While it is realized that Mr. Eamon de Valera, the Premier of Eire, will find it politically difficult to enter any formal defence commitments, that coes not rule out the possibility of an informal arrangement under which Ireland will undertake her own de-
Britain will definitely evacuate the three Irish ports in which she now has garrisons, while Irish ports will be available as British naval and air bases in war-time.
The Agreement will remove anti-British feeling among Irish Am cuns, will immeasurably strength Mr. de Valera's position as a national leader and will bring a far greater degree of unity in Irish politics as the result of the disappearance of the main bone of contention between the two principal parties.
Irish political circles emphasize that the next goal is the removal of partition, which will make possible a comprehensive Anglo-Irish treaty of friendship.
It is widely hoped that the Agreement, will open a new chapter in relations between Great Britain and Ireland, bringing a more friendly feeling than that for many years.
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