However, for those who were determined to make the Free State into a viable, self-governing Irish state, this was an act of rebellion that would have to be put down by them rather than the British.
Avšak ti, kteří byli odhodláni udělat Irský svobodný stát životaschopný a samosprávný to vnímali jako akt vzpoury, která musela být potlačena jimi a ne samotnými Brity.