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Show jVALERA WELCOMED IN NEW ORLEANS - , NEW ORLEANS. April 1G Despite tne protest of Major Brailhwaitc Wal-lis, Wal-lis, British consul general. Eammon dfc Valera, provisional president- of thfc Irish republic, was welcomed here to night as a distinguished visitor and was given the freedom of the city. Major Vallis filed a fonnel protest in the name of the British government with Acting Mayor Ricks against the plans for the entertainment of the visitor. vis-itor. The train upon which de Valora arrived ar-rived was nine hours late owing to a wreck today at Bay Minnett, Ala., and i for a time reports were current that the Irish leader had been injured. He i explained that he had only "got wet a little" as a result of the delay. At a receptionin his honor at Loyola university, the degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon de Vaiera. nn |