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Show : DE VALERA AMONG FRIENDSJNJRELAND PRESIDENT OF IRISH REPUBLIC REPORTED TO HAVE LANDED IN SPITE OF BLOCKADE.- Declares He Will Resume Active Leadership of the "Irish Provisional Government" and Press Forward The Cause of Insurgents. New York. nanionn Do Valera, "president of the Irish republic," 1ms I arrived safely In Ireland, Harry Bo- 1 land, his secretary, announced hero 1 Friday. Ilohind said that De Valera's 1 object In returning to Ireland wns to 1 resume active leadership of the "Irish provisional government," and "press forward the cause of the Irish 1 Insurgents." He said De Valera had 1 accomplished a marvelous feat In clr- 1 eumventliig the llrltlsh blockade about Ireland, 1 De Valera affected his landjng on 1 Irish soil Friday morning, said floland. 1 He gave no other particulars. A message of farewell to America, dictated by .Mr. De Valera before bis 1 departure from this country, wns 1 made public by Mr. lloland. I After his mysterious escupo from prison In Kngland, De Vulera appear- j ed In l'arls In I-Vbruary, 11)1!), and 11 1 month later was notified of his dec- I ttou as "president of the Irish re- 1 public." 1 De Valera's whereabouts continued 1 a mystery until June "2, 11)11), when 1 ho suddenly appeared In this country 1 and took a luxurious suite at the t Waldorf-Astoria here to begin an tip- 1 peal for funds In behalf of the 'Irish republic." Ho also started a cam- f palgn to bring about recognition of the 1 "republic" by the I'nlted States. He I made a nation-wide tour and was re reived with high honor III iimnv cities. 1 Ills appearalice In snmo sections of 1 tho country wns received with con- I slderable disfavor, however, especial- I ly In the southern stales. He was 1 greeted with both cheers anil hisses i In Illrmlngham, Ala., ami was prevented prevent-ed from speaking In South Carolina. In Portland, Ore., Ids automobile was rushed by members of tho American ; Legion nnd stripped of Its Irish flags, , Do Valera dropped out of sight sev- eral times. He appeareil In both Chi- 1 eiign anil San Francisco during the lie- 1 publican and Democratic national eon- ventlnns, but failed to obtain Inclusion Inclu-sion lu the platforms of an Irish recognition recog-nition plunk. |