Dublin, May 10.
The Eire Budget as introduced in the Dail today by the Finance Minister, Mr. John McEntee, reached the record figure of £35,716,000. Approximately £2,000,000 will be borrowed, including £1,350,000 for defence, The Minister declared that the position was stringent but endurable as long as peace was maintained. If a wide-spread war came, he added, difficulties would be intense fied beyond measure. Existing sources of revenue would dry up and it would bring the Irish people, when ther belligerent or neutral, only increased want, hardship and insecurity.
Therefore, concluded Mr. McEntee, ihe Government of Eire would earnestly support those whose efforts might defer war and prolong peace, "for a prolongation of peace, even if uneasy and precarious, is the only hope that next year's budget will not be even more burdensome than this."—Reuter, E
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