Ching and to give hm every aid instance "and® protection wherever' a ate need) for auch, eid refection may atlae= mainand. Fitexerald,. Miniater of Ex Aare P. Walthe, Seas tary', tothe" ailniatey, Janvary' 20, 1035."
One had visions of Mr. Craig-'Martin in gold-laced uniform reviewing the troops on St, Patrick's Day, receiving $2 per head some time between January and the next December for the registration of Irishmen during the year, sitting on the Consular Court bench and imposing substantial fines for bad Janguage used before, after and especially during the international walking match, opening sales of work, and in general performing all the duties of a Consul, It is nothing of the sort however, Mr. Craig-Martin has now explained that not only is he an honorary trade agent in name, but his duties are likely to be correspondingly light. His appointment part of the Irish Free State Ministry's general policy. There are three or four full Consuls—one in New York, for instance—and they perform all the duties of Consuls (those named above and less im-Portant ones), but it is quite obvious that the Free State cannot afford to have full Consuls in every country, nor is there the need for such appointments, but it is felt that something can be achieved by having trade representatives where-ever possible. To make the matter quite clear, it may be stated that the Irish Free State is on the same footing as Canada, and Mr. CraigeMartin's office is on a parallel with that of the Canadian Trade Commissioner here, though doubt-Joss he wishes he had as much do as that energetic offic
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