Irish Free State polities, though newer than those of the United Star very little easier of derstanding by one who is not a. native of the country—and that must be said, even though it may. be libeld to be another injustice to Ireland. So it was that many were little mystified when they rend in the official advertisement columns of the "'North-China Daily News" the following:—
"Saonsra EINEAN (Irish Pree State)-—I, Desmond Fitzgerald, Minis: ter of External Affairs of the Gor ment of the trish. Pree he appoint Witlum Ceuig-atarti, Peking Road, Shanghai, as.
'Trade' and. General duly pointed Trade and. Gen:
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