trinity, from whom la all authority author-ity aad la wham, as our final and. all actions both at maa and of at a taa must ke referred, we the people peo-ple af Eire, humbly acknowledging all our obligations to our Divine Lord, Jeaua Christ, who auatalned our father throughout centuries of trial, and graufully remembering remember-ing thalr heroic and unremitting atruggle to regain the rightful Independence In-dependence ef our natloa, aad seeking seek-ing to promote the common good with due observance ef prudence .. eta" The people ef Ireland will ka called upon to enact the constitution constitu-tion Into law ky a plebiscite la June. Divorces will net be permitted la tha new ataU. Persons divorced In other countries will not be permitted per-mitted to remarry la Eire while tha other party of the dissolved marriage mar-riage la alive. "The atata," says tha constitution, "reoognlaee the family as the natural nat-ural primary and fundamental unit group of society and guaranteea to protect the family In IU constitution constitu-tion and authority a a necessary bast of the social ardsr and as Indispensable to the welfare of tha aatyn." Private ownership af property also I treaeed. Ireland. , A new atata of "Eire. or aa Ireland which la "sovereign. Independent Inde-pendent and democratic," I proclaimed pro-claimed la a new eonrtltutlea which the militant Irish Free Bute proa-Ident proa-Ident prepoaea to place before the lento rata for rat I fleet lea. Publication ef the proposed constitution con-stitution at thia time, with the corona tloa af King George VI lees than twa week eff aad the eye ef the world turned en the British empire, waa regarded as a hold stroke ky the astute De Valera. whose battle against British rule ha proved for years a thoray problem prob-lem for London authorities. Unsev the lerme af the constitution, constitu-tion, the name ef the Irish Free State will ke dropped and tha head ef Eire's government will he a president presi-dent who will lurceed the British governor. This will put tha flniah-Ing flniah-Ing louche an the demise that functionary. If tha plan goaa through, since he disappeared under un-der the weight of Irish Isgtslatloa last December. The proposed constitution makee na mention af tha king ar af Great Britain, Under the lermi af tha proposal, the territory of the aew state will .Include all Ireland even U later but pending reintegration at the UlsUr jurisdiction, which la to ke exercised by the government, tha new aula will cover only the territory ter-ritory ef the pre Bent Free BtaU. The constitution prepoaea that parliament will consist of a dail tloerer house) and aeaate, the latter lat-ter ta ke formed ea a vocational basis. I Geslle wlU be tha official Ian-! Ian-! gunge, with English recognised l merely a a "second official language. lan-guage. i Tha constitution, which consists 1 of a preamble aad M articles, specifically spe-cifically recognise the "special position po-sition of tha Holy Catholic Apostolic Apos-tolic and Roman church aa guardian of the faith professed by a great majority of eltlaena." But Presbyterians, Msthodlsta, the Religious Society of Friends. Jewish congregation and ether do-1 do-1 nominations la Ireland at the date i the constitution comes Into opera-j opera-j tloa also wtll be recognised. The constitution ststss: I "Freedom of conscience and free ! poasaaalon and practice af religion are guaranteed, aubjeet te public I order and morality, Tha gut guar- |