Referring to the treaty made between Great Britain and the Irish Free State, the speaker referred to the wonderful way in which it had been kept by both parties to the contract and that as result, the bitter animosities of the past were sinking into oblivion, He paid a great tribute to the executive of the Free Stata Government tu tha management of affair: pecially' the Shannon. Hfydeo-Eeo-Erie scheme, the flip given to some industries by judicious tariffs, the civil and religious freedom extended to all, and the fair distribution of offices in the Civil Service, Judiciary, ete. and made especial mention of the destinies of the Senate being guided under the Jurisdiction of Lord Glenavy, who in times past had been one of their bitterest foes. He expressed the hope that the two opposing branches of Sinn Fein might soon overcome their points of difference and referred to the fact that prospects were much brighter since Valera's followers took their place in the Dail. That such a state of affairs must eventually be realized ig obvious to all right thinking men, as the ideals of men like Kevin O'Higgins and Rory O'Connor, at tone and the same time great friends and hitter enemies. had so much in common,
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