Quite the outstanding event of! the week was the Irish settlement I could quote the text of the Bill, but very few people would understand it. The best thing I can de is to explain what has happened.
The Ulster Boundary stands as} it The Free State is relieved of all responsibility for payment in respect of the National Debt and] War Pensions, The Free State assumes all responsibility for malicious dam: age in Ireland since January 2, 1519, will resay to the Imperial Gorernment any money already paid by it in respect of such damage and will increase by 10 cent, compensation in respect damage since July, 1921, The Council of ireland is abolished and in {ature the Governments of Ulster and the Free State are to hold joint meetings to deal with matters of common interest, One minor point is not quite clear, and' that is how the 10 per cent, increase en compensation claims sill affect those claims which, have not yet been adjudicated upon. Also, it would have avoided possible future misunderstanding to fix an actual date for the refund to Great of compensation pai payment "at such time or times of fu such manner as may be agreed upon." This might have been effected by payment in stock.
The Conservative Party is usually taxed with being the bejigerent body stirring up trouble as it goes along in its term of office, The present Minisity has wholly belied this reputation. It has adopted ultra-pacific policy in industrial matters; it has settled the Locarno f Pact; it has managed to reach a settlement over Ulster which every. body seems to approve except the Irish republicans; and it is successfully abstaining from raising any controversial issues. Only the Liberal Party are endeavouring to suggest that it is raising the Protection issue by means of the Safeguarding of Industries proposals, one of which—namely, that affect ing the paper trade—had to be temporarily dropped this week ing to lack of time, and also to disputes among sections of the industry itself,
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