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Dublin, Oct. 14.
The Irish Free State has refused the "Lufthansa Air corporation permission to use Galway as a base for experimental trans-Atlantic Mights, The Government states that it is bound by an agreement with Canada, Newfoundland and Great Britain to. provide an air base on the River Shannon for Imperial Airways, and cannot permit competitive use with out the consent of the other signaloupon the political problems that beset them, "Tt was precisely because the British Government were con-vineed that, in the long run, the British, "French and American declaration would be calculated to Tead to an increase in world trade, that they joined in it Mr. Eden paid tribute to the pro-paratory work In the economic Meld cartied out by the economic and financial organizations of the League "upon 4 very considerable wogramme for the re-equipment of the Navy, Army land Air Force. We should have pre~ ferred an arms agreement. But lay, the strong thening of our own defences becomes not only a desirable objective, but Imperative national duty.
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