By Twrasyiius There is always the customary method of dealing with the observ-nce of a national day, but, in the case of the Irish feast, a' departure might be made from the traditional to discusss for a moment what could be done towards the bbe reversed. It receives now, and, im the event of a defeat of the President, would still have the backing of a considerable amount of Free State public opinion and any such action on the part of his successors would stir up a degree of resentment which few leaders would care to face in the South of Ireland. settlement of the unhappy -difterfence which estranges the Irish Free Slate from the rest of the United Kingdom, and even perpetuates a division of the small island itself, a division, it might be remembered, which is hot observed by the rug-ager players of Ireland. It is commonly reported that the King has expressed. a desire that the breach between Westminster and Dublin shall be healed during his jubilee year, and though there is little to indicate that up to the present much progress has been made towards attaining that desirable end, there are signs of a movement towards a settlement of the many outstanding and perplexing questions. Would such a reconciliation be achieved during the present year would not only be a gratifying compliment to His Majesty but would serve as the commencement of a new era in which a greater degree of unity might be secured in what after all is the very heart of the empire, A happy augury for the future is the arrival at a trade agreement between Great Britain and the Free State, for it holds the promise that attempts to proceed to a satisfactory accord fon the larger issues at stake might also meet with success.
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